Dear Friends,On my bookshelf I have a book entitled ‘How to read a church’. It is full of fascinating facts and figures about architecture and the significance and use of various pieces of church furnishing. Like many people, I enjoy visiting...
Read More1 February 2026: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,Technology! I know that modern technology has many positive uses, and I certainly couldn’t manage without the technological advances in communication that have taken place in the last few decades. But it does have its drawbacks too...
Read More9 November 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Minister’s Letter: 9 November 2025 Dear friends,I was just eleven years old when my parents took me to visit St Michael’s Cathedral in Coventry. My mother had been there just the night before the Coventry Blitz and our visit was to see the new...
Read More31 August 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,I have just read a very interesting news article about the joy of a family whose child was able to ring the bell marking the end of her cancer treatment. This lovely tradition in children’s cancer wards all over the country, marks...
Read More24 August 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,Whales and seals of all descriptions, arctic hares and foxes, musk ox, polar bears, thousands of birds, giant architectural icebergs, twenty-four-hour sunshine and amazingly calm seas. These are just some of the things I have...
Read More27 July 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton.
Dear Friends,Do ever you have days, or even weeks when life feel like a jigsaw with too many pieces to fit the frame? Life in our church is beginning to feel a bit like that, especially during the last few days. There has been so much going on...
Read More13 July 2025: Letter from the Locaum Minister, Rev Marion Paton.
Dear Friends,Our last Friday service saw 30+ people celebrating the holiday season, listening to Cliff Richard singing ‘Summer Holiday’ and eating 99s provided by Ron and Marion and charmingly served by Janie and Granger’s granddaughters. You...
Read More6 July 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,This week, amongst many other things, I have been thinking about rubber stamps! This is because we will need a rubber stamp to mark people’s Pilgrim Passport as they complete the Fife Pilgrim Way. At the same time, I have been...
Read More15 June 2025: Letter from the Session Clerk, Dr Mike Carslaw
Dear Friends,Rev Marion Paton, our wonderful Locum Minister, is currently in Spain walking the Camino from Leon to Santiago de Compostela. Thanks to Rev Alastair Symington, our Interim Moderator, who is leading today’s service. I sincerely hope...
Read MoreSunday 1 June 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton.
Dear Friends,Many of you, like me, will have had or have pets. In my case Zoomy the beagle is a very companionable and very chatty friend. She can, as some of you know, be quite loud, and she is certainly not shy about making her opinions felt...
Read MoreSunday 25 May 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,As I write I have just returned from conducting one of the saddest funerals I have ever had to take. The lady in question had lived for seventy-two years and had a sister who did not wish even to be contacted. When I visited her...
Read MoreSunday 18 May 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,As I write, Christian Aid Week is just drawing to a close. Coffee Mornings and other special events have been held, donation envelopes have dropped through letter boxes or been distributed in church, and hopefully have been filled...
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