We have been asked to publicise the following lecture series to be held at St Michael & All Angels Church, Abban Street, Inverness.  IV3 8HH

SEARCHING FOR SUNDAY:

Explorations of Christian Faith and Doubt for Today’s World

Dr Brian Marshall

A series of four talks and discussions based around Rachel Held Evans’ book Searching for Sunday: loving, leaving and finding the Church  plus other material.  The chapters of the book are named according to the sacraments of the Church, hence the titles of the talks.  The late Rachel Held Evans has written a refreshingly open and honest account of why she and her husband have had periods of absence from the church, and yet have also been drawn back by the power of the sacraments and Christian community at their best.

Wed 23^rd October

Baptism and Confession

Wed 30^th October

Holy Orders and Communion

Wed 6^th November

Confirmation and Anointing the Sick

Wed 13^th November

Marriage, the Body of Christ, and the Kingdom

All 8.00pm in St Michael’s Church

Abban Street, Inverness

Before retiring to the Highlands, Dr Marshall spent 30 plus years teaching Christian Theology in Leeds and Oxford.  The talks are intended for a wide audience; anyone with an interest in the reasons for being part of the church.

St Michael & All Angels Church, Abban Street, Inverness.  IV3 8HH

http://www.stmichaelschurchinverness.org      http://www.facebook.com/stmichaelsinverness

Scottish Charity Number          SC010352

We can now confirm all the dates forl the soup lunches this winter.

Please put the dates in your diary & come along for good soup and chat.

Soup available from midday.

Sat October 26th

Sat November 30th

Sat January 25th

Sat February 22nd

Sat March  28th

The first soup lunch of this year’s winter programme will be on 26th October from midday. All welcome for soup & craic! (We might not have garlic bread but we will have lovely soup and in our new soup bowls! Plenty of bread and cheese to go with, so come along and enjoy!).

All services start at 10.30am

6^th           Pentecost 17  at St James Dingwall          

13^th       Pentecost 18  at St Anne’ Strathpeffer           

20^th       Pentecost 19  at St James Dingwall        

27^th       Pentecost 20  at St Anne’s Strathpeffer          

The St Boniface Regional Synod will be held on 28th September at Golspie Primary School & all are welcome. Eucharist at 10.30am in Golspie Primary School, Back Road, Golspie followed by coffee & business meeting. After a period for lunch, sharing & fellowship, there will be a service of rededication at St Columba’s Brora (5 miles) starting at 3pm. See attached pdf for more details.

Regional Synod – poster 2019

A reminder that our Harvest Festival will be on 29th September at St Annes and we have been asked by the food bank for the following items
Tins of corned beef, tins custard, weetabix, tins of potatoes, jars of pasta sauce, deodorant. There are leaflets with this information in both churches.

Bishop Mark will be joining us on 1st December to licence the Healing Team. Please note that this service will be at St Annes. (Full service information for the next quarter will be published at the end of September).

SUNDAY 1^STSEPTEMBER (PENTECOST 12)

1030    Sung Eucharist at St Anne’s

Clergy                        Barbara Chandler

SUNDAY 8^thSEPTEMBER (PENTECOST 13)

1030    Sung Eucharist at St James’

Clergy                        Julia Boothby

SUNDAY 15^THSEPTEMBER (PENTECOST 14)

 1030    Sung Eucharist at St Anne’s

Clergy                        Julia Boothby

SUNDAY 22^ndSEPTEMBER (PENTECOST 15)

 1030    Sung Eucharist at St James’

Clergy                        Barbara Chandler

SUNDAY 29^THSEPTEMBER (HARVEST FESTIVAL)

 1030    Sung Eucharist at St Anne’s

Clergy                        Julia Boothby

• As last year we will be donating to the food bank and hope those who are able will donate food before or at the service. This year the food bank requests donations of tins of corned beef, tins custard, weetabix, tins of potatoes, jars of pasta sauce & deodorant.

SUNDAY 4^THAUGUST (PENTECOST 8)

1030    Sung Eucharist at St Anne’s

Clergy                        Julia Boothby

SUNDAY 11^THAUGUST (PENTECOST 9)

1030    Sung Eucharist at St James’

Clergy                        Barbara Chandler

SUNDAY 18^THAUGUST (PENTECOST 10)

1030    Sung Eucharist at St Anne’s

Clergy                        Julia Boothby

SUNDAY 25^THAUGUST (PENTECOST 11)

1030    Sung Eucharist at St James’

Clergy                        Julia Boothby

SUNDAY 7^thJULY (PENTECOST 4)

1030    Sung Eucharist at St Anne’s

Clergy                        Laurence Gunner

SUNDAY 14^THJULY (PENTECOST 5)

1030    Sung Eucharist at St James’

Clergy                        Julia Boothby

SUNDAY 21^STJULY (PENTECOST 6)

1030    Sung Eucharist at St Anne’s

Clergy                        Barbara Chandler

SUNDAY 28^THJULY (PATRONAL FESTIVAL)

1030    Sung Eucharist at St James’

Clergy                        Julia Boothby

We attended the Dingwall Primary Fair on 20th June.

For the first time, Dingwall Primary School held a fair to showcase what is being offered by local community groups. It was wonderful to learn about what is on offer in Dingwall – from laughing yoga to the WI, Scouts to soccer – even a beautiful spaniel advertising puppy classes! The school kindly offered a stall to the Episcopal Churches of St. James and St. Anne, so Rev. Julia Boothby, Tracey Bruce and Laura Symon attended to share a little about our church. As we will be launching our in Children’s Choir in September, we encouraged the children to make their own musical instruments, and hope to see some of them at choir in the new school year.