Entries by Colin Rettie

The Minister Writes We have reached ‘that’ time of year again. It is how I think of the season of autumn, particularly in the Church Calendar; when it seems that there is a succession of meetings, and special events. Harvest Festival, fund raisers, committee meetings, Remembrance Sunday; and before we know it, we have reached […]

3rd December 2024 by

QUIZ NIGHT FRIDAY 9th August AT 7.00p.m. FOR 7.30p.m. In Dalreoch United Free Church Hawthornhill Road Castlehill £5.00 per person Includes supper   No more than 4 members per team   To book your team a place phone 01389 731415/01389 732098

31st July 2024 by

The Minister Writes

Writing this, at a time when the latest storm, in a long line of ‘unusual’ weather events, is passing through! Has tempted me to begin with a frivolous parody of the song, “Christmas is coming the geese are getting fat!” So far 2024 is more, “Christmas is over, and the geese are getting wet!” Christmas […]

19th February 2024 by

The Minister Writes

When preparing to write this entry for Gleanings, I was surprised to find that we were about to celebrate Easter when we were last able to produce a Church Magazine. This is evidence perhaps of a rather busy, and on some occasions a tumultuous year, that this congregation, and individuals have been enduring. I mentioned […]

19th November 2023 by