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 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...
Read More29th August 2021: Letter from the Interim-Moderator Rev David Scott
Dear Friends,How many different congregations are there in St. Andrews? There are three kirks – and if you include Dunino, Cameron and Strathkinness which belong to the St. Andrews’ Cluster, there are six.In addition, there are two Episcopal...
Read More15th August 2021: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,As many of you will know, last week I travelled to the South of England to conduct the funeral of a very close friend. I had known Hazel for 44 years and her home was my second home when I lived in the south. She had been ill for...
Read More1st August 2021: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear FriendsAddressing a letter to friends is always a privilege, and every week as I write to you, it is very special to be able to call everyone who will receive this letter, whether here in St Andrews or halfway across the world, a friend. But...
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