Our student minister, Andrew Ritchie, very ably preached and led worship for the first time in our church this Sunday. He is doing a ‘period of discernment’ with us with a view to Church of Scotland ministry in future and received appreciation from members of the congregation.
Isobel, John, Judy and Cecilia decorated the church for our Harvest Thanksgiving service. The congregation donated items of food to the Blythswood Highland Foodbank for local people in crisis.
“Kirk of Secrets” is a film about Old St Peter’s Church in Thurso, which, they say, was similar to our church in Golspie. Part of the film was shot in our church. In one scene, our minister was asked to read portions of the last sermon preached in Old St Peter’s from the pulpit in St Andrew’s, Golspie.”
On 4 September (yesterday) Mrs Cameron’s class from Golspie Primary School visited St Andrew’s Church. They spent a good hour touring the church, learning about the communion table, the pulpit, the bell and lots of interesting things about the church.
Photos from Sandra and John’s sponsored walk up Schiehallion to raise money for the church—all pictures taken from the very top!
The robe and crown were made by Shona Duncan. The flag was loaned to us by the local branch of the British Legion.
Easter at St Andrews
Charity climb for the church sees Sandra and John reach top of Ben Loyal.
One of the most touching and inspiring services of the year is our Christmas Eve candlelight watchnight service. We think it’s the best way to usher in Christmas.
We welcomed over 100 children from Golspie Primary School and 30 parents to our church for the school Christmas service. The children made some ornaments for our Christmas tree. This was the first school service in the church since the pandemic started.
We thank God for bringing them back!