Dear Friends, Today we welcome members and friends to our services of Harvest Thanksgiving. It is always difficult to predict when the harvest will be gathered in, and I was once told that we could not give thanks for it until it was! However...
Read More12 July 2020: Letter from Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, As we slowly and tentatively begin to ease out of lockdown, I began to think about some of things that we may have learned during this enforced period of isolation. I thought about a friend who has always had a housekeeper who came...
Read More5 July 2020: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, An unknown writer once said ‘I don’t know what tomorrow holds, but I do know who holds tomorrow’. What an interesting thought that is, especially at this time when people are anxious to plan holidays and events at home that have not...
Read More28 June 2020: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, You will have heard much about the reopening of churches for private prayer and I have no doubt that rumours are flying around, as they always do, about what is happening with our own churches. We are living in a very difficult...
Read More14 June 2020: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, On the bookshelf behind my desk there is a birthday card that was sent to me some years ago which says ‘What if the hokey cokey is really what it’s all about’? It has caused great amusement to my colleagues who have spotted it...
Read More7 June 2020: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, Today is Trinity Sunday, a very important day in the life of the Church. It is also important for Holy Trinity, as it is the day when the Friends of Holy Trinity usually have their AGM after the service. However, this year of...
Read More31 May 2020: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, We have now reached the Season of Pentecost, that time when we traditionally celebrate the birthday of the church. Today was to have been a special celebration with all the Church of Scotland charges in the St Andrews Cluster coming...
Read More24 May 2020: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, You will have heard that Captain, now Colonel, Tom Moore is to be knighted. You will also have heard that he feels quite overwhelmed by the honour, and I guess that you will understand his feelings. Tom Moore, aged 99, resolved to...
Read More17 May 2020: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, The week just ending was Christian Aid Week, a week when we traditionally think of the work of that charity and all those who seek to support their work. Unfortunately, it was rather overtaken by our current situation and also with...
Read More10 May 2020: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, I trust you are all keeping safe and well, and not becoming too frustrated in these difficult and challenging times. Friday just past was to have been a special day of celebration, as our country was to have come together to give...
Read More3 May 2020: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, I trust you are all keeping safe and well. As I write, the country is celebrating the 100th birthday of Captain, now Colonel, Tom Moore and his remarkable achievements in raising so much money for our wonderful NHS. At the age of 99...
Read More26 April 2020: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,At the end of last week, it was suggested to me that it might be helpful for us to have some form of prayer topics to guide our daily prayers. To that end I have prepared a 21 day cycle of topics for prayer; 21 days because that is...
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