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Our Next Church Service:
Wednesday 17th : Mid-Week Communion in Colvend Church at 11 a.m.
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The Parish of Colvend, Southwick and Kirkbean
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A Letter from Our Minister
The Reverend John Murdoch
The Manse of Colvend, Southwick and Kirkbean Tuesday 16th June 2026 My dear friends I write with extremely happy news for our Parish. For me to do so in the week of the forty-seventh anniversary of my Ordination to the Ministry, into the Royal Army Chaplains’ Department in Palmerston Place Church Edinburgh on 17th June 1979, makes the news for me even more special. On Saturday 13th June in Stranraer the Presbytery of the South West met for its summer meeting and within the Agenda was the matter of Mission Planning. It has been the intention of the Presbytery since February 2023, to reduce the Church buildings in our Parish, with Southwick Church being targeted for closure by September 2027: however on Saturday, proposals were put forward by the very Committee that had indicated closure, to propose that instead of that Church building closing it should be the Church Hall in Colvend to close, together with Southwick Church Hall. The total number of buildings that are to be allowed in our Parish is two and those two are to be Colvend Church and Southwick Church. In plain 21s C speech: Hurrah! Southwick is saved! Thanks be to God. Below is what I sent to members of the Kirk Session and the Congregational Board on Saturday evening after I came home from Stranraer and what I told the large Congregation on Sunday 14th in Colvend Church. My dear friends, God moves in mysterious ways, does He not. Hurray! Hurrah! Southwick Church will remain open for Worship, as a result of the Presbytery's Mission Plan being altered today in Stranraer, following Esmé Greenan's report - as Presbytery Buildings Officer - deeming both Church Halls no longer fit for purpose: both Halls are 'to be disposed of as soon as practicable.’ The motion was unanimously carried and we give thanks most humbly and most assuredly! Sending my very best wishes as we all enjoy these summer days and you all, with renewed purpose, vision and vigour, can look forward in faith to a new chapter in this most wonderful Parish where I have been privileged to be your Minister for these past four years. John Our June Services
Wednesday 17th : Mid-Week Communion in Colvend Church at 11 a.m. The Minister Sunday 21st : The Third Sunday after Trinity. Morning Service in Southwick Church at 11 a.m. The Minister Sunday 28th : The Fourth Sunday after Trinity. Family Service in Colvend Church at 11 a.m. Pets’ Service in Balmaghie Kirk at 4 p.m. The Minister 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 |
Kirkbean Church - 7 June 2026
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Colvend, Southwick and Kirkbean Church is a registered Charity, Scottish Charity Number SCO09384