A Message from our Minister

Dear Friends,

It seems as if Christmas is only just past, and we are already looking forward to Lent and Easter with our Worship Group making proposals to the Kirk Session on study and service times for that period. Can I take a moment though to say thank you for the cards and gifts I received at Christmas, all much appreciated.

Sometimes it seems as if there is so much to organise for the future we forget to enjoy or appreciate the moment. The Kirk Session needs to plan for the future, which is why they worked on a 5-year plan which is being followed through now after being approved in 2024, and some of it is more difficult but not impossible to achieve.

 On more personal notes there will be holidays being planned or big life events such as weddings or ‘special’ birthdays, and all the angst that comes along with organising these. Whilst we are to work towards the future Jesus tells us we should not over worry for ‘Can any one you by worrying add a single hour to your life?’ Matthew 6:27. That might be true, but it is easier said than done. However, when we realise that by trusting God we might make life less fraught, especially when we remember the verse in Jeremiah that reads: ‘For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.’ Jeremiah 29:11.

So, let us trust in the Lord as we move forward, for by working and following Jesus today our tomorrow has hope in it.

Yours aye

Ann