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On this last Sunday in the Season of Creation, the Word tells us how God completed creation: by creating marriage. It is he who joins man and woman together as one, in flesh and in spirit. Marriage is God’s masterpiece of creation. He alone designed it; he alone defines what...

We pray that spouses and children will always treat one another with respect. We pray especially that anyone who is vulnerable in a marriage or family will be kept safe and free from any form of abuse. Lord, hear us.

SAFEGUARDING ANNUAL UPDATE 2021   This time last year, Galloway Diocese’s safeguarding update ended like this:   The months ahead remain very uncertain. There is no doubt that living with Covid-19 is going to be a way of life for the foreseeable future, and that means our Christian duty to...

Publish in the Largs and Millport Weekly on Wednesday 29th September 2021   Autumn has a way of evoking more poignantly the sense that time is passing. From my office window, I have the joy of contemplating my neighbour’s majestic sycamore trees as they change across the seasons. They are...

Published in the Largs and Millport Weekly News for 22 September 2021 I recall as a child walking with my mother from Ardrossan to Saltcoats on a Saturday afternoon to get the messages. Occasionally, she would visit the wool shop if she wanted to knit something for one of the...

Published in Largs and Millport Weekly News on 15 September 2021.   Last Friday morning, I was worried that the fog would delay my ferry to Millport for a funeral. Shrouded in mist, Cumbrae seemed much farther away. In fact, it didn’t look like Cumbrae at all! A few weeks...