News

News

January 2024

We are now able to settle once again to a regular weekly service in church at 11.00am

28 July 2022 - our interregnum continues and currently the following communion services are planned in church at 11.00am
14 August
28 August
13 September
25 September
2 October

18 February 2022  - currently the following services are planned
20 February - Communion Service 11.00am in church
27 February - Service of the Word 11.00am in church

13 March - Service of the Word 11.00am via Zoom

27 March - Mothering Sunday Communion Service 11.00am in church

3 April -  Service of the Word 11.00am in church

17 April - £aster Day Communion Service 11.00am in church

24 April - Service of the Word 11.00am via Zoom

updates will be posted when known.

Christmas 2022

Carol Service is cancelled as we are not able to have large numbers of people together due to the pandemic restrictions.

Christmas Day there will be a Eucharist as 10am.

26 December & 2 January - no service

9 January - Service of the Word via Zoom


Retirement of Rev Canon Kathy Collins

It is with great sadness that we announce Kathy’s retirement at the end of September after 7 years as our very much loved and valued Resident Priest-in-Charge.  She goes with our best wishes, love and prayers for life in her new home.


Patronal Festival 2021 

Unfortunately a delay in easing of Covid restrictions means we cannot hold the planned picnic.  However up to 12 people can meet in the parsonage garden for coffee  on the Sundays when there is a service in church.

Sunday 4 June - Weather  permitting we hope to have an outdoor picnic to celebrate our Patronal Festival.  Bring your own food and drink.  More details next week,


Christmas 2020

Carol Service will not take place as we are not able to have large numbers of people together due to the pandemic restrictions.

Christmas Day there will be a said Eucharist as 10am.  If you wish to attend booking a place is essential as we have very limited spaces left so please contact us at stpaulschurch.strathnairn@gmail.com by Monday 21 December..

Sunday 27 December - no service or podcast.

3 January onwards - podcasts and Zoom services will resume.


Virtual Services and Meetings

During the coronavirus pandemic and limited opening of churches we have holding a service in church on the 2nd Sunday in the month and virtual services using Zoom on the other Sundays at 11.00 am.  A zoom meeting for Chat happens on Thursdays at 2pm.  Please get on touch if you would like to be able to join us at either of these.


2019 - 150th Anniversary - September this year marked the 150th anniversary of the consecration of the current church building.  We planned a number of events to celebrate, starting about Easter in order to avoid possible cancellation due to winter weather conditions.  Details can be found by clicking on this link Anniversary events.


The Crafty Ladies knitted a Last Supper.  Click here to see the result.

Spring Quiz - quiz sheets are now available at the back of church and also at Inverarnie Stores, entry £1 with £10 prize.  Further details about returning completed sheets etc. are on the sheets.

Winter Quiz - thank you to all those who took part in the Winter Quiz - we hope you enjoyed it.  The winner was Beryl Snowdon - well done Beryl. 

For the who would like to see the answers, please click on this link Winter Quiz Answers


2018

13 February - Pancake supper in the church hall from 6.00pm.

Lent - once again, rather than having an evening study course, the sermons during Lent will follow a theme and this year will take the form of am armchair pilgrimage following the journeys of St Paul.  More information can be found by clicking on this link Armchair Pilgrimage and the sermons can be found by clicking on the Lent 2018 in Sermons tpage.

25 March - Palm Sunday - Parish Lunch in the hall following the service.

23 September - AGM following the service

21 October  - Harvest Thanksgiving service


2017

Lent - once again, rather than having an evening study course, the sermons during Lent will follow a theme, this year being Abraham', with the idea that more people will be reached than would attend on a weekday evening.  The sermons are based on the 2015 SPCK book 'Abraham, a journey through Lent' by Meg Warner and can be read by going to the Lent 2017 on the Sermons page and selecting a link.

2016

Lent - this year, rather than having an evening study course, the sermons during Lent followed the theme of 'Joy and the Gospel' with the idea that more people would be reached than would attend on a weekday evening.  Notes which accompanied the sermons can be read by going to the Lent page and selecting a link.

Holy Week - Further details can be found on the What's On page.

