Notices - Sunday 1st June 2025
Creche: 11.00am in the upper hall for children up to age 3.
Volunteers Today: Christine Ann, Maighread, Donna Carol Ann.
Volunteers 8th June: Christine, Catherine, Maryanne, Alison and Ruby.
Tweenies in the main hall for children aged 3-5.
Volunteers today: Elizabeth, Kay and Aileen.
Volunteers 8th June: Liz, Anna and Lydia.
All children in Sunday School and Bible Class to go straight into the hall today at 11.00. They will be brought through to the church by their teachers later in the service to witness the communion being dispensed.
Everyone is welcome to the M A Hall after the morning service for a cup of tea or coffee. Norrie and Alison will be serving today.
There will be a congregational fellowship in the M A Hall following the evening service tonight. Our elder, Donald Buchanan will be speaking.
Monday 2nd June from 1.00pm to 3.00pm - Toddler Group meets in the
M A Hall.
Monday 2nd June at 7.30pm – Monthly Prayer Meeting on Zoom.
Tuesday 3rd June at 11.00am – Prayer and Update with Muriel on Zoom.
Tuesday 3rd June from 7.30pm to 9.00pm – Youth Club meets in the M A Hall. All P7 pupils are welcome to come along!
Tuesday 3rd June at 7.30pm – English Prayer Meeting at Laxdale Mission Hall.
Wednesday 4th June at 7.30pm in the Seminary – The AGM for the congregation will be held. The Report of the Trustees and Financial Statements for 2024 will be presented at this meeting. Copies of the report are available today at the door.
Please Note: Zoom access will not be available for this meeting, and everyone is encouraged to attend in person.
Thursday 5th June at 7.30pm – Gaelic Prayer Meeting in the Seminary led by Rev Calum Macdonald.
Thursday 5th June – Explorers meet in the M A Hall
6.00pm - 7.00pm: P1- P3
7.00pm - 8.15pm: P4 - P7
Friday 6th June from 12.00pm to 3.00pm – Fridays at The Free
The M A Hall will be open for soups, sandwiches, teas and coffees to give people an opportunity to meet with friends.
There will be a kids play area available as well as items from ‘Dove’s Corner’ Baby Bank free of charge.
Anyone needing transport please call Calum on 07717 495424
Saturday 7th June at 11.00am – Ladies Walking Group meets at the Castle Museum car park.
Saturday 7th June at 7.30pm – English Prayer Meeting in the Seminary.
Lord’s Day 8th June at 9.00am – Ladies Prayer Meeting on Zoom.
Services next Lord’s Day – 8th June
11.00am – English Service (Church) conducted by Rev Calum Iain Macleod.
11.00am – Gaelic Service (Seminary) conducted by Rev Callum Macleod.
6.30pm – English Service (Church) conducted by Rev Calum Iain Macleod.
Sunday School Snippet
Nehemiah prayed to God to help him keep building the wall. Ivy P4.
55+ Fellowship
The next meeting of the 55+ Fellowship will be held in the M A Hall on Friday 13th June at 12 noon until 2.00pm. This will be a soup and pudding lunch.
The speaker will be Laura Anne Macleod from Leurbost who recently spent some time working on “Mercy Ships”, a Christian organisation that brings, in their own words, “hope and healing to the forgotten poor.” The organisation treats all patients free of charge regardless of religion, race or gender. The singing on the day will be led by our own Ewen Mackenzie.
If you can, bring a friend. Everyone will be made very welcome.
If you need transport to or from the M A Hall, contact Duncan Norman.
Presbytery Praise Night
There will be a Presbytery Praise night on Friday June 6th at 7.30pm in the Back Church Hall. Please come along and enjoy an evening of psalm singing which will include a number of Gaelic singings.
There will be a short address from Rev James MacIver with tea & coffee served after the event. All are very welcome.
GOOD NEWS for Everyone! (formerly Gideons UK)
Western Isles Branch Annual Rally at the Associated Presbyterian Church, Keith St, Stornoway on Friday 13 June 2025 at 7.30 pm.
Main speaker: Rev Jonathan Baxter, APC, Stornoway
All Welcome - refreshments served afterwards