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Golspie Free Church has their annual business meeting last night. It began with worship - psalm, prayer, reading from the bible - and then moved on into the more business part of the meeting.

Reports were then presented covering different aspects of the churches work.

There will be a joint Songs of Praise gathering on Sunday 28th February at 6.30pm. The venue is Golspie's Free Church and both chuches in the village are participating. All are welcome to come along and enjoy an evening of singing.

One of our elders, Andy Sutherland, sadly passed away last week. Andy was very well liked in the church and village and was also well known throughout East Sutherland. His funeral took place yesterday and was very well attended. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family at this time.

Golspie Free Church was the venue for the wedding of Louise MacLeod to Ally Paterson. The wedding was held on Christmas Day and the service was conducted by Louise's dad Rev Robert Macleod.

The church services for today have been cancelled due to a heavy snowfall overnight and also this morning.

Poverty & Homelessness Action Week runs every year from the last Saturday in January to the first Sunday in February. It includes Homelessness Sunday and Poverty Action Sunday.

Poverty & Homelessness Action Week 2010 will run from 30 January to 7 February. Download your free resources now, and help us tackle poverty and homelessness in communities around the UK:

ENOUGH! We’ve had enough greed and selfishness.
There is ENOUGH FOR ALL!
Wealth is not just in material things.
We are wealthier together than we are on our own.
Let’s use what we have. Let’s share what we have.
We have wealth we don’t know about yet.
Sometimes, we increase our wealth by giving stuff away and opening our homes.
Let’s not wait for the politicians. We can do this ourselves!
“All of them ate and were filled. When they collected the leftover pieces, there were 12 baskets.”
Luke 9:17

Download free resources now: reflect on our theme, and run a church service or event to mark Poverty & Homelessness Action Week 2010. http://www.actionweek.org.uk/html/home.html

Lectures in the Faith - Donald MacLeod

2009/10 Series: 1st John

Nov 6th 2009
Dec 4th 2009
Jan 8th 2010
Feb 5th 2010
March 5th 2010

Previous lectures can be found and listened to on the Falkirk Free Church Website

(information gathered from the Falkirk FC Web Site)

The final Gaelic Service for 2009 will be held next Sunday (13th December 3.00pm) at Golspie Free Church. The Speaker will be Rev Ronald Morrison of Tain. These monthly services have been a tremendous success and will continue in the new year.

Donald Macleod to Retire as College Principal
Information from Free Church Of Scotland Website



Principal Donald Macleod is to retire in June 2010 as Principal of the Free Church College in Edinburgh. His intention to step down was announced by Dr Iain D. Campbell, the Chairman of the College Board, this week. Dr Campbell paid tribute to his leadership and said that Donald Macleod “significantly developed the Free Church College as a Reformed centre of theological enquiry, offering a variety of degree courses and holding to the highest academic standards. His tenure of the Principalship has put the whole Church in his debt.”

Principal Macleod is the longest-serving active minister in the Free Church of Scotland. Having been ordained to Kilmallie in 1964, his second and only other charge was Glasgow where he ministered in the then Partick Highland (now Dowanvale) congregation, before being appointed to the chair of Systematic Theology at the Free Church College in 1978. Upon the retirement of Archie Boyd, Professor Macleod was appointed to the position of Principal in 1999.

It was during his time as Principal that the validation arrangement was forged between the Free Church College and Glasgow University, which resulted in BTh and MTh degrees being awarded to the College’s students.
Principal Macleod said this week that it had been a great honour to hold the position of Principal, and paid tribute to the “excellent team” with which he worked and who helped create a happy environment. Whilst stepping down as Principal, he intends to continue to teach Systematic Theology for the time being.

In 2008, Principal Macleod was awarded an honorary doctorate by Westminster Theological Seminary. He is the author of several books, which include The Person of Christ, The Spirit of Promise and A Faith to Live By.

Witnessing the World calendars are now available from Scottish Photographer Roddy MacKay. Please follow link to his web site.

Witnessing the World Calendar

Announcement

The Faith Mission is well known in Sutherland. It is with sadness that the news is recieved that on Monday 9th November 2009 at his home in Broxburn near Edinburgh, Rev Dr Colin Peckham was suddenly and quietly called home to be with the Lord. Rev. Dr. Peckham is a former Principal of the Faith Mission College. Pray for his wife Mary and children Colin, Heather and Christine at this time. There will be a service of thanksgiving at Charlotte Chapel, West Rose Street, Edinburgh on Monday 16th November 2009 at 10.30am. All friends are welcome to attend.

Encouragement for Burghead
November 09, 2009

Burghead congregation is rejoicing in the Lord’s goodness! Seven new members were added to the roll at last month’s communion. Literally, there were tears of joy, as a small congregation that had experienced the loss of many faithful stalwarts, including its six elders and two deacons, over the past few years, thanked God for such an encouragement....more

Sunday evening saw the Helmsdale, Brora, Golspie, and Dornoch churches meet together for the last of the Golspie communion services. Derek Lamont from Edinburgh led the service and spoke of what the resurrection of Jesus meant to Thoms. Afterwards there was the customary tea and baking and then finished off with a time of singing.

News & Events
Kirkcaldy to get New Minister

November 03, 2009

The Rev John Johnstone has accepted a call to be minister at Kircaldy Free Church. John comes from Cumbernauld and studied English at Aberdeen University before being appointed as Youth Assistant at Bon Accord Free Church. After marrying Sarah, whom he met at Bon Accord, he applied for the Free Church ministry in 2006 and has recently graduated from the Free Church College in Edinburgh.

The Kirkcaldy Free Church congregation became vacant during the summer when Rev Neil Macmillan, who had been minister there for 15 years, left to become the support worker for the Home Missions Board. After a short vacancy the congregation decided last month to nominate Rev Johnstone as their choice and his call was signed and accepted shortly afterwards.

John is married to Sarah and they have three children: Rachel, Samuel and Anna.

The ordination and induction will be on
Friday 13th November at 7:30 in
Viewforth Parish Church
Viewforth St
Kirkcaldy KY1 3DJ

Thereafter there will be tea etc in Kirkcadly Free Church which is a short walk from Viewforth Parish Church.
Everyone is welcome.

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