Services

Walk of Witness on Good Friday (29th March)

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The walk will consist of Eight stops, with a variable amount of walking between them. There is room for at least a few cars at each stops and so it will be possible for those who cannot or do not wish to walk the whole route to participate by adjusting the amount of walking required to suit their needs.

The walk will start in the car park adjacent to Kincardine Church in Ardgay and will end at Creich Church in Bonar Bridge, where there will be Hot Cross buns and tea/coffee available. The walk itself will commence at 10:15am and we should arrive at Creich Church by about 11:50am.

At each stop, there will be a Reading from Scripture, a short Reflection and a Prayer As we leave heading towards the next stop, we’ll sing a hymn. We will carry a large rough wooden cross throughout the walk.

The stops are as follows (time are rather approximate):

  • Kincardine Church car park (@10:15)
  • Ardgay Hall car park (@10:35)
  • Drover’s stone near Ardgay Station (@10:45)
  • ‘Stonehenge’ just the Ardgay side of the Bridge(@11:10)
  • Garden adjacent to the Caley Cafe(@11:20)
  • Car Park behind the Bonar Health Centre(@11:30)
  • Grassy area just beyond the Bradbury Centre(@11:40)
  • Creich Church car park(@11:50)

Holy Week and Easter 2024

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DayTimePlaceService or Event
Palm Sunday
24th March		8:30am
11 am
11 am
4 pm		Lairg
Dornoch
Tain
Brora		Liturgies of the Palms and Passion
Liturgies of the Palms and Passion
Liturgies of the Palms and Passion
Liturgies of the Palms and Passion 
Holy Monday
25th March		10 am
7 pm		Tain
Dornoch		Morning Prayer (SPB) & Reflection 
Stations of the Cross
Holy Tuesday
26th March		10 am
7 pm		Tain
Brora		Morning Prayer (SPB) & Reflection 
Evening Prayer and Benediction
Holy Wednesday
27th March		10:30am
7 pm		Dornoch
Tain		Eucharist
Stations of the Cross
Maundy Thursday
28th March		11:30am
7 pm
8 pm		Inverness_Cathedral
Tain
Tain Hall		Diocesan Chrism Mass
Mass of the Lord’s Supper and
Watch in the garden
Good Friday
29th March		9 am
10:15 am
2 pm
7 pm		Zoom + Tain
From Ardgay – Bonar Bridge
Brora
Tain		Morning Prayer (SPB)
Walk of Witness
Good Friday Reflections
RS Communion + Tenebrae
Holy Saturday
30th March		10 am
8 pm		Tain
Dornoch		Morning Prayer (SPB)  & Reflection 
Easter Vigil & First Mass of Easter 
Easter Day
31st March		8:30am
11 am
11 am
4 pm		Lairg
Dornoch
Tain
Brora		Easter Eucharist
Easter Eucharist
Easter Eucharist
Easter Eucharist

All are very welcome at any of the service or events listed. If you need more detail, then please get in touch.

World Day of Prayer 2024

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WORLD DAY OF PRAYER 

Friday, 1st March 2024

“Praying Palestinian Women” by Halima Aziz

page1image55734048‘I beg you to bear with one another in love’

Written by Christian women of Palestine

On Friday 1st March, a warm welcome awaits you at :

St Finnbarr’s Episcopal Church, School Hill, Dornoch at 2:00pm

Clyne Church of Scotland, Victoria Road, Brora at 2:00pm

St Vincent’s RC Church, Cameron Road, Tain at 2:30pm

 

Ash Wednesday Services – 14th February 2024

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Ash Wednesday Eucharists this week on 14th February 2024, where the imposition of ashes will be available for those who wish, will be held as follows:

  • 10:30am – St Finnbarr’s, Dornoch
  • 6:00pm – St Andrew’s, Tain

(Please note that there will be NO Thursday midweek service at St Andrew’s, Tain on 15th February)

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity Services 2024

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JESUS MAFA. “The Good Samaritan” from “Art in the Christian Tradition” Vanderbilt Divinity Library

Each year between 18th and 25th January, there is a Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.

This year there will be a service at:

St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Manse Street, Tain

on Wednesday 24th January 2024

starting at 2:30pm

and a service at:

St Finnbarr’s Episcopal Church, School Hill, Dornoch

on Monday 22nd January 2024

starting at 1pm

This year, the service materials were prepared by an ecumenical team from the West African state of Burkina Faso facilitated by the local Chemin Neuf Community (CCN).

