Ardgour
In the light of the decision to cancel all gatherings for worship, there will be an online time for reflection and worship each Sunday at 10am. This will also be able to be watched later in the day – details at the ONLINE page
Know that God’s blessing, from Father, Son and Spirit is with you…
Ardgour
10.00am : Sunday Worship at Strontian Church
12.00pm : Sunday Worship at Ardgour Church
2.30pm : Peninsula Picnic at Kingairloch Church
Worship at 2.30pm followed by picnic
10.15am : Coffee and Conversation at Ardgour Hall followed by Ardgour Church Stated Annuak Meeting (11am)
8.30am : Lochaber Prayer Breakfast at Kilmallie Free Church of Scotland
Glenpane Street, Fort William, Scotland
PH33 7AU
Steve Aisthorpe will present a keynote address: Pilgrimage: the modern resurgence of an ancient tradition. Payment of £5 for breakfast can be made on the day, please contact Ella Gill to reserve a place,
11.00am : Shared Worship at Ardgour Church
10.00am : Sunday Worship at Strontian Church
12.00pm : Sunday Worship at Ardgour Church
4.00pm : Sunday Worship at Kiel Church, Morvern
10.00am : Sunday Worship at Strontian Church
12.00pm : Sunday Worship at Ardgour Church
2.00pm : Afternoon Worship at Kingairloch
4.00pm : Sunday Worship at Kiel Church, Morvern
12.00am : Flower Festival at Kiel Church
9.30am : Cafe Church at Ardgour Memorial Hall
10.00am : Sunday Worship at Strontian Church
12.00pm : Sunday Worship at Ardgour Church
4.00pm : Sunday Worship at Kiel Church, Morvern
10.00am : Sunday Worship at Strontian Church
12.00pm : Sunday Worship at Ardgour Church
2.00pm : Afternoon Worship at Kingairloch Church
4.00pm : Sunday Worship at Kiel Church, Morvern
10.00am : Sunday Worship at Strontian Church
12.00pm : Sunday Worship at Ardgour Church
4.00pm : Sunday Worship at Kiel Church, Morvern
10.00am : Sunday Worship at Strontian Church
12.00pm : Sunday Worship at Ardgour Church
2.00pm : Afternoon Worship at Kingairloch
4.00pm : Sunday Worship at Kiel Church, Morvern
9.30am : Cafe Church at Ardgour Memorial Hall
10.00am : Sunday Worship at Strontian Church
12.00pm : Sunday Worship at Ardgour Church
4.00pm : Sunday Worship at Kiel Church, Morvern
10.00am : Sunday Worship at Strontian Church
12.00pm : Sunday Worship at Ardgour Church
1.30pm : Messy Church at Lochaline Village Hall
2.00pm : Afternoon Worship at Kingairloch Church
4.00pm : Sunday Worship at Kiel Church, Morvern
7.00pm : Ardgour Kirk Session at Ardgour Church
2.00pm : Ardgour Horticultural Show
42st Ardgour Horticultural Show
SATURDAY 31h AUGUST 2019
Ardgour Hall
Entries received on Friday 7.30-9pm and Saturday 9 – 10am
Show doors open 2.45pm prizing giving 3pm
Community
On Monday 10th June there will be a trip to Eigg. This is being arranged with the Western Lochaber Group of Churches… namely ourselves, Acharacle and Ardnamurchan, along with North West Lochaber.
If you are interested in participating please let Donald know. A minibus will be coming up from Kilchoan and can pick folk up at Salen. there are still places available – if you would like to come along on Monday – let Donald know ASAP.
The ferry from Mallaig to Eigg departs at 1010
The ferry will arrive at Eigg at 1125. The cost is £8.20 return, unless you have a Highland Concession card (Bus Pass) in which case the ferry is free 😊. We will gather at the Church for a wee service at about 12:45pm.
