Dear Friends in the Northwest
This weekend, we will be keeping the Feast of All Saints at our services in Kinlochbervie on Saturday, and in Ullapool and Lochinver on Sunday. Please remember that the clocks go back one hour this weekend! Next Sunday, there will be a service in Ullapool which we will keep as Bible Sunday.
This Sunday, St Mary’s Ullapool will be having a special collection to support the Christian Aid appeal for the Middle East. If anyone from the other congregations would like to participate, you are welcome to do so. Please put your contribution in an envelope clearly marked for Christian Aid and pass it to me at our forthcoming services, or ask someone to drop it into the church mailbox if they are passing through Ullapool.
On Saturday 2nd November, there will be a service for All Souls Day in St Mary’s Ullapool at 11 a.m. This is the day on which the church remembers the vast company of the faithful departed, and especially family and friends. If there are any further names of people to be remembered at this service, I should be grateful if you would tell me this weekend, or send them to me as soon as possible.
The service, on Saturday 2nd November, will be preceded by a Prayer Vigil for the Middle East from 10-11 a.m.
A reminder that I am going to be away from Monday 28th October to Monday 4th November. In my absence, Fr David Higgon will be taking the services in Ullapool and will provide any necessary pastoral cover for the Ullapool and Achiltibuie congregations. Fr John Green will provide pastoral cover for the Lochinver and Kinlochbervie congregations. My thanks to them for their help.
With love and prayers
Rev’d Clare
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