The chosen theme is ‘You shall love the Lord your God… and your neighbour as yourself’ (Lk 10:27). Brothers and sisters from the Catholic Archdiocese of Ouagadougou, Protestant Churches, ecumenical bodies and the CCN in the West African country of Burkina Faso collaborated generously in drafting the prayers and reflections. 

The parable of the Good Samaritan is one of the best known passages of Scripture, yet one that never seems to lose its power to challenge indifference to suffering and to inspire solidarity. It is a story about crossing boundaries that calls our attention to the bonds that unite the whole human family.

In choosing this passage of Scripture for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, the churches of Burkina Faso have invited us to join with them in a process of self-reflection as they consider what it means to love our neighbour in the midst of a security crisis. Communities in our context may be less vulnerable to acts of mass violence than in Burkina Faso, but there are still many living with the memory and/or the threat of serious violence, centred on issues of identity and belonging. There are also groups within communities, including people from ethnic minority backgrounds and people seeking asylum, who feel particularly vulnerable to violence or being displaced by the threat of violence.

All of whatever denomination (or none) are most welcome to join us in Christian Unity.

Carols at the Crask – 28th December @ 2:30pm

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 The Long Established

Carols (and readings, poems, stories etc.)

at the Crask

will take place

on Thursday 28th December @ 2:30pm

Come and join in the celebration, in singing and reflection

and in joyous fellowship

Followed by refreshments

All are very welcome

Service of Lessons and Carols today at 3pm

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Today we have our annual ecumenical service of Lessons and Carols in St Andrew’s, Tain at 3pm. Sing favourite carols and hear again the story of God coming into our world as a tiny baby – all are very welcome.

As you arrive you will pass our crib, this year nestling under the scaffolding, making a virtue of necessity and a poignant reminder that wonderful things can emerge from difficult circumstances.

After the service there will be mulled wine and soft drink, mince pies and shortbread and a chance to greet people from all the local churches as they meet together in peace and unity at this time when there is so much conflict and disharmony in our world.

Lord Jesus,
who walked the land you made holy
and blessed those who made peace;
look with compassion
on the people of your land today,
Jew and Muslim and Christian,
Israeli and Palestinian.
May peace come for all with justice,
may war cease and all live in harmony,
and be the children of the one God
who you made known,
now and always. 
Amen.

The Very Rev Andrew Nunn

We pray without ceasing for justice, reconciliation, peace, and an end to hatred and war. We also pray for God to change the hearts of all leaders and decision-makers in our countries and around the world, For we are in dire need of hearts that love, show mercy, and are willing to live in unity with others – hearts that respect human dignity and choose life rather than death.

We entrust the countries of our Lord’s earthly home into the hands of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace, asking him to have mercy on us all and to give us his peace and blessing. Amen.

Archbishop Hosam Naoum, Anglican Archbishop in Jerusalem

Tain Carol Service – Saturday 23rd December 2023

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A Service of Lessons and Carols

for Christmas

 St. Andrew’s Scottish Episcopal Church

Glebe Crescent, Tain

SATURDAY 23rd December

3pm

Followed by Mulled Wine, mince pies & other seasonal refreshments

EVERYONE WELCOME

Services at Christmas 2023

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  • Sunday 17th Dec – Christingle and Carol Service with collection in aid of the Children’s Society
    • St Finnbarr’s, Dornoch at 3:00pm

  • Saturday 23rd Dec – Service of Lessons and Carols with collection for the Samaritans
    • St Andrew’s Church, Tain at 3:00pm (followed by seasonal refreshments)

  • Sunday 24th Dec – Christmas Service
    • Christmas Service at St Columba’s, Brora at 4:00pm

  • Sunday 24th Dec – Christmas ‘Midnight’ Services
    • St Finnbarr’s, Dornoch at 7:00pm and
    • St Andrews, Tain, at 9:00pm.

  • Monday 25th Dec – Christmas Day Services
    • St Maelrubha’s, Lairg at 8:30am,
    • St Finnbarr’s, Dornoch at 10:00am and
    • St Andrews, Tain at 10:30am.

  • Thursday 28th Dec – Crask Carol Service at the Crask Inn at 2:30pm
    • St Finnbarr’s, Dornoch at 3:00pm

All are welcome at any of our services.