Parish News Round Up

                                                                                                                        Thursday October 17 2024

Our regular round-up of news received from churches

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Over 400 years of service to the Church of Scotland Guild was acknowledged recently at an Edinburgh church.

Craiglockhart Parish church held a special Guild dedication service on Sunday October 6 when some members were awarded certificates for long service.

Minister, the Rev Gordon Kennedy thanked the members on behalf of the Kirk Session and the church for all they had done in God’s service.

Pictured with their certificates (from left to right) are: Back row - Mary Gillespie (44 years), Margaret Boe (33 years), Ann Munro (38 years) and Maureen McKenzie (28 years). Front row - Anna Nicol (25 years), Averil Hope-Smith (26 years), Charlotte Stewart (50 years) and Norma Forsyth (40 years).

Certificates were also taken to those unable to attend the service -  Fay Munro (25 years), Shirley-Ann Souter (32 years), Mary Gilmour (43 years) and Connie Pryde (50 years).

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Four new elders were ordained recently at Gatehouse Parish Church in Gatehouse of Fleet, Kirkcudbrightshire Pictured are: Minister the Rev Val Ott and Elders Charles Dunnett, Joanna Dunnett, Fiona McCulloch and  Andrew McConchie.  

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Two new elders were ordained at Broom Church, Newton Mearns on October 6 along with the confirmation of a new communicant.

Pictured are new elders Karen Nowak and Pamela Scandrett.

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Christine Colliar was set apart as a Reader during worship at the recent meeting of the International Presbytery in Lausanne.

Christine has been a member of the Church of Scotland in Geneva for 35 years, serving in the choir, Sunday School and Youth Group. She felt called to a more formal role in the Church which led to a period of discernment for Readership, then two placements - in the Scots Kirk, Lausanne, and the American Episcopal Church, Geneva. During this time, she went through another period of discernment, leading to acceptance to train for Ordained Local Ministry.

To recognise her Readership role, the International Presbytery set her apart as a Reader in a service led by the Rev Betsi Thane, Moderator of the International Presbytery. The sermon at the service was preached by the Rev David Coleman, Chaplain to the Eco Congregation, Scotland, who spoke about the call we all share to ‘read’ God in Creation and interpret this in our lives.

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