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in Peebles Old Parish,10am Daily Worship Leaders Nov./Dec. Mon. 4th Charles Aitchison 1 Cor. 5:9-13 November Tues. 5th Lily Swinney Hab. 3:1-16 Wed. 6th Marjorie Renton Hab. 3:17-19 Thurs. 7th David Davidson Acts 22:22-23:11 Frid. 8th Haisley Moore Acts 24:10-23 Sat. 9th Pauline Copeland Psalm 145:1-5,17-21 Mon. 11th Frances Carrol Hag. 2:10-19 Tues.12th Alistair Robertson Hag. 2:20-23 Wed. 13th Wilma Barrett Zech. 8:1-17 Thurs. 14th Tom Fairbairn Rom 1:18-25 Frid. 15th Janette Cameron 2 Thess.1:3-12 Sat. 16th Elizabeth Cameron Luke 17:20-37 Mon. 18th Geoff Goldstraw Psalm 76 Tues.19th Isabelle Coghill Isa. 66:1-13 Wed. 20th Mary Wight Isa. 66:14-24 Thurs. 21st Charles Aitchison Luke 1:68-79 Frid. 22nd Lily Swinney 1 Peter 1:3-9 Sat. 23rd Rachel Forsyth Luke 18:15-17 Mon. 25th Haisley Moore Jer. 30:1-17 Tues.26th Marjorie Renton Jer. 30:18-24 Wed. 27th Wilma Barrett Luke 1:1-4 Thurs. 28th David Donaldson Psalm 117 Frid. 29th Frances Carrol Jer. 31:1-6 Sat. 30th Pauline Copeland Isa. 60:8-16 Mon. 2nd Tom Fairbairn 2 Peter 1:1-11 December Tues. 3rd Alistair Robertson 2 Peter 1:12-21 Wed. 4th Geoff Goldstraw 3 Peter 1-10 Thur. 5th Isabelle Coghill 3 Peter 11-18 Frid. 6th Mary Wight Jude 1-16 Sat. 7th Elizabeth Parker Jude 17-25 From early in its 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 November 2019 Dear Friends, What a memorable evening we enjoyed together in the MacFarlane Hall on the last Friday of October, as a huge number of members and friends gathered for the Farewell Social. I was astonished to see the hall filled to capacity. The many hours of hard work in careful planning and preparation that resulted in such a perfect occasion was so typical of our (if I may still use the first person pronoun!) congregation. As we arrived at the church we were treated to a beautiful recital on the church bells, including at least two renditions of my favourite Psalm tune, Ballerma. Four of the bell-ringing team braved the cold chill of the tower to warm the hearts of us all, notwithstanding the rather dreich night outside. The programme for the evening had been put together with much thought and right from Ronald’s warm and light-hearted welcome at the start, the scene was set for a thoroughly relaxed and convivial atmosphere throughout. In that respect it was absolutely typical of the Old Parish Church. At the heart of the proceedings were the presentations to Janet and me. For Janet’s fabulous bouquet, the largest, most spectacular bouquet most of us have ever seen, she wishes me to convey her deepest gratitude. The wonderful collection of blooms now fills not one but three vases in the manse. On Janet’s behalf, thank you so very much. The cheque that was then presented to me on behalf of all of you had left me utterly speechless when its value had been revealed to me shortly before the event. Had I not been let into that secret I feel sure I would have been dumbstruck when I opened the envelope. Throughout the last eighteen years I have known great generosity of spirit in the congregation and I have been on the receiving end of so much of your generous spiritedness, but not for a moment did I imagine that your parting gift could have been so immense. To each and every one of you, I say thank you for kindness that surpasses anything I have ever known. Janet and I will miss you very much and I have shed many tears at the prospect of leaving you. I hope we shall keep in touch with many of you and you will be very welcome at our new home. I will give Ruth our contact details and hopefully many of you will visit. In the meantime I pray God’s richest blessing on you as you move to the next chapter in the remarkable story of Peebles Old Parish Church. With all my love, Calum. Calum’s sermon from the 27 th October is printed in this edition.
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Page 11 and 12: Calum’s Sermon Peebles Old Sunday
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