May19

the magazine
Peebles Old
Parish Church of
Scotland
with
Eddleston Parish
Church of Scotland
May 2019

Daily
Worship
in Peebles Old Parish,10am
Daily Worship Leaders May/June
Mon. 6th Lily Swinney Psalm 121 May
Tues. 7th Janette Cameron Ezek 1:26‐2:1
Wed. 8th Charles Aitchison Isa 6:1‐8
Thur. 9th David Donaldson Ezek 11:1‐25
Frid.10th Marjorie Renton Ezek 20:39‐44
Sat. 11th Elizabeth Parker Ezek 28:25‐26
Mon. 13th Haisley Moore Ezek 37:15‐28
Tues. 14th Frances Carrol Ezek 45:1‐9
Wed. 15th Wilma Barrett Psalm 100
Thur. 16th Tom Fairbairn Psalm 148
Frid. 17th Elspeth Knowles Dan 7:13‐14
Sat. 18th Janet Macdougall Dan 7:27
Mon. 20th Alistair Robertson Acts 11:19‐26
Tues. 21st Geoff Goldstraw Acts 11:27‐30
Wed. 22nd Isabelle Coghill Luke 10:25‐28
Thur. 23rd Calum Macdougall Psalm 67
Frid. 24th Mary Wight Acts 16:1‐8
Sat. 25th Rachael Forsyth Luke 19:1‐10
Mon. 27th Lily Swinney Psalm 93
Tues. 28th Janette Cameron Rev 21:15‐22
Wed. 29th Charles Aitchison Luke 2:25‐38
Thur. 30th David Donaldson Luke 24:44‐53
Fri. 31st Marjorie Renton Rev 22:6‐9
Sat 1st Pauline Copeland Psalm 97
Mon. 1st Lily Swinney Rev 19:1‐8 June
Tues. 2nd Mary Wight Rev 19:9‐10
Wed. 3rd Calum Macdougall Luke 9:10‐17
Thur. 4th Charles Aitchison Phil 2:19‐24
Frid. 5th Janette Cameron Phil 2:25‐3:1
Sat. 6th Elizabeth Parker Psalm 126
From early in their history, the church has developed forms of daily worship. At the
Reformation, the people were encouraged to join in daily worship in their parish
churches, and the 1564 book of Common Order made provision for daily services.

Pastoral letter
May 2019
With the retirement date (30th September) having been announced, a concerted
effort is already underway in the manse to clear as much clutter as possible, so
that the process of downsizing to our next house, in which we fully expect to have
fewer rooms and considerably less space, can be as simple as possible. As anyone
who has undertaken a similar exercise knows well, it is quite a challenge.
I’m sure you won’t be surprised to know that for us one major area to be
addressed is the bookshelves. Dozens of theological books are currently on their
way either to the annual Christian Aid Book Sale at St Andrew’s and St George’s
West Church in Edinburgh or to New College, Edinburgh, while other volumes of a
more general nature will probably find their way onto the bookstalls at the
forthcoming Flower Committee and Guild of Friendship Sales in the MacFarlane
Hall.
Despite all the good intensions, however, the clearance
is proving to be time-consuming. Every now and again
there appears a book that particularly arouses interest,
leading to inevitable delay while several pages or even
several chapters are read before it finds its way to the
appropriate pile.
Some of my father’s sailing books come into this latter
category. We did a lot of sailing as a family in my
youth and though I was much more interested in being
on the boat, than I was in reading about it, recent
scanning of the pages of some of those handbooks has
rekindled a host of memories.
Hugely exhilarating as yachting can be, I have vivid recollections of my great
frustration, particularly before I grasped what sailing was all about. As a wee boy,
quite simply I could not understand why, under sail, we could not travel in a
straight line from A to B. Tacking was a mystery to me: apparently veering in one
direction and then another, this sometimes repeated several times, when the
intended destination lay directly ahead.
As I learned more I realised of course that understanding and using the wind to
advantage is both one of the challenges and one of the joys of travelling under sail
and the closer to the wind one sails the greater the progress that can be made.
As I reflect on thirty-eight years of parish ministry I recognise many instances of
similar “tacking” along the way. With the gift of hindsight we can often see that

