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 I want to begin by underlining what services will take place. Of course, everyone...
Read More12th December 2021: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,I must begin with a big word of thanks to you all for the wonderful party last Sunday. I had not expected anything so lavish and I am so grateful to you for all that you did to make the day special. It is such an honour and a...
Read More5th December 2021: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,This Sunday is a special day for many reasons, and I am delighted to welcome to Holy Trinity our friends from Boarhills and Dunino, together with friends from the Howe of Fife and St David’s High Kirk Dundee. You are all most...
Read More28th November 2021: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,It seems very odd to be writing this letter so far in advance, but as I shall be having a break next week, it seemed sensible to do it now. This coming Sunday is Advent Sunday, the first Sunday of the new year in the Christian...
Read More7th November 2021: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,Today we invite you to celebrate the Sacrament of Holy Communion with us. All are welcome at the Table of the Lord and we hope that as many of you as possible will join us in person. However, for those of you joining us on YouTube or...
Read More31st October 2021: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,This afternoon I conducted a wedding, not in a church, but in a local wedding venue. I had not met the bride and groom until yesterday although we had considerable correspondence by email. This was their third attempt to be married...
Read More24th October 2021: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,Today in the course of my duties for the day, I met a young man who I have never met before. Nothing unusual about that, and we made polite conversation for a while as he worked away. Then he made a mistake in what he was doing, and...
Read More17th October 2021: Letter from Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,I trust you are all keeping well and are managing to avoid all the viruses that are going around as well as THE virus. At the moment there are times for all of us when simply to keep going is quite a challenge. This morning, when I...
Read More3rd October 2021: Letter from Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,It hardly seems possible that it is harvest time again. The year seems to have flown by so quickly even though there have been so many difficulties along the way. This Sunday we shall celebrate Harvest Thanksgiving in both churches...
Read More26th September 2021: Letter from Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,Today in Holy Trinity, we are so pleased to be welcoming back our choir. It has been such a long time since we have been able to benefit from their ministry during our worship, and it is so good to have them back. We are not yet...
Read More19th September 2021: Letter from Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,This Sunday marks the annual Golf Service in Holy Trinity, and we are delighted to welcome the Rev Alistair Bennett as our guest preacher there, together with those golfers who are able to worship with us. Of course, because of the...
Read More12th September 2021: Letter from Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,Yet, in another sense, we have all learned how important it is to be together. Since I have been home I have been asked to arrange a funeral, and it was so important that all the family should be together when arrangements were made...
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