People can then have a picnic lunch at the Church, or walk back down to the pier and lunch at the café/shop, or explore the island, making sure of being back to the ferry terminal in good time. The far end of the island road (at the village of Cleadale) is 4 miles from the ferry terminal, and 2.5 miles from the Church. Note that anyone going to Cleadale or Laig at the far end will have to climb back up the hill to the church, before descending to Galmisdale where the ferry terminal is.
There will be transport provided by some locals to and from the pier to the church for those who’d rather not walk too much.
The ferry arrives at Eigg at 1610 (4:10pm) to take us back to Mallaig (ferry departing 1625). It reaches Mallaig at 1740 (5:40pm).
Community
Lochaline Messy Church | Messy Church – 4th Sunday of every month
— Read on www.messychurch.org.uk/church/lochaline-messy-church
Community
It’s fairtrade fortnight… and there’s some fairly traded rice from Malawi available at Ardgour Church. £3.50 per kg – 3kg for £10.
Ardgour
Please help me plan for a brilliant 2019… take a few minutes to answer a few questions which will help shape what we do around Strontian, Ardgour and Morvern Churches…
Thank you
Donald
PS: the link is to www.surveymonkey.com/r/738W8TK – just a few questions – it won’t take you long to complete.
Advent
‘Sanctuary First’ is a congregation of the Church of Scotland, but unlike Strontian, Ardgour and Morvern Parish churches it doesn’t have a building and it doesn’t have parish boundaries! Sanctuary First is a virtual online resource which seeks to engage with those who may not find existing forms of church helpful in their spiritual journal. There are many expressions of church… and many within the umbrella of Strontian Morvern and Ardgour Churches… the traditional Sunday worship, Cafe Church, Messy Church, various small groups and other occasions for engaging in matters of Christian faith.
This Christmas time, I hope and pray that many will be sustained in their faith; that many will develop and deepen their commitment to Christ and his ways; and that some will be awakened to the realisation that the Jesus story isn’t just history but living reality. At Christmas we celebrate that God crept into our human experience, he became as one of us to show the way of love, peace, justice, joy and hope. Within the constraints of human language and experience, stories, songs, and symbols point us toward the mystery of God’s love for everyone and for all creation. Was Mary a virgin? What did Joseph really think? Did Mary ride on a donkey? Was it a stable? Did the shepherds leave their sheep? Was the star Halley’s Comet? How many wise men were there? Questions perhaps to be pondered by Nativity play directors! I don’t know exactly what happened when Jesus of Nazareth was born, but I know the story of Christmas to be true – revealing God in Christ who shared the fragility of human life.
I hope to see old faces and new faces at the various events and services in this last week before Christmas. I hope that whatever your situation you find ways to awaken, develop or sustain awareness of God’s blessing in your life. Sanctuary First has some great resources – there’s really beautiful reflection on Mary’s response (podcast link half way down the page at Sanctuary First)
Different things are happening around the parishes of Morvern, Ardgour, & Strontian – Carols by the tree, Readings and Carols, Coffee and Conversation, Blog posts, one more podcast episode before Christmas, Carols by Candlelight (Strontian Church 7pm 24th), Watchnight services – 11.30pm at Ardgour and Kiel Churches. I hope there’s something for you…
With every good wish and blessing this Christmas time…
Donald
Advent
Advent
Thank you to everyone who entered the Christmas Picture competition. Congratulations to Cohen, Strontian Primary whose Christmas Pudding picture adorns the Front page of the December edition of De tha dol. Thanks for all the entries – some featured here, more will appear during advent… and all will be on display at the Peninsula Carols on Sunday 9th December 7pm at Strontian Village Hall.
Advent
Details of all the Advent Events and Services around the Peninsulas are in a Downloadable Leaflet
9.00am : Christmas Breakfast at Ariundle Centre, Strontian
10.00am : Sunday Worship led by Ella Gill at Ardgour
12.00pm : Sunday Worship at Kiel, Morvern
4.00pm : Sunday Worship led Ella Gill at Strontian
7.00pm : Carols by Candlelight at Strontian Church
11.30pm : Watchnight Service at Kiel
11.30pm : Watchnight Service at Ardgour
