Dear friends, Two Christian colleagues were travelling together on a very long journey. They made great travelling companions, for as one of them remarked, ‘We discussed everything you could think of. We agreed on the great things, but we did not...
Read More27 September 2026: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, I often watch programmes on television about finding new homes either in this country or abroad. It is always interesting to hear and see what people think will make an ideal home for them and their family. But when the participants...
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 More31 May 2026: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends, As Thursday approaches, there are many challenges that have to be met in Boarhills, Dunino and St Andrews Holy Trinity each week. Because we send out our services in print to all parts of the world, (quite literally) and because all...
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...
Read More8 February 2026: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
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...
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