St John's Church of Scotland Galashiels

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Worship Service Times

Worship has now resumed at St John’s

The service begins at 09:45 on Sundays.

All welcome.

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Intimation

Intimation – St. John’s and Old Parish and St. Paul’s

To be read-only on Sunday, 13th June:

The proposed Electoral Register of Galashiels Church of Scotland has now been prepared. If you believe that your name should be on the Register, you can ask for confirmation that it has been included immediately after this Service from the Session Clerk.

(David Donaldson, Interim Moderator)

To be read on Sundays, 13th and 20th June:

Notice is hereby given that a meeting of this part of the congregation of Galashiels Church of Scotland will be held in this church on Sunday, 27th June, at the close of Morning Worship, for the purpose of nominating three people to be members of the Nominating Committee, which will seek to find a new minister.

At that meeting, the congregation here shall be invited to elect three people who are on the Electoral Register to serve on the Nominating Committee. If you wish to propose anyone to serve on the Committee, please ask them first if they are willing to serve on the Committee, have someone second your proposal, then you can send a note of that nomination to the Interim Moderator, or simply make the proposal at the meeting.

(David Donaldson, Interim Moderator)

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Ministry Team

Rev Dr David Donaldson (IM)

Rev Neil Combe (LM)

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Further Information

Girls' Brigade

1st Galashiels Girls' Brigade meets on Monday evenings during school term times.

All girls welcome: P1 to S6

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KAOS

Kids Alive on Sunday meets for children during the Sunday morning services.

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Bible Study

Wednesday evenings

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Prayer Meeting

We meet for prayer on Tuesday evenings at St John's Church at 7pm.

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Announcements

For many months now, representatives of the three Church of Scotland congregations in Galashiels have been meeting, to consider the way forward for our congregations. The General Assembly decided in May that we need to reduce the number of ministers in charges throughout Scotland. Our Presbytery has asked every congregation to discuss with its neighbours the best way forward.

On Sunday 22nd September, after the morning service, all members and adherents of St John's, Old Parish and St Paul's and Trinity churches will be asked to vote between two options that have been agreed by the Kirk Sessions.

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Church History

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. ...

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