Strontian Church Building

There will be an open meeting on Wednesday 8th September on Zoom regarding the Strontian Church building. The small worshipping congregation of Strontian Parish Church can no longer justify maintaining the building, and simply cannot afford to do so. The building has served the congregation since the 1820s, and is in need of major roof work and other renovations.

There has occasionally been suggestion of a Heritage Centre for the village and it may be that the Telford designed Parliamentary Church building could be the site for church a project. There have been some informal talks with the various local community bodies and with the General Trustees of the Church of Scotland who would look sympathetically towards a community project. The win-win situation might be that the building could remain as a venue for Worship, Weddings, Funerals and other purposes.

The open meeting will be on Zoom – and you are invited to attend and share your ideas, time and effort to work towards this aim.

Details including the Zoom link for the meeting will updated here on the website at the Strontian page

In the meantime, building or no building, the Church continues to serve all in the community – all are warmly invited to share in weekly worship online or on-site. Do contact the minister if you would like to speak further about this project – or indeed any matter, or would welcome a listening ear…

Sunday 18th July

Sunday 18th July

10am – Worship at Ardgour Church

12noon – Worship at Kiel Church, Morvern Parish

Wednesday Morning 10.30am – Zoom Coffee and Chat
Wednesday 2.30pm – Strontian Kirk Session on Zoom
Wednesday 10pm – Wednesday Evening Prayer on Facebook

Thursday 22nd – Kingairloch Church open 2pm to 4pm

Quiz Night – Friday 7pm – livestream on YouTube.
www.aksm org.uk/quiz for details

Tuesday afternoon: Bible Study and conversation

Today 6th July, we gather on Zoom for the penultimate conversation in this series thinking of the Church in 21st Century.

Today we will reflect on the beginning of 2 Peter 1:

2 Peter 1:1-15 GNT
[1] From Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ— To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have been given a faith as precious as ours: [2] May grace and peace be yours in full measure through your knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. [3] God’s divine power has given us everything we need to live a truly religious life through our knowledge of the one who called us to share in his own glory and goodness. [4] In this way he has given us the very great and precious gifts he promised, so that by means of these gifts you may escape from the destructive lust that is in the world, and may come to share the divine nature. [5] For this very reason do your best to add goodness to your faith; to your goodness add knowledge; [6] to your knowledge add self-control; to your self-control add endurance; to your endurance add godliness; [7] to your godliness add Christian affection; and to your Christian affection add love. [8] These are the qualities you need, and if you have them in abundance, they will make you active and effective in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. [9] But if you do not have them, you are so shortsighted that you cannot see and have forgotten that you have been purified from your past sins. [10] So then, my friends, try even harder to make God’s call and his choice of you a permanent experience; if you do so, you will never abandon your faith. [11] In this way you will be given the full right to enter the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. [12] And so I will always remind you of these matters, even though you already know them and are firmly grounded in the truth you have received. [13] I think it only right for me to stir up your memory of these matters as long as I am still alive. [14] I know that I shall soon put off this mortal body, as our Lord Jesus Christ plainly told me. [15] I will do my best, then, to provide a way for you to remember these matters at all times after my death. …

Christian Aid 2021

Rev Donald has taken up the Christian Aid challenge to take 300,000 steps in May, to raise some funds for Christian Aid. You may wish to make a donation via his fundraising page. You can also donate to Christian Aid at: www.christianaid.org.uk/get-involved-locally/scotland

Christian Aid Week is 10-16 May this year. During the month of May when we have worship gatherings at the Church buildings there will be an opportunity to make a gift to Christian Aid.

Holy Week and Easter 2021

Various online and a few off-line events will be happening around the linked parishes. On the Lochaber Presbytery website are details of various online opportunities for worship and reflection.

Of particular note is the Maundy Thursday online communion which will be led by Rev Sandy Stoddart on Thu 1st at 7pm on Zoom. The login for this event is unique (not the usual AKSM login) and can be obtained from Rev Donald or any of the session clerks.

And on Good Friday there will be a shared worship video on the Lochaber Presbytery YouTube channel

On Easter Sunday there will be video worship on the AKSM YouTube Channel, and there will be worship at Ardgour Church, 10am and Kiel Church, 12noon. Booking to attend these services is essential – to Fiona Maclean of Ardgour, or to Rev Donald for Kiel. Face coverings must be worn and various other precautions will be observed.

In the Church Buildings

Bookings for ‘in person’ worship should be made in advance to Fiona Maclean, Ardgour; or Rev Donald McCorkindale for Strontian and Morvern.

Anyone shielding, symptomatic or feeling unwell should not visit the Church buildings. Online Worship opportunities will be available every Sunday and on other occasions.

Social Distancing, Face Coverings and other precautionary measures will be observed in the buildings.

Sunday 11th July

• 11am at Strontian Church
• 2pm at Kingairloch Church

Sunday 18th July

• 10am at Ardgour Church
• 12noon at Kiel, Morvern

Sunday 25 July

• 11am at Strontian Church
• (4pm on Zoom – Worship with Communion)

Sunday 1 August

• 10am at Ardgour Church
• 12noon at Kiel, Morvern

Sunday 8 August

• 11am at Strontian Church
• 2pm at Kingairloch Church

Sunday 15 August

• 10am at Ardgour Church
• 12noon at Kiel, Morvern

Sunday 22 August

• 11am at Strontian Church
• (4pm on Zoom – Worship with Communion)

Sunday 29 August

• Worship led by the Moderator, Jim, Lord Wallace of Tankerness. Venue and Time to be confirmed.