what felt like frustrating distractions at the time were actually necessary diversions
along the way and without them the longed-for goals would never have been
reached.
The life of faith frequently leads us into what seem like blind alleys and it is only in
retrospect that the purposes of such digressions are understood.
Perhaps visions are viewed through tunnel vision and a measure of patience is
necessary to curb impetuosity. Perhaps lessons need to be learned in order to
allow ideas the best possible chance of success. Perhaps there is a need to stop
and listen to views that are contrary to our own. Perhaps time requires to be taken
to make room for careful planning. Perhaps we need simply to pause and summon
the energy and resolve to see the plan through.
One thing, I think, is certain. If God wants us to move in a particular direction or
to reach a certain goal, we will be led there, even if, sometimes, the route appears
frustratingly circuitous.
With all my love,
Calum.
News from
Peebles & Eddleston
What we’re up to.
A Bite and a Blether
A Bite and a Blether meets every Wednesday in Eddleston Village Hall.
For a minimum donat ion of £2.50, c ome along and enjoy a bac on roll or
vegetarian alternative, home baking, tea or coffee and enter into the
camaraderie. The children from P7 of Eddleston Primary School come
down to help out once a month. A carry out service is available too. A
warm welcome awaits and all ages are welcome.
Eddleston Church Clean
The monthly church clean will take place on Monday 27th May at 9.30am
Chat in the Hat
Chat In The Hat, the friendly discussion group has been well attended
since its reintroduction last year. It is now finished for the season and
will resume in the autumn.
Craft Group
The craft group will meet at 1.30pm in Eddleston Church on Thursday 2nd & 16th
May.

Christian Aid Service at Eddleston
A service to mark the start of Christian Aid Week will take place in Eddleston
Village Hall on Sunday 12th May at 11.45am. The Junior Choir will be taking part
and the service will be followed with a 'Soup and Sweet' Lunch. Donations of £5 or
more are invited and all proceeds go to Christian Aid.
Not to be missed.
Dr John Kitchen
Edinburgh City Organist coming
to Peebles Old Parish Church on
Saturday 25 May
Starting at 12.30pm
Stated Annual Meeting of the Congregation
The Stated Annual Meeting of the Congregation Of Eddleston Parish Church will
take place on Sunday 26th may following morning worship. It is hoped that as
many members as possible will attend this meeting.
Book of Remembrance
The Book of Remembrance is due to be updated. It can be viewed in the glass case
in the North Aisle, and pages are turned every four days so that current entries can
be seen. If an anniversary falls on a date when you are unable to look at the book
please do not hesitate to ask to see your special date/dates.
The book will be sent away for updating at the beginning of June. If anyone has an
entry which they would like to be inscribed please contact Ruth Kerr in the Church
office* by 31 May. It is not necessary for the person you wish to remember to
have been a member of Peebles Old Parish church or indeed of any church or to
belong to Peebles.
There is no charge for placing an entry, but as the Book is sent and returned by
courier and we pay a calligrapher to inscribe the entries, a contribution towards the
Book of Remembrance Fund would be appreciated. In the past the fund has been
used for significant church projects.
*Contact details: Ruth Kerr, Administrator, Peebles Old Parish Church of Scotland,
High Street, Peebles EH45 8SW or email: admin@topcop.org.uk

