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SERVICE CURRENTLY SUSPENDED

Services are held every Sunday in Appin at 10.00am

...LIFE IN APPIN

FUNDRAISING • The Board and Kirk Session have been made
We continue with the fundraising for the aware of Church of Scotland guidelines on
Refurbishment of the Church building: COVID19 Coronavirus.
• Annual Pudding Night on 11 January 2020 P Cornish, Clerk to Board
raised £501.
• Our Coffee Mornings in the vestry began on TREASURER’S REPORT
12 February and raised £137.50. The Church finances are still in debit but the
congregational contributions for 2019 have been
• Our second one on 11 March raised £120.
paid and it is hoped that the debit can be reduced
Thank you to all who have supported these over the coming year. Following a recent ceiling
events and we hope you will continue to do so collapse in the vestibule, arrangements are being
in the future. made to undertake refurbishment work to reduce
Margaret Ross, damp damaging the fabric.
Convener of Fundraising Committee Mike Rayworth, Treasurer

CONGREGATIONAL BOARD APPIN CHURCH GUILD
• The Board met on Wednesday 5 February • The Guild Party in December was
2020. Agenda items included the Treasurer’s a great success when we were
financial update, fundraising, Church property joined by friends and some of the
repairs and ministry in Appin in light of Dr young Mums in the community.
Barclay’s retirement.
• Our January meeting was a talk by Rev. Sandy
• Dr Barclay’s final service will be on Sunday Stoddart, Minister of Duror and Ballachulish,
12 April (Easter Sunday), followed by study who told us of people who influenced him
leave from 13 April to 31 July (retirement date). during his life journey so far and the
• We also had the pleasure of joining our characters he met while working in the
friends, the Kirk Session of Lismore Parish forestry before becoming a Minister.
Church, for a most worthwhile meeting on 6 • February again was a talk by the Rev Hugh
December 2019. Watt from Drumnadrochit on his work as a

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