A Message from our Minister

Dear Friends,

On the 21st September we will be sharing together our Harvest Worship, with favourite hymns - who could imagine a harvest service without ‘We plough the fields and scatter’, familiar Bible readings and with thanks that, whilst food prices seem to be going up every week, most of us have food on our table, and in Scotland clean water to drink. This year we have ‘enjoyed’ some very hot days, and nights that were too hot to sleep (oh, how we like to moan about the weather!) and a few very wet and windy days amongst it. But ‘hot’ is relative for as I said one Sunday folk over from Missouri told me the weather was cool when all the Scots around were melting in the 29deg heat, but that is an aside. As Christians we are called to think about not just the harvest of food but the harvest of people, how we scatter the seeds. Do we plant too frugally or only in places we think a seed might flourish, not giving other ‘ground’ the chance to take part. Do we give up if the harvest seems to be poor and not look for growth around us. It is difficult, yet that is what we are asked to do, any arable farmer will tell you there is no growth without sowing seeds.

 CH4 231 For the Fruits of all creation verse 2 Fredrick Pratt Green (1903-2000) ©1970, Stainer & Bell Ltd In the just reward of Labour, God’s will is done; In the help we give our neighbour, God’s will is done; In our world-wide task of caring for the hungry and despairing, In the harvest we are sharing, God’s will is done.

 Yours, Ann