Author: James Connolly

Thinking and Praying

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This little booklet is born out of a desire to link the Word of God with godly reflection and prayer. It is produced and made freely available to encourage you to know the love of God and His desire to have fellowship with you. It is the hope of the author that you will find work to be a launch pad into a fruitful and pleasant journey through the Holy Spirit renewing you and encouraging you in your daily walk with the One who loves and cares for you in every way. There is an simple entry for morning and evening of each day of the week with suggested prayers for that day. This is a free resource and must not be sold. You can access the pamphlet by clicking on the title picture above or on this link.

Notice of Congregational meeting

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Notice is given that a meeting of the congregation of Dundee: West Parish Church of Scotland will be held in the Church at the close of morning worship on Sunday 15th September 2024 for the purposes of receiving a Basis of union to form Westgait Church of Scotland and a Basis of Team Ministry and conducting a vote. All members on the communion roll and those who have been officially recognised by the Kirk Session as adherents are entitled to vote provided they are present at the meeting.

Rev Dr John Ferguson, Presbytery Clerk.

Dundee Nativity 2023

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A huge thank you to all who made this film possible this year. Our puppeteers especially – only 4 hours of training – you did well! Could this bode well for the future? A big thanks to David of Oneway UK for your help and advice on all things puppetry and with the copyright for the songs used. Special thanks to Gillian and Bethan for being the foundation for this. Rob’s enthusiasm helped kick the whole thing off when it looked it wasn’t going to happen – thanks and blessings on you and yours. Then there is Timothy, our editor – working between pizzas – not easy

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John Macmillan’s setting apart as a National Reader of the Church of Scotland

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What a great evening as John went forward to become a National Reader in the Church of Scotland.  The Moderator of Fife Presbytery (Rev James Reid pictured on the left) led the service and the Rev Gavin Black (pictured on the right) gave a stirring message.  John’s wife, Caroline, led one of the hymns, ‘God beyond all names’ and friends read the scriptures Psalm 139 was read by Ewan Falconer and Matthew 14:22-33 was read by Christine Padgham.  We pray that John will have a fruitful ministry wherever the Lord leads and a blessing on all his family for releasing him to this task.