MUSIC FOR A SUMMER EVENING
Eddleston Voices and Junior Choir
Guest artistes Graham McDonald ‐ Piano and Sophie
McDonald ‐ Clarinet
Friday 7th June at 7.00pm in Eddleston Parish Church
Tickets £5 including refreshments available at the door
or from choir members. Children of school age
admitted free.
Sponsored by
Holy Days
1st May - May Day: unbridled merriment
May is the month when the ancient pagans used to get up to ‘all sorts’! The Romans held
their festival to honour the mother-goddess Maia, goddess of nature and growth. (May is
named after her.) The early Celts celebrated the feast of Beltane, in honour of the sun
god, Beli.
For centuries in ‘Olde England’ the people went mad in May. After the hardship of winter,
and hunger of early Spring, May was a time of indulgence and unbridled merriment. One
Philip Stubbes, writing in 1583, was scandalised: ‘for what kissing and bussing, what
smooching and slabbering one of another, is not practised?’
Henry VIII went ‘maying’ on many occasions. Then folk would stay out all night in the
dark rain-warm thickets and return in the morning for dancing on the green around the
May pole, archery, vaulting, wrestling, and evening bonfires.
The Protestant reformers took a strong stand against May Day - and in 1644 May Day was
abolished altogether. Many May poles came down - only to go up again at the
Restoration, when the first May Day of King Charles’s reign was ‘the happiest Mayday that
hath been many a year in England’, according to Pepys.
May Day is a medley of natural themes such as sunrise, the advent of summer, growth in
nature, and - since 1833 - Robert Owen’s vision of a millennium in the future, beginning
on May Day, when there would be no more poverty, injustice or cruelty, but harmony and
friendship. This is why, in modern times, May Day has become Labour Day, which
honours the dignity of workers. And until recently, in communist countries May Day
processions were in honour of the achievement of Marxism.
There has never been a Christian content to May Day, but nevertheless there is the wellknown
6am service on the top of Magdalen Tower at Oxford where a choir sings in the
dawn of May Day.
An old May carol includes the lines:
The life of man is but a span, it flourishes like a flower
We are here today, and gone tomorrow - we are dead within an hour.
There is something of a sadness about it, both in words and tune, as there is about all
purely sensuous joy. For May Day is not Easter, and the joys it represents have always
been earth-bound and fleeting.

Sierra Leone is the world’s most dangerous place to become a mum. Every
day 10 women die from giving birth. In Sawula district, the community
struggle with a clinic which has no electricity and only two delivery beds.
Jebbeh is heavily pregnant but as her baby grows, it’s not joy that fills her
heart, but fear. When Jebbeh’s sister Fatmata went in to labour, there were
so few ambulances that Fatmata had no choice but to walk for three hours
under the baking sun, to the nearest hospital. The journey was long and with
every step Fatmata struggled to keep walking.
Jebbeh told us: ‘My sister was crying out with hunger. She died on the side of
the road. She never gave birth.’
This Christian Aid Week, together, we can make childbirth safe for mums and
babies. Through our gifts and prayers, we can help give the world’s poorest
mums a c hanc e t o live.
Your support for one or more of the local events this May will help
ensure Christian Aid continues to be there for people like Jebbeh who
live in areas where it is dangerous to become a mum.
Will you be a partner for change? £300 raised could help provide a new
delivery bed so more mums like Jebbeh can deliver their babies safely.
Volunteers are still needed for bag packing at Sainsbury’s on Thursday 16
from 10-4 and at Tesco on Friday from 10-4. Please contact Val McKean on
724482 If you can spare an hour.
Contributions “in kind” are needed too:
Books for the Bookstall, again this year to be a feature at the Coffee
Mornings (contact John Hutchinson on 720885 or 07914 724552 for collection
of books);
Home baking and preserves for sale at the Coffee Mornings (Tuesday,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday) can be handed in to the Leckie Memorial
Church Hall before 10am on the days of the coffee mornings;
Plants for the Plant Stall on Saturday 18 can be delivered to the Bakehall
at the Leckie Memorial Church on Friday 17 between 5 and 7pm, or on the
Saturday morning before 10am (contact John Hutchinson as above);
This year we will be recycling empty inkjet cartridges for Christian Aid.
The company involved will donate £1 to Christian Aid for every cartridge we
send. The cartridges must be inkjet, branded (ie not compatibles) and virgin
(ie not previously refilled). Collection boxes will be available at all of the
coffee mornings in the Leckie Memorial Church Hall.

