Posts with the category “news-from-the-north”

www.rosskeenfreechurch.co.ukRosskeen Free Church is a welcoming church for all ages, located in Easter Ross, between Alness and Invergordon. Their vision is to be a community that loves God, loves one another, and loves our community. They strive to be a church that seeks after the Lord.Whether you are seeking a new church home, just visiting, or curious about life’s big questions, you are warmly ...  Read More

Type your new text here.  Are you a senior citizen seeking fellowship and good conversation? The "Silver Strands" fellowship is a new gathering starting in 2024, offering you a chance to enjoy talks and testimonies within a Christian setting.Here's what "Silver Strands" offers:Fellowship and Conversation: Each meeting gives you the opportunity to hear a talk or testimony and enjoy a chat over a cu...  Read More

Northern Presbytery: 2023 Year in ReviewA Year of Community Engagement, Growth, and ServiceAs we close another year, the Northern Presbytery, encompassing congregations from Rosskeen to Wick, has experienced a dynamic period of community engagement, and meaningful activities. Here's a look back at the key events and milestones that shaped our year.Festive Celebrations and Community ActivitiesChris...  Read More

Castletown and Community Free Church Donate 457 shoeboxes to the Blythswood Shoebox Appeal!"Three Blythswood Care vans duly arrived on this beautiful November morning to Castletown and Community. The team (along with some of the local team) stored, stacked and packed a grand total of 457 shoeboxes, bigger boxes and gift-bags on to the lorries. Our treasurer handed over a cheque for £420 towards co...  Read More

The following  artical first appeared on the Free Church of Scotland website Six new members, 7 new office-bearers ordained & extension of permission to have an Assistant Minister for a third 3-year term....  Read More

Dornoch Free church will be hosting a Bible based Holiday Club.- It is for kids in P1-P7- from Monday 10th to Friday 14th July- 10am - 12:30pm- Family events on 14th & 16th July.Come for the whole thing, or just sign up for the days you are free!To book a place at the club visit: https://forms.gle/o7TNYKiS9NMSJg6u8...  Read More

The following article fist appeared at https://freechurch.org/monthly-sunday-services-resume-at-bettyhill/ Thurso & North Coast Free Church is thankful to God for the opportunity to resume, after a number of years, a monthly Sunday morning service 30 miles west of Thurso at Bettyhill.Rev Jerry Taylor, minister at Thurso & North Coast Free Church, said: “In April and May, between 20 and 25 people –...  Read More

The weekend of May 12th to 14th provided a wonderful opportunity for local people to come together and connect over Gospel fellowship.On Friday night, NP Connect hosted the sixth "My Story" event, featuring singer-songwriters Ruth Campbell and Susan Stirling. Ruth, a talented musician from Scotland, shared her passion for expressing God's love through her music. Attendees were treated to an evenin...  Read More

*From Thurso Free Church*We're thankful to God that after some years, we're able to hold Sunday services at Farr Free Church, Bettyhill.These services will be monthly initially, on the 4th Sunday of every month.  The first will be this Sunday, 23 April at 11.00am.  Everyone is very welcome - please help us spread the word!If you pray, please ask the Lord to bless us with good relationships and tha...  Read More

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Churches in the Northern Presbytery have been busy this week sharing the Good News of Easter with local schools and youth groups. "Many good questions were asked, please pray for all those volunteers, staff and students involved." ...  Read More

Date for your diaries! Our friends at Rosskeen Free Church will be hosting an Easter Egg hunt,  and light lunch at 1pm on after their morning service on Easter Sunday.  See details below....  Read More

Rev Roddy Barvis of Helmsdale Free Church will be part of a team being sent by Mission International to Haiti on the 20th of March.Mission International Director hugh Henderson writes: “Mission International are sending a team out to Haiti on 20th March to continue the work there with Trinity Church and Pastor Rolex Poisson.  Over the last few years, we have been blessed by the completion of the T...  Read More

This column was featured in the February/ March 2023 edition of The Record and subsequently on the Free Church of Scotland Website. by Rev. Ben FiddianIn December I attended the funeral of an Associated Presbyterian minister called Alex Murray, who died recently at the age of 97. We had met only once, shortly after I moved to Sutherland. He was a fascinating man with many interesting stories. One ...  Read More

January and February saw some very fruitful growth at NP connect's outreach gatherings with over 40 new people, now regularly attending our Sunday meetings. Many of these people have come through connections made at the weekly drop in and some having had no former connection to a church.On Sunday 5th of March Rosskeen Free Church held a commissioning service to pray over the Capstone core team as ...  Read More

Brora Free Church are hosting a lunch and listen event in the Church Hall on March the 4th.  Starts at 12.30pm with free soup and sandwiches and cakes followed with a short talk by Rev Roddy Macrae from Helmsdale.  ...  Read More

Helmsdale Free Church are running a Kids club for primary school kids on Feb 26th. Spread the word!  Craft, games and snacks!...  Read More

A wonderful evening together celebrating 30 years of Ministry in Castletown - praising God for Howard & Christine and their faithful service to the County over the past 3 decades. Wonderful singing and fellowship too!Thank you to everyone who came out, it was a delight to share in the celebration with so many old and new friends. Thank you to everyone who helped with baking, setting up and clearin...  Read More

Stephanie Staples will be returning to the Capstone Christian Centre Alness for an evening of testimony and Music on March 10th at 7:00pmAbout StephanieNashville-based international singer-songwriter Stephanie Staples has ministered and performed around the world for over two decades, taking her passionate and contemplative music to a variety of venues in the USA, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Co...  Read More

Dornoch Free Church are hosting a drop in every Thursday from noon to 3pm. All are welcome to warm up with a bowl of soup...  Read More

On Sunday 4th of December, NP Connect hosted a series of Christmas outreach gatherings at the Capstone Centre Alness in an effort to plant a new Community Church among the unreached in the area. The plant's core group continues to meet weekly for prayer and fellowship and the Sunday gatherings are already showing signs of growth.  Please pray for this vital work among the unreached as we look towa...  Read More

A number of our churches in the Northern Presbytery will be holding Chrsitmas Carol services this year...  Read More

Last night the congregation of Thurso and North Coast Free Church met with the members of the Northern Presbytery to sign a call to the Rev. Jerry Taylor to be our minister. We are delighted that he has accepted the call, and we look forward to Jerry, June and the family joining us soon. We are grateful to God for guiding us and the Taylor family in the way forward, and we pray for them as they pr...  Read More

NP 500 Featured on BBC News!Good coverage on BBC An Làhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b00drynf/an-laOne of the initiatives is the NP500 programme in the Northern Presbytery led by Iain MacAskill. The aim is to have 500 new people attending churches within the presbytery area (north Ross-shire, Caithness & Sutherland) in the next five years.We can work at our planting and watering skills, we...  Read More

On June19th Rev Iain MacAskill preached open air at the burn service.   You can watch the whole service here:  Read More

Np 500 have launched two Cafe Drop in Sessions at the Capstone Centre Alness, it is hoped that these sessions will serve as a warm space for anyone looking to get out of the cold this winter and hopefully be a safe space to meet and chat with others in the local community.  There is always plenty of tea coffee and biscuits on the go and our hope is that in time these dropping will become a contact...  Read More

It was a full house at the fishermans's Folk Festival. Some great people and wonderful praise and worship by Jimmy Gunn. Rev Iain MacAskill preached from the Bible and asked "will your anchor hold in the storms of life?"...  Read More