July/August 2024 Message from an Elder Dear Friends In my set of prayers for May I included the following prayer: for gentle rain; “Dear God, we thank you for the Summer Sun and warm days that we have, that ended a long cold wintry spring, but please could we have some gentle rain? No rain […]
Join Big Green Week 2025: Eco Events Across the UK
June 2025 Eco report Big Green Week – 7th – 15th June 2025 Various events are happening to mark this week; come to an event and join the 1 million people across the UK taking action for nature and climate. – see the poster about Rising Sea Levels at Avenue St Andrews on 10th June […]
Reflections on June: Holidays, Pentecost, and Community
June 2025 Message from an Elder Dear Friends, Well. what do I write about as we come into the month of June? People are going on holidays, students are finishing exams and beginning to go home for their breaks from university and college. Others are finishing school for the long school holidays, while others are […]
Insect Decline: A Growing Concern for Biodiversity
May 2025 Eco report As you kindly voted me in as Church Eco friend at our recent AGM, I’m now going to get involved in this role, starting with items for Outlook. Taking inspiration from the hymn “All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small”, […]
Keeping the Spirit of Easter Alive Year-Round
May 2025 Message from an Elder Dear Friends Our Church is so fortunate to have had some wonderful services during Holy Week. We are thankful to Dave, Jill, Ian and all those who have helped make our services for Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday so meaningful and inspiring. I find the joyousness of […]
Churches Going Green: Eco-Friends and A Rocha UK
April 2025 Eco report As the very long-standing Editor of Outlook, I always feel blessed when I’m sent contributions or ideas. So, I was pleased when Jill sent me a newsletter from a non- denominational Christian charity called A Rocha UK. They are part of the international A Rocha family, a network of Christian organisations […]
Join Us: Easter Services and Community Highlights
April 2025 Message from an Elder Dear Friends, As I write this ‘Spring’ seems to have sprung and lots of colour is appearing in gardens and along roadsides. We must always remember to be forever thankful for the beauty around us and the changing seasons but always remember to pray for those parts of the […]
Embracing the Five Senses: A Spring Reflection
March 2025 Message from an Elder Dear Friends, This last parade service, we had, as we often do, Rob Ainslie to lead us, and this time the subject of his talk was the five senses and which was the most important. He made the subject most enjoyable, as usual, and although he primarily aimed it […]
The Importance of Hymns in Worship Services
February 2025 Message from an Elder Dear Friends, I hope those of you who were brave enough to make New Year resolutions find yourselves one month on with them still intact. Well done if that is you. Those of us who were in church on Christmas Day looked at Christmas carols and asked ourselves questions […]
A Wonderful Time of Year: Embracing the Christmas Spirit
December 2024/January 2025 Message from an Elder Dear Friends, Its ‘A Wonderful Time of the Year’ or so the song goes. It’s the time of year we remember our Lord sent Jesus to live on earth and celebrate this wonderful event. As I write this letter I am surprised at how many homes have already […]