There will be Tea/Coffee served from the kitchen hatch after the morning service. All welcome.
Youth lunch – Today, after the service at Willie & Rona’s. All P6-S6 welcome.
The next dates for Youth lunch are 28th April at Donnie & Rena’s and 29th May at Ruth’s house.
Prayer meeting – There will be a time of prayer at 5.20pm.
Summer holiday club – We are considering running a holiday club for primary school children in the summer. Please pray about this as we assess whether it is something we can do. We need to get an indication about who might be able to help with this. We realise this is difficult to do given there are no dates yet but this is just a rough guide. Please indicate on the signup sheet at the door whether you might be able to give up some of your time.
Men’s discussion group – A monthly discussion group alternating between discussion on a book of our choice and Christian doctrine. The first meeting will be on Tuesday 26th of March at 7:30pm at Jason Ross’s house in Tore. At that meeting we will begin a study on the Westminster Confession of faith, which is a summary of the Bible’s teaching used by many reformed churches. The first meeting will be an introduction to the confession and will not require those attending to prepare. We will also select a book which will be read over the following weeks to be discussed at a later meeting. Meetings will be scheduled for the 4th Tuesday of each month. If anyone has any questions, wants directions or to share a lift, please speak to Niall Lipp.
Preaching arrangements – Rory and family will be in South Africa for three Sunday’s during March and April. Preaching arrangements are as follows: > Mr. Jeff Townend (Faith Mission) 31.03.24 > Rev. Donald Morrison (Retired) 07.04.24 > Rev. Finlay Mackenzie 14.04.24
Pastoral cover in Rory’s absence – The following two ministers are available if anyone should require pastoral assistance: Rev Alex Stewart 25.03.24-08.04.24 Rev Donald Morrison 09.04.24-20.04.24 Both ministers can be contacted via Donnie or Niall.
Marmalade Thank You – Thank you very much to everyone who bought Margaret’s marmalade – Fortrose FC raised £357, all of which will go towards supporting the Youth Camps.
Community Groups 3rd April – The Countryside group will meet at Willie and Rona’s and the Town group will meet at Dave and Sally’s. Study 3, Jesus, God with us, will be discussed. New bible study books have been purchased and can be collected at the church door.
Damaris House – We have received a plea via Morven and Geoff Hulks, who spoke at our quiz evening, from Argyris and Dina of Damaris House which many of you have already supported so generously. Due to rising costs, the work is facing a shortfall of approximately £2650 every month. They ask that if you have a heart for this is work that you consider a regular donation through the organisation Stewardship which teams up with TrustBridgeGlobal. They give gift aid on any donations made. Here is the link: https://portal.trustbridgeglobal.com/public/donate?%20id=5cf634990b4a8a18ae75d45295d61ce3ec7c1ba3. Information on the work of Damaris House is available here: https://www.damaris.gr
Easter Holiday Club – The Faith Mission are running an Easter holiday club in The Victoria Hall, Cromarty for primary aged children. It will run from Tuesday 9th-Friday 12th April 10-11.30am. Please see the poster/screen notices for further information.
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