A reminder that our first monthly Eucharist of 2025 at St Trolla’s is tomorrow (Thursday 16th January 2025) at 12 noon. The Reverend Don Grant will be presiding and it would be great to see a good gathering.
Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love! – Mother Teresa
We need you to come along to St Finnbarr’s, School Hill, Dornoch at 11am this Saturday morning and help us make CHRISTINGLES for our Christingle Service at 3pm on Sunday 22nd December! Making Christingles is great fun and we will have tea and coffee on the go, so please do join us! PS In the pic above, you can just see one of our cats ready to have a go at making a Christingle – the first person to guess his name and tell me in person on Saturday morning wins a special prize!! (Clue – he is all black and has a brother named after someone who might clean your chimney)!
“There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all and through all and in all.”
Ephesians 4:4-6
This Advent, our study group will explore the Nicene Creed, which we say every Sunday. From the beginnings of the Christian Church there has been much debate over what the individual believes. This study is a whistlestop tour through the three sections of the Nicene Creed, which describe the three persons of the Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
One God in Three Persons? Surely, that means there are three equal Gods? Hopefully, by the end of this study you will understand that this is a question that the Church has battled with since the very beginning.
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Wednesdays 4th, 11th and 18th December
Afternoons from 1:30-3:00pm
at James and Anna’s house in Golspie
More details from Canon James
Henry Balfour Gardiner’s Evening Hymn
Joanna Forbes L’Estrange’s Kings College Service
… and some rousing hymns
“We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labour pains until now; and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit … For in hope we were saved.” Romans 8:22-24
Our Study Group for the Season of Creation (the month of September) this year will be based around a selection of poetry and prose such as St Francis “Canticle of the Sun“, William Cowper’s “The Nightingale and the Glow Worm“, the Anglo-Saxon “Dream of the Rood” and extracts from Annie Proulx’s novel “Barskins“, Alexander Von Humbolt’s “Cosmos“, Helen Macdonald’s “H is for Hawk” and Jurgen Moltmann’s “God in Creation“.
There will be four sessions each lasting a little over an hour, to be held at James and Ann’a house at 11 Ferry Road Golspie on Wednesday afternoons starting at 1:30pm on:
The sessions will be semi-independent, so you are welcome even if you can’t manage all of them. If you wish any more information, speak to or contact Canon James. Anyone who would like a copy of the materials ahead of time (probably a good idea for potential attendees but also those who would like to study the material on their own) also speak to Canon James to arrange it. It would be helpful (though not essential) to have some idea of numbers ahead of time. You can download the material from the Study Groups page.
(Scottish Charity No 009639)
About the Kyiv Classical Accordion Duo:
In 2006 Igor and Oleksiy finished studying in the National Music Academy of Ukraine in Kiev. However they began to perform professionally from 2002. Oleksiy plays in the Orchestra of the National Radio of Ukraine; Igor works in the National Philharmonic of Ukraine. They decided to give the name Kyiv Duo Classic to the duo. However this does not mean that Igor and Oleksiy perform only classical music; programmes of their concerts include music of Bach, Grieg, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov as well as traditional Ukrainian and Russian music. Two contemporary button accordions make it possible to produce a sound like a small squeezebox and at the same time, like big church organ, a string quartet and even an orchestra. Here is a sample of the Duo in action playing: Dance of the Furies by Gluck.
About their charity – HIPPOKRAT:
One of the main purposes of the Kyiv Classic Accordion Duo’s 2009 UK tour was to raise money for the HIPPOKRAT Society of Mothers of Disabled Children who suffered as a result of the explosion in 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Energy Plant. This has remained the focus of fund-raising on each subsequent tour, as the need continues. The Chernigiv region suffered most from the radiation fall out and since 1986 a large number of children have been born with mental and physical problems. Many of these children are now young adults.
As Oleksiy explains:
“There are at least 1000 invalid children in Chernigiv which has a total population of around 320,000 and unfortunately, these children get no real support from the state. The mother of a disabled child usually needs to be with the child all the time, so she cannot earn money. That is why the Society of Mothers of Disabled Children, HIPPOKRAT, was founded more than 15 years ago”.
“The task of HIPPOKRAT is to provide families with invalid children with food, medicine and money. HIPPOKRAT also organises different events and parties with presents for children. It is not a commercial organisation. It is run by 10 women led by Valentina Frol. They do not receive any money for their job and all of them have disabled children”.
They have been back on tour now every year since 2009 (except the COVID years) and now of course there is the war in Ukraine and the victims of that tragedy, the beneficiaries of this year’s tour:
Lord of all the earth,
be present with the people of Ukraine
at this time of danger, fear, and conflict.
Grant that wise and peaceable counsels may yet prevail,
and give to all suffering nations
the freedom they desire and deserve.
We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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Come along and join with people from all the churches in Tain and beyond in a
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There will be Hymns and Songs that are familiar and new ones too.
Calling all Singers!
GOLSPIE GALA WEEK – SONGS OF PRAISE
Sunday 28th July – 7pm
in the Gala Week Marquee
James and Simon are involved in leading Songs of Praise tomorrow evening. It would be great if you could come and support Golspie Gala week by raising your beautiful voices in song! We are singing good old favourites like ‘How Great Thou Art’ and ‘Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer’ – all the tunes will be familiar to you! How fantastic it would be to let Golspie hear that the message of the gospel is very much alive in our area!
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