Dear Friends in the Northwest
This Sunday is the twenty-sixth Sunday after Pentecost; there will be services in Ullapool and Achiltibuie. After the service at Achiltibuie, we will briefly review the congregation’s accounts for 2023-24 – these are attached with this newsletter for members of that congregation.
Next weekend, we will keep the Feast of Christ the King, the last Sunday in the ecclesial year. There will be a service on Saturday in Kinlochbervie and services on Sunday in Ullapool and Lochinver.
A reminder of the event on Wednesday 20th November at the Ceilidh Place Venue in Ullapool at 7pm, Land, Nature, Justice. This is one of 5 events taking place across the Highlands during the visit of the renowned Palestinian environmentalist and human rights activist Professor Mazin Qumsiyeh and his wife Jessie Chang from the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability in Bethlehem.
The Annual Congregational Meeting of St Mary’s Ullapool will take place on Advent Sunday 1st December after our usual service. Papers for this meeting will be circulated shortly. This year, Joy Garnett is stepping down as Lay Representative and we thank her for her service in this capacity. Two members of the Vestry have reached the end of their three-year term, John Pryde and Clare Brown, and we also thank them for their service. This means that we will need to elect a new Lay Representative for the congregation and two Vestry members; Clare Brown is willing to stand for re-election. Please give your prayerful consideration to who might best fill these roles, including whether any of these positions is one in which you might be able to serve the church. A nomination form is available at the back of the church. If you are part of St Mary’s congregation, please try to attend this important meeting.
Also on Advent Sunday, we will have a service of sung Evensong at the ‘winter’ time of 3.00 p.m. in St Mary’s.
With love and prayers
Rev’d Clare
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