Recycle and Rummage Sale - Saturday 30th August
Saturday's 'Recycle and Rummage' sale raised £163 which will go toward the purchase of new tables for the church hall.

Sunday's Subject Matter - 24th August Onwards
After a summer break, the preaching on Sunday morning will continue with a series of thoughts on the 'Gospels'. This will look at the life of Jesus, chronologically, from the viewpoint of all Gospel writers.

The preaching on Sunday Evening will also continue a series of one sermon outlines on each book in the Old Testament. This new set of sermons begins with the Book of Ecclesiastes. (Occasionally a book will receive more than one sermon EG Psalms, Job, and also Ecclesiastes)

'Sunday School' - Sunday 24th August.
The Sunday School began again after the summer break. There were 16 young folk, ranging in age from 3yrs to 14yrs. This was a little less than last year although on the plus side there were one or two new faces. There are currently 5 Sunday School teachers.

SOS - 'Sunday Open-Day School' - Monday 18th August.
The Sunday Open-day School is an event held annually (the day before school goes back) which allows the young folks from Golspie to take part in a full programme of games, bible reading,singing, drama, script writing, and other activeties . This year 18 young people took part and in the evening were able to put on a 'musical show' about Noah and his Ark for family and friends.

Rev John MacKay - Africa Inland Mission. Wednesday 13th August.
The Rev John MacKay, Scottish Secretary for Africa Inland Mission and no stranger to these parts, was visiting East Sutherland for a deputation meeting. He spoke for a brief time about his role within AIM and then showed computer generated slides of a recent visit to both Uganda and Kenya. There was a very good turnout of people from neighbouring churches in the area and most were able to remain for the cup of tea afterwards.

Golspie Gala Week Songs of Praise - Sunday 3rd August
The venue for this years 'Songs of Praise' service was the new Golspie Gala Week Marquee. There was a great ammount of support for this years service with an excellent turnout. (more seats were required). Also taking part in the songs of praise was Johnny Bremner who sang a number of different spiritual songs

July 2003

Summer Holiday Period
The Summer Holidays are here again. This is a time when people are often away from the village. The news service will begin again in August. (you can always browse through the news from earlier in the year using the links above.)