Church Garden Tidy up 2019
We had a great turnout for the annual ‘Gardening Party’,
when a dozen folk arrived armed with rakes, hoes and
secateurs. Their efforts certainly have made a difference,
as you can see if you wander round the side of the
MacFarlane Hall. We can’t take credit for removing the ivy.
That was a big job and we are grateful to the Fabric
Committee for organising professional gardeners to do this.
A huge thank you to all
who came along and
worked hard to tidy up
our garden.
PEEBLES OLD PARISH CHURCH
FLOWER COMMITTEE
COFFEE MORNING
FOR CHURCH FUNDS
Saturday 25 th May
MacFarlane Hall
10.00am-12 noon
All the usual stalls
Entry is only £1.50 including a scone.
Your help, if you are able, would be greatly appreciated on the day.
Please contact Janet Macdougall for details

Kirk Session Report
20th March
Update on Girls Brigade – a letter has been sent to their HQ to confirm that
unfortunately the Company has folded. It is however, hoped that the Company will
be started up sometime in the future.
The World Day of Prayer in which all Churches participated was well attended and
well received.
The Lent study is going well and is being well attended.
The Moderator informed the Session of his intention to retire at the end of
September.
Annual Accounts - Following the approval of the Draft Accounts at the previous
Kirk Session meeting, the final version for signature had been prepared.
There were 2 amendments to the draft. Heat, Light and Water had been reduced
by £700 as what was outstanding at the yearend was an over provision.
Fabric repairs and maintenance had been reduced by £986 which is the amount of
VAT which should be recoverable under the Listed Churches Scheme, which was
not included in the draft.
The result of those changes is that the deficit was now reduced to £3,194, which
was still a significant amount.
The final accounts were approved, and the treasurer was authorised to submit
them to the Presbytery and the C of S Steward and Budget Department.
Bank Balances - Balance on Treasurer’s Account as at 20 March was £30,371.16
and the balance on the Outreach Account was £14,781.10, which included a sum of
£997.75 just received, which was the final balance of the grant for Tesco Bags of
Help
Copies of the complete accounts for the year to 31 December 2018 are available on
request from the Church Office.
Peebles Coal Fund - The Interim Treasurer reported that he had been in touch
again with Cullen Kilshaw. No accounts had been produced by them for several
years, but they had supplied copies of bank statements for the period August 2012
until July 2018 when the account was closed with a nil balance.
The last payment to beneficiaries was on 13 March 2018 when 28 payments of
£42.46 were, which effectively reduced available funds to zero. It appeared that no
public advertisement asking for donations had been published in the past 2 years.
To continue the fund and make annual payments of £40 would require an annual
income of at least £1,200.
In the circumstances the Interim Treasurer recommended that the closure of the
fund should be accepted, and that Cullen Kilshaw should be asked to write to all
those on the recipients list advising them of this. This was agreed. It was agreed
that the proceeds of the collection at the Service of Nine lessons and Carols should

e offered to the Friends of Riverside and the Friends of Dovecot, with the amount
split between them.
Fabric Report
1. Previously recorded issues form 20th February 2018 KS meeting status: -
A. Utilities Report update confirms advice received from General Trustees on the
new Contract and conditions affecting our electricity supply confirms that the Rate
increase for the next year will be in the order of 22%, lower than the predicted
35%. We all should be more vigilant with the switches!
B Front of Church Noticeboard and separate “Church open/ Daily 10.00 O’clock
Service sign”, suppliers have now confirmed delivery will be week starting 15th
April 2019 to the blacksmith in Walkerburn, and site assembly to be arranged
shortly after that.
C Royal Scots paintings on loan from the Edinburgh Military Museum will be
installed in the North Aisle of the Church by the end of the month.
2. Proposed Church and Hall major works - As advised in our previous report, over
recent years we have generally maintained the property, repairing essentials where
necessary, etc., however, some of the more serious defects previously recorded by
Fabric should now be considered for action, namely :-
1. Church external stone masonry structural inspection, review and
technical reports.
2. Church front door glazed screen & sliding doors, study and report
3. Church Fire Alarm system, emergency lighting and both Stair fire
protection doors, study and report.
4. Church Hall building roof study and report, to replace the existing
materials with a new permanent waterproofing system, insulation, drainage and
mechanical ventilation.
To proceed with the above, we shall prepare a separate Note to Kirk Session on the
preferred procedure, to obtain the necessary preliminary and final investigations /
studies / reports and costs from suitable Conservation Consultants, on a
competitive basis. In order to provide funding finance for these major works we
have proposed a Development Fund be opened within the General Account,
supported from funds held, on our behalf, by the General Trustees, with an initial
drawdown of £4,000.00 – £5,000.00. The account will be further supplemented by
the same means and aided by Grants from other charitable institutions, and as
directed by the Finance Convener, in due course. We seek Kirk Session approval in
principle to proceed.
5. Church external Floodlighting - Investigation on-going of all the existing
floodlighting to the East & South elevations of the Old Parish Church, and we shall
submit a report on the necessary replacement equipment, lamps and wiring, etc.,
when the study is complete. The SBC property agency will also be advised in due
course.
6. Front of Church Disabled Ramp - We are investigating solutions to amend the
entrance to the Disabled ramp to ensure a smooth regulation transition from the
existing concrete apron slab to the Ramp proper, and shall advise in due course.
Next meeting will be 24 th April.

