Dear friends,“At least two million people have fled their homes to escape conflict in Ukraine. Leaving behind jobs, belongings and loved ones, they now face an uncertain future.Intense conflict in
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Dear Friends,I must begin by thanking our two Session Clerks for conducting the services last Sunday at very short notice. As you know, illness can come when you least expect
Read More6th March 2022: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,This morning I received an email containing a very fine prayer which the writer said that he had written and subsequently prayed every day, and which had helped him
Read More27th February 2022: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,An examination was being held in Emma’s class at school, and the question was asked, ‘Upon what do hibernating animals subsist during the winter?’ Emma thought for a few
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Dear Friends,Today, whilst I have been working in my study, my friends Eric and Alan, who used to look after my garden in Dundee for many years, have been painting
Read More13th February 2022: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,One evening, just before the great Broadway musical star Mary Martin was to go on stage in South Pacific, a note was handed to her. It was from Oscar
Read More6th February 2022: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,I don’t know whether you have ever watched one of those time-lapse films that speeds up the opening of a flower or the growth of a bulb or the
Read More30th January 2022: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,Isn’t it good to be able to sit down to a cup of tea/coffee and a chat again after the service? I hope those of you who share in
Read More23rd January 2022: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,Today in Holy Trinity we are delighted to welcome our choir back to our worship after their Christmas break. So many people have told me how much they miss
Read More16th January 2022: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,In Holy Trinity it is that time of year again when we are trying to encourage people to join the Reader’s Rota. I know there are quite a few
Read More9th January 2022: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope you are all keeping well and that you have had an enjoyable Christmas celebration.This is the time of year when the Christmas decorations come
Read More19th December 2021: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,As you will all be aware, this has been a difficult week with so many changes to guidance concerning services and what we should and should not do so
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