Dear Friends, I guess at least some of you will remember the old advert that said ‘Do you love someone enough to give them your last Rolo? Of course, the implication was that Rolo was so delicious that you wouldn’t want to give the last one away...
Read More16 August 2026: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, It was the minister and hymn-writer John Bell who said that most people know what theology they do know from the hymns they sing. And it is always interesting when, at the end of the service, people say to me ‘You had my favourite...
Read More9 August 2026: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, Victor Borge once told a friend that he could tell the time by his piano. His friend found that hard to believe, so Borge volunteered to demonstrate. He pounded out a crashing march on the piano and immediately there came a banging...
Read More7 June 2026: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, As you will be aware, the congregation that is made up of Boarhills, Dunino and St Andrews: Holy Trinity is a very busy one. As well as our regular acts of worship, and the weddings and funerals that take place, and concerts and...
Read More26 April 2026: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, Today in Holy Trinity we welcome the ‘Friends of Holy Trinity’ who will have their AGM in the Sharp Aisle after worship. The ‘Friends’ were set up by Tom Duncan and Rev Roy Hill to support the musical tradition of Holy Trinity and...
Read More19 April 2026: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, John was an old man by the time I first knew him. He was the organist in my first church which only had a rather unreliable keyboard. He was in his late 80s and was very quiet, rushing off at the end of the service to play at...
Read More12 April 2026: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, This morning when I switched on my radio, I found myself listening to something called ‘A Symphony of Easter’. I had never heard of such a thing before, but as it was beautiful baroque music I continued to listen. I noted that it...
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