Readings in Church
How it works
Each month this magazine publishes a list of Bible Readings to be used at Sunday
Worship. These readings are taken mainly from the Revised Common Lectionary
which is used widely in Christian Worship. The Church of Scotland’s Book of
Common Order states “The sequence of Gospel readings is meant to lead God’s
people to a deeper knowledge of Christ and a stronger faith in Him”. The readings
have been chosen to fit the pattern of the Christian Year.
Seasons/Days in the Christian Year
Advent Four Sundays before Christmas
Christmas Begins of Christmas Eve and ends on the second Sunday after
Christmas Day
Epiphany Showing Jesus to the world in the persons of the wise men.
The number of Sundays after Epiphany varies from four to nine
depending on the date of Easter.
February 2 – Camdlemas – Jesus is presented in The Temple
where He is welcomed by Simeon and Anna
The last Sunday of Epiphany, which marks the Transfiguration of
Christ, is the last before Lent.
Lent
Begins on Ash Wednesday taking in six Sundays the last of which
is Palm Sunday when Jesus enters Jerusalem in triumph.
Holy Week On Monday and Tuesday Jesus cleanses the Temple and argues
with His opponents. Jesus may have spent Wednesday quietly.
On Thursday evening, at the Last Supper, Jesus instituted the
Sacrament of Holy Communion. After supper Jesus went to
Gethsemane. He was arrested and taken to trial.
On Friday Jesus was put to death.
Easter
Begins on Easter Day when Jesus rises from the dead. The Easter
season lasts until Pentecost or Whitsunday when the church
celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit. Ten days before
Pentecost Ascension records Jesus going to rule with God in
Heaven.
After Pentecost The first Sunday after Pentecost is Trinity when the church
recognises the unity of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Subsequent Sundays after Pentecost are numbered from 2
depending on the date of Easter. The last Sunday of Pentecost
ends the Christian Year.
Numbering the Sundays of each season throughout the year
pinpoints for the worshipper the exact stage which has been
reached in both the Christian Year and the Lectionary.

