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Our Next Church Service:
Sunday 9th: The Tenth Sunday after Trinity
Morning Service in Colvend Church at 11 a.m. The Reverend Robert Dale |
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The Parish of Colvend, Southwick and Kirkbean
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A Letter from Our Minister
The Manse of Colvend, Southwick and Kirkbean
Colvend DG5 4QN Thursday 6th August 2026 Dear Members and Friends of Colvend, Southwick and Kirkbean Parish Church I wish to thank you for so many different things during my tenure as your Minister but especially for all that happened last Sunday in Southwick at the Communion Service in the morning and at Rockcliffe Beach in the afternoon. These occasions echoed the harmony and friendship I have experienced since I first became associated with the Parish when I preached five years ago as the sole Nominee. The generosity of spirit experienced on Sunday at the reception in Southwick Church Hall spoke volumes. Thank you very much for the beautiful flowers and the delightful painting of Kippford you gave to Diana and me on my retirement from Parish Ministry. I leave with immense gratitude and happy memories. In addition to thanking Fraser McIntosh our very diligent and visionary Session Clerk, I wish to thank the Kirk Session: Bob Wright, Jane Fergus, Jim Kirkland, Ken Coltart, and Scilla Dennis together with all members of the Congregational Board, especially the Clerk, Judith Anderson, Colvend Beadle Robin Fergus, Treasurer Graham McCormack, Fabric Convener John Withers, Southwick Flower Convener Christine Milligan and the Colvend Flower Team. I am also so very grateful to Mr William Millar who has recently stood down from the Eldership after half a century of service to the Church here. As my time here draws to a close, when I shall demit the Charge on 30th September, I know how fortunate I am to have served and lived in such a beautiful Parish in one of the most special counties of the country. Over the course of the coming weeks and months, the Presbytery will indicate the way forward for Ministry in the Parish; I pray it will not be long until I am succeeded. I very much hope that the Parish of CSK will continue to thrive and flourish and, as the years pass, I will look back upon Ministry here with fondness unparalleled. May God bless, guide and sustain you and all who live within the bounds of this most treasured Parish. Diana and our family join me in sending every best wish. John Services in August 2026
Sunday 9th: The Tenth Sunday after Trinity Morning Service in Colvend at 11 am The Reverend Robert Dale Sunday 16th: The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity Morning Service in Southwick at 11 am The Reverend Bill Hogg Sunday 23rd: The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity Morning Service in Colvend at 11 am The Reverend David Bartholomew Sunday 30th: The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity Morning Service in Southwick at 11 am The Reverend Graham Finch Let No-one be a Stranger Within These Walls
We meet to worship God every Sunday morning either in Colvend or Southwick Church. They are beacons of hope for all in the Parish, as the love of God in Jesus Christ is proclaimed in ways which connect the greatest love story on earth, about sacrifice, self-denial and service, with life in the 21st century. I invite you to come inside these walls and be with our Congregation whose hope and prayer is to be a channel of God’s peace. Here you will experience friendship and fellowship alongside the transforming love of Jesus Christ in the Sacraments and in Scripture. ‘Come unto me,’ said Jesus, ‘all of you who are heavy-laden and I will give you rest. I am the Bread of Life.’ The Reverend John Murdoch Minister of Colvend, Southwick and Kirkbean The Reverend John Murdoch’s contact numbers are: 01556 630 358 or 07578 558978
Email: jmurdoch@churchofscotland.org.uk Please follow the link below for our Diary Dates.
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The Reverend John Murdoch
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Colvend, Southwick and Kirkbean Church is a registered Charity, Scottish Charity Number SCO09384