Many local churches have been supporting Poverty and Homelessness Action Week, which has coincided with one of the coldest weeks of the winter, making homeless people particularly vulnerable. The week, from 28 January to 5 February, is organised by Church Action on Poverty, Housing Justice and Scottish Churches Housing Action. The theme this year is […]
Burns Night Supper – Photos (1)
Burns Night was celebrated in grand style and with great enthusiasm at our church this year, as always.
Burns Night Supper – Photos (2)
Some more photos from our popular Burns Night Supper, which this year was attended by our interim moderator, Revd Iain Stewart, and his wife. Our catering team provided the traditional meal of haggis, neeps and tatties, which was followed by dessert.
Burns Night Supper – Photos (3)
Our Burns Night celebration concluded with some energetic dancing under the direction of Liz McCune who, with her husband Colin, coordinated the evening.
Out Now – URC Quarterly Update
The latest version of the Quarterly Update – the United Reformed Church’s electronic newsletter – has just been issued. It contains news, views and diary dates, and is essential reading for keeping up to date with what is going on in the URC. In the current edition, the Revd Roberta Rominger, general secretary of the […]
January
A January day: the sky was loud With boisterous wind, chequered by tumbling cloud But yet, beneath our feet, the earth’s asleep, Dreaming of February; roots that creep, Seeking for moisture, snowdrops seeking light, The golden crocus and the aconite, And then, in March, on every vale and hill, The clustering primrose and the daffodil; […]
Scratch Nativity – Photos
Our Scratch Nativity, produced by Jill Worship and Grace Bagshaw, was very popular and great fun. It was greatly enjoyed by everyone, young and old.
Our Jesse Tree
Each week during Advent the children hung special decorations they had made on the Jesse tree. At our Christmas Day service, Revd Jill Thornton invited the children to add their final touches.
Christmas in Bethlehem
Ibrahim Jaber, a Palestinian Christian living in Beit Sahour, has sent this Christmas message: “The little town of Bethlehem looks gloomy in spite of all the Christmas decorations that the local authorities are adding to it. Yes, wherever one goes in the town one will notice these decorations. But still the JOY of Christmas and […]
The Christmas Spiders
Our young people have been busy decorating our Christmas tree entry for the Festival at St Philip and St James’ this coming weekend (9-11 December). The theme of our entry will be ‘The Christmas Spiders’, based on a story by Stephanie Herbek. The children in Loaves and Fishes and the Little Rainbows group made the […]