Words of Wisdom
Stop Striving
‘He decides who will rise and who will fall’ Psalm 75:7 NLT
If you don’t find your significance and self-worth in your
relationship with God, you’ll be tempted to spend your life trying to
promote yourself. And that will make you insecure – and
dangerous. Why? Because when others get promoted ahead of
you, you’ll become resentful; you
may even try to tear them down.
In God’s kingdom you don’t
achieve success on your own,
you receive it from God. ‘God is
the judge: he putteth down one,
and setteth up another’ (KJV).
While David’s brothers were
striving to be Israel’s next king
and ‘get the nod’ from the
prophet Samuel, David just kept
tending his sheep and doing the
job God gave him. Let others
compete and compare! Just stay faithful in what God has given
you to do – and when the time is right He’ll come and get you!
Jesus said ‘My yoke is easy, and my burden is light’ (Matthew
11:30 KJV).
Note the word ‘easy’. That doesn’t mean you won’t have to work
hard or sacrifice in order to succeed. It just means you won’t have
to strive to get it, or keep it. Why? Because when God sets ‘before
you an open door’ (Revelation 3:8 NIV) He’s the only one who can
shut it. And He won’t do that unless, like King Saul, you’re
rebellious, resentful, or refuse to repent.
Knowing God is in control takes the strain out of serving Him.
When you think about it – it’s the only way to live.
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CHURCH ORDERS (PEEBLES)
READERS
May 5 Wilma Smith Acts 9:1-6
St John 21:1-19
12 Marjorie Renton Acts 9:36-43
St John 10:22-30
19 Alistair Robertson Acts 11:1-18
St John 13:31-35
26 Pauline Copeland Acts 16:9-15
St John 14:23-29
June 2 Monica Aikman Acts 16:16-34
St John 17:20-26
9 Tom Fairbairn Acts 2:1-21
St John 14:8-17
16 Janette Cameron Proverbs 8:1-4 and 22-31
St John 16:12-15
23 Elizabeth Parker 1 Kings 19:1-4 and 8-15a
St Luke 8:26-39
30 Ronald Ireland 2 Kings 2:1-2 and 6-14
St Luke 9:51-62
DUTIES
May
June
Elizabeth Fairless
Caroline Lazenby
Allister Jamieson
Janet Redfearn
Please note: Elders unable to undertake any of the above duties are asked to
arrange for a substitute and let the Session Clerk or Ruth Kerr know. Duty
elders should be in place by 9.30am. On the first Sunday of the month, when
there is an evening service, one of the duty elders should be in place for
5.30pm.
SACRAMENT OF HOLY COMMUNION
May 26 Elizabeth Parker Anne Derrick
THE BELL RINGERS
May 5 Jeanette Mackison (am)
Malc olm Lumsden (pm)
12 Anne Derrick
19 Fiona Taylor
26 Mary Hudson

FORTHCOMING SERVICES EDDLESTON
May
Sunday 5th 11.45am Worship4All – Third Sunday of Easter
Sunday 12th 11.45am Christian Aid Sunday – Service in the Village Hall
Sunday 19st 11.45am Morning Worship – Fifth Sunday of Easter
Sunday 26th 10 am Morning Worship – Sixth Sunday of Easter
followed by Stated Annual Meeting of the
Congregation
June
Sunday 2nd 11.45am Worship4All – Seventh Sunday of Easter
May
Sunday 5th
Sunday 12th
FORTHCOMING SERVICES PEEBLES
10am
6pm
10am
6pm
Morning Worship with the Sacrament of Holy
Baptism - Third Sunday of Easter
Monthly Evening Service
Morning Worship with the Sacrament of Holy
Baptism - Fourth Sunday of Easter
United Christian Aid Dedication Service
in the Leckie Memorial Church
Sunday 19th 10am Morning Worship – Fifth Sunday of Easter
followed by Stated Annual Meeting of the
Congregation
Sunday 26th 10am Morning Service – Sixth Sunday of Easter
June
Sunday 2nd
10am
6pm
Breakfast Church in the MacFarlane Hall
Breakfast from 9.30am
Monthly Evening Service
OFFERINGS
Eddleston
Total Offerings for April 2019 £522.23
Total Offerings for April 2018 £619.00
Total Offerings for the first 4 months of 2019 £2,360.27
Total Offerings for the first 4 months of 2018 £2,295.00
increase in giving over 2018 £65.27

