Posts by John Dimmock

Christian Aid week will run from 10th-16th May of this year. Unfortunately we won’t be able to hold our usual fundraising events that involve social gatherings so we will be focussing  on the house-to-house drop-off of donation envelopes.  There is no requirement to pick these up as people will be encouraged to take their donations to collection points around the town or…

Holy Communion (31st January, 11.45am via zoom) We will stream our service of worship at 11am over YouTube much the same as normal (standrewsleckie.co.uk/sunday) with the option to phone in if you don’t have an internet connection. This service will finish at approximately 11:45am. Immediately following this, everyone is invited to join together for Communion on…

Following changes in government advice, we have decided to hold back on our original plan of re-opening the church for Sunday Worship on the 10th January. As you will be aware this situation is continually changing so please check back here from time to time. Following the announcement on 4th January, opening before February certainly will not be happening.

Hi all, I want to take the opportunity to remind you all of our meeting this Sunday by zoom for Holy Communion and to update you on very recent plans to reopen our church buildings for some specific activities from November onwards. Alongside the recent launch of Soul Restore, the Alpha course and…

Christmas cards, gift wrap and calendars are now available to order from CrossReach – the arm of the Church of Scotland that provides a diverse range of care services across the country to those who need them most. The organisation needs our support more than ever at this time and buying our cards and calendars from them is a great way to help. You can order on line…

Alpha returns in August 2020 this time it’s online! Alpha is a series of interactive sessions that freely explore the basics of the Christian faith. No pressure. No charge. If Christianity is new to you, or you have questions about your faith, or you just want to explore the meaning of life, then Alpha is for you! Introductory Night We all know that walking into a…

For those that missed the Communion part of the service this morning on Zoom. We also sang our final song “To God be the Glory”.

Saturday 16 May, 11am – live on the Church of Scotland website and our Facebook page The Revd Dr Martin Fair will be installed as Moderator of the General Assembly. The ceremony will take place in the Assembly Hall with only a few people physically present because of the COVID-19 restrictions, but followed by thousands of people across Scotland and around the world. The…

Over the last month we have put our services online to YouTube in 3 different ways. Just for those that are interested in this sort of thing and other churches still struggling with how to get online I hope this blog entry will be interesting (everyone else will prob skip it). Every week we have used vMix ( https://www.vmix.com/ ) to actually stream to YouTube. You can do…