9 April - Neil Mackenzie Trust fund raising day; St Paul's will have a stall at the 'car boot' sale.  For more details please click here.

Pudding Evening  - 4 July at 7pm in the church hall.  A fun, social evening where you need no excuse to indulge in tasting puddings made by others.  Please bring a favourite pudding plus copies of the recipe.  Cost £2 per head to include a glass of wine and there will also be a raffle.  All welcome.

19 November - Community Christmas Fair  will take place in Farr Community Hall; 14.00 - 16.00.  Crafts, home produce, raffles and so on, including tables for other folk/organisations in the strath.  Refreshments available.


2015

Lent Study Course - in 2015 the course followed the York Course 'Praise Him - Songs of Praise in the New Testament' and meetings were on Mondays beginning on 23 February. 

24 April - Whist Drive in the hall at 7.00pm.

22 May - Beetle Drive in the hall at 6.30pm.

28 June - Visit by the Right Reverend Mark Strange, Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness.  The service was followed by a congregational lunch in the hall.

10 - 13 September - several members of St Paul's helped on the Combat Stress stand at the Highland Military Tattoo, Fort George.  An interesting and enjoyable time, despite the very strong, cold wind.  More about Combat Stress can be found on the Outreach page.

26 September - a Gaelic Eucharist was held on 26 September at 12 noon and once again led by the Very Rev  Dr Emsley Nimmo, Dean of the Diocese of Aberdeen & Orkney.  The service used a dual language liturgy booklet and hymns sung in English, so all, both Gaelic and non-Gaelic speakers, were able to take a full part in the service.  The fellowship continued over refreshments in the hall after the service.

11 October - Harvest Festival collected 65kg of food for Blythswood Food Bank.

8 November - the annual joint Remembrance Sunday service took place at Daviot Church of Scotland with the service being led by the Rev Canon Kathy Collins owing to Daviot's interregnum.

15 November - shoeboxes filled by members of St Pauls for this year's Blythswood Appeal were collected at church along with several bags of 'spare' items for use by the shoebox checkers.

19 & 20 November - Shoe Box checking at Culduthel Christian Centre, Inverness.  Some members of St Paul's helped to check contents of shoe boxes filled as Christmas gifts to people of all ages in countries such as Albania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Kosovo, Moldova, Pakistan, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine.  

21 November - Community Christmas Fair in Farr Community Hall.  14.00 - 16.00. Crafts, home produce, raffle and so on, including tables for other folk/organisations in the strath.  Refreshments were available.


2014

Following some building renovation and redecoration recently carried out, the project for the year was the restoration/renovation and protection of the stained glass windows along with some necessary work on the parsonage prior to the arrival of our new minister.

11 May - the service was led by Very Rev Canon Dr Emsley Nimmo, Dean of the Diocese of Aberdeen & Orkney  and Rector of St Margaret’s Church, Aberdeen.  Dr Nimmo was in the locality during his fundraising coast to coast walk following the footsteps of St Moluag in aid of Aberdeen Cathedral restoration project.  See more at: http://www.scotland.anglican.org/following-footsteps-saint-moluag 

July - we were delighted to welcome Mrs Maureen Farqhar from Elgin.  Maureen is an ordinand and had been joining us to 'experience' worship and fellowship at a small rural church.  It was a delight to experience her assistance during services and to exchange ideas over coffee too.

28 September - Harvest Festival.

2 October - the Rev Canon Kathy Collins was commissioned as priest-in-charge at a service at 7pm. 

4 October - a Gaelic Eucharist was held on 4 October at 12 noon and once again was led by the Very Rev Canon Dr Emsley Nimmo, Dean of the Diocese of Aberdeen & Orkney.  The service used a dual language liturgy booklet and hymns sung in English, so all, both Gaelic and non-Gaelic speakers, were welcome and able to take a full part in the service.  The fellowship continued over refreshments in the hall after the service.

29 November - Christmas Fair in Farr Community Hall.  10.00 - 14.00. Crafts, home baking, raffle and so on, including tables for other folk/organisations in the strath.  Coffee and soup lunches were available.


2013

Saw a number of different events:

Photos of some of these can be viewed on the Gallery page.