Flower Calendar
Convenor: Janet Macdougall 720568
Ma
5 Donor
Arranger
12 Donor
Arranger
19 Donors
Arranger
26 Donors
Arranger
Mrs Anne Derrick & Mrs Elizabeth Wilson
Gill Arnott
Mrs Caroline Lazenby
Fiona Hamilton
Rev & Mrs Calum Macdougall
Rachael Forsyth
Mrs Bunty White & Mrs Elizabeth Parker
Stephanie Porter
June
2 Donors
Arranger
Miss Norma Rait
Mrs Margo Stewart
Ruth Forsyth
9 Donors Forsyth Wedding
16 Donors
Arranger
23 Donors
Arranger
30 Donors
Arranger
Mrs Dorothy Russel
Janet Macdougall
Mrs Marjorie McFarlane
Mrs Kirsty Davidson
Stephanie Porter
Capt. Jim and Mrs Sheena Edgar
Fiona Hamilton
Distributors required
If you can help distribute flowers, please let one of the flower
committee know or phone Janet Macdougall on 720568
Remember that we have our very own Facebook page.
One of the most frequent updates on there are our wonderful
flower arrangements that are displayed in the church each
week. It’s worth a look in to see the marvellous work of our
flower arrangers.

A very warm welcome to
Our Organisations
You’ll receive a warm welcome at any of our groups, whose details are given
below. For further information about each organisation, please see our website
www.topcop.org.uk
Group Where and when we meet Contact
The Ten o’
Clock Club
All children welcome.
MacFarlane Hall Sundays in term time
at 10.00am
Monica Aikman
01721 729041
Choir
SHARE
Flower
Committee
Bellringers’
Group
Guild of
Friendship
Traidcraft
Song School
Thursdays 7.30-9.00pm (not July and
August)
We meet in the MacFarlane Hall, once a
month at 2pm on a Sunday afternoon.
Dates will be announced.
Meets once a year as a whole group,
Members take their turn at arranging the
flowers in church each week and at major
religious festivals.
Members take their turn on the Sunday
Bell ringing rota and ring on other
community occasions if they wish.
Members meet together twice a year. The
Guild visits housebound members of the
congregation. The number of homes and
frequency of visits is flexible and can
easily be arranged to suit the availability
of the Visitor
Members take turns at the purpose-built
cupboard selling Fairtrade goods after
morning worship each Sunday
‘Green Team’ Help to provide ideas for each of us to
better care for God’s creation.
Toddlers’ MacFarlane Hall
Group Tuesdays in school terms. 9.30-11.00am
Bacon Rolls
TEA LADIES REQUIRED
Friday mornings. Join a team taking your
turn preparing and serving Bacon Rolls.
Each team is ‘on’ once every 6 weeks.
Great fun!
Sarah Brown
(Director of Music)
07597 394059
Cathy Davidson
01896 830419
Janet Macdougall
01721 720568
Anne Derrick
01721 721075
Elizabeth Fairless
01721 720344
Dorothy Russel
01721 720583
Please speak to the
Minister or Session
Clerk
Janette Cameron
01721 722528

Who’s Who at Peebles & Eddleston
Minister:
Rev. Calum Macdougall
The Manse, 7 Clement Gunn Square
Peebles EH45 8LW
01721 720568
calum@topcop.org.uk
Ordained Local Minister:
Rev. Pamela Strachan
Glenhighton, Broughton
ML12 6JF
01899 830423
PStrachan@churchofscotland.org.uk
Session Clerk:
Vivien Aitchison
sessionclerk@topcop.org.uk
Organist & Choir Leader:
Sarah Brown
41 March Street, Peebles
07597 394059
music@topcop.org.uk
Church Administrator:
Ruth Kerr
07845 122356
Office: 01721 723986
admin@topcop.org.uk
Roll Keeper Data Officer:
Alison Duncan
House: 721033
Mobile: 07707 001795
Beadle:
Edward Knowles
56 Eliot’s Park, Peebles.
01721 722860
Eco Church Co-ordinator
Peebles:
Could this be you?
Eddleston Treasurer:
Archie Smellie
Hattonknowe, Eddleston.
01721 730282
Bellringers’ Team
Leader:
Anne Derrick
Edderston Road, Peebles
01721 721075
Eddleston Session Clerk,
Organist & Choir
Director: Lorraine
Mulholland
Millbank, Eddleston.
01721 730332
Lorajazz@aol.com
Registered charities (Peebles) SC013316 (Eddleston) SC010081