Dear Friends,This is the day of Resurrection. Christ is Risen – He is risen indeed! What a joy it is to be able to worship together on this special day! What a joy it is to be able to welcome visitors into our fellowship. What a joy it is to be...
Read More10th April 2022: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,It seems incredible that we have already reached that time in the Christian year when we are invited to walk the way of the cross with Jesus. Today is Palm Sunday, the day when we remember his rapturous welcome into the city of...
Read More3rd April 2022: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,What a difficult time this is! There is so much Covid about and people are continually asking should we be doing things, or should we not? Is it safe to meet up with people or is it not? What are the current regulations and...
Read More20th March 2022: Letter from the Session Clerk, Mike Stewart
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 Ukraine is threatening the lives and livelihoods...
Read More13th March 2022: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
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 it and there is not a great deal you can do about it. I hope to be fit...
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 through some difficult situations. This prompted me to think about...
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 minutes and then wrote, ‘All winter long hibernating animals...
Read More20th February 2022: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
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 my fence. And I have been plying them, and myself, with cups of tea. The fence was...
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 Hammerstein, who at that moment was on his deathbed. The short note simply said...
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 emergence of a dragonfly from a chrysalis, but if you have you will know how beautiful...
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 this service at home will be able to do the same. If Covid has taught us anything, it is just how...
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 them, and we are very privileged to have such a fine choir to enhance our...
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