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March, April, May 2016
March, April, May
2016
BOWDEN & MELROSE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND
Church Office
Weirhill, St Mary’s Road
MelroseTD6 9LJ
Tel: 01896 823339
Email [email protected]
Website www.bowdenandmelroseparish.org
Scottish Charity No SC 006480
MINISTER REV A. G. BENNETT
The Manse, Tweedmount Road,
Melrose
TEL
822217
SESSION CLERK A. L. RINTOUL
Kirklea, Ashkirk, Selkirk
01750 32289
TREASURER
TREASURER FOR
F.W.O/GIFT AID
G.S. CHISHOLM OFFICE
822339
CONVENER FOR
F.W.O./GIFT AID
I. E. PURVES
Avenel, Gattonside, Melrose
822316
FABRIC CONVENER A. J. E. MATTHEW
The Gables, Gattonside, Melrose
822678
CHURCH SECRETARY/
ROLLKEEPER
and
GIFT AID SECRETARY
J. BENNETT
H. CHISHOLM
OFFICE
823339
ORGANIST &
CHOIRMASTER
J. MARSHALL
24 Tower Street, Selkirk
01750 21563
ASSISTANT ORGANIST
& CHOIRMASTER
J. G. A. LETHAM
16 Abbotsferry Road, Tweedbank
756554
CHURCH OFFICER Y. YOUNG
Tweedsyde, Tweedmount Road
Melrose
822774
Bowden and Melrose Parish Church
February, 2016 Dear Friends, Alistair’s last service will be a united one at Melrose on Sunday 1st May 2016 at 11.00a.m. The service will be followed by a buffet lunch to which all are invited. In appreciation of Alistair’s outstanding service to the congregation during his ministry of 32 years, Kirk Session has agreed that a presentation will be made to him at the lunch and contributions to a Presentation Fund are invited. Cheques payable to Bowden and Melrose Parish Church should be placed in sealed envelopes, addressed to the Session Clerk and handed to me or posted or handed in to the Church Office. Cash and cheque contributions in suitably marked envelopes can also be placed in the offering bags on any Sunday. The closing date for contributions is Sunday 24th April. Strict confidentiality is assured. It will be helpful (but not essential) for catering purposes if you could complete and return the undernoted slip (or send an e-mail) to the Church Office if you are able to attend the lunch. Yours sincerely,
Ewan Rintoul Session Clerk ………………………………………………………………………………………………… I/We will be able to attend the buffet lunch on 1st May 2016 Names(s) _________________________________________
Dear Friends February 2016 As in past years this month sees Judi and I in Hermanus, South Africa where I am involved in the United Church's Lenten Programme as well as studying under retired Professor John de Gruchy and spending time at the retreat centre in Volmoed. It is an opportunity I greatly appreciate and exchanging a few weeks of the Scottish winter for the sun of South Africa is also a bonus! However this year sees a return to Melrose in very changed circumstances. The visit to Hermanus was arranged in the Autumn of last year before the completely unexpected approach from Christ Church, the Church of Scotland congregation in Bermuda. Judi and I had been considering a date for her retirement as Church Secretary before my own retirement which I had pencilled in for May 2018. April 2018 would be the 40th anniversary of my Ordination when I was inducted to my first parish in Hamilton. It was therefore a great surprise to be approached by the Nomination Committee of Christ Church asking if I might be interested in a move and indicating that if I could commit to at least four years they would be interested. Judi and I then made a brief visit to Bermuda in early December and following an interview and being invited to be Sole Nominee it was decision time! After a lot of thought and discussion with our family here in Scotland and in Canada we decided I would accept. The thought of leaving Bowden and Melrose after over 31 years was always going to be difficult but in a sense that day was only being brought forward by a couple of years. Having conducted worship as Sole Nominee in January and been endorsed by the congregation the date for my induction as minister of Christ Church has now been set for 13th May. We will of course leave with very mixed feelings. We leave all that is familiar to embark on a completely new undertaking at a time when not only myself but maybe others thought it was a time when I should be thinking of retiring! Melrose, and then Bowden and Melrose, has been the place not only where I have been minister but where we have very happily spent the largest part of our lives and where our family have grown up and continue in some ways to regard as home. However there will be time in the coming weeks to say properly our farewells and expressions of thanks to so many. In the meantime the Kirk Session are delighted that Helen Chisholm has taken over as Church Secretary and given that Helen is already familiar with much of the work and that she and Judi will work together for a few weeks there will be a smooth transition. An Interim Moderator will be appointed by the Presbytery at its meeting on 1st March and although finding a new minister can be a lengthy process it is hoped that advertisements can be placed before the beginning of Summer. I'm sure that after my more than 31 years your next minister will arrive with new and fresh ideas and the life of the congregation move on. Before then we have the observance of Holy Week and the great celebration of Easter - the promise that life is continually renewed and restored. Yours sincerely Alistair Bennett
An Invitation to Holy Communion
Bowden Kirk Easter Sunday, 27th March,
24th April and 29th May 9.30a.m.
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Calendar of Events Friday 4th March 2.30p.m. World Day of Prayer Sunday 6th March 9.30a.m. Morning Worship, Bowden 4th Sunday in Lent Rev. Bruce McNicol Mothering Sunday 10.00a.m. Family Service, Melrose 11.00a.m. Morning Worship, Melrose Sunday 13th March 9.30a.m. Morning Worship, Bowden 5th Sunday in Lent 11.00a.m. Morning Worship, Melrose Wednesday 16th March 11.00a.m. Bowden Community Cafe Thursday 17th March 2.30p.m. Guild – Spring Fundraiser A Musical Afternoon Sunday 20th March 9.30a.m. Morning Worship, Bowden Palm Sunday 11.00a.m. Morning Worship, Melrose Wednesday 23rd March 11.45a.m. Mid-week Worship in the Chapel 12.15p.m. Mid-week Lunch
Worship for Holy Week Monday 21st March, Tuesday 22nd March and Wednesday 23rd March, 10.30a.m.
A short service of worship in the Chapel followed by an organ recital allowing a time of reflection.
Coffee is then served.
Thursday, 24th March, 7.00p.m. Worship for Maundy Thursday Sacrament of Holy Communion
Friday 25th March, 7.00p.m.
Worship for Good Friday with Abbey Consort
Easter Sunday Sunday 27th March 8.00a.m. Worship on the Eildons 9.30a.m. Morning Worship, Bowden Sacrament of Holy Communion 11.00a.m. Morning Worship, Melrose
Sunday 3rd April 9.30a.m. Morning Worship, Bowden Sacrament of Baptism 11.00a.m. Morning Worship, Melrose Thursday 7th April 2.30p.m. Guild – Time Spent in Israel Malcolm Ross Sunday 10th April 10.00a.m. Morning Worship, Bowden 11.00a.m. Morning Worship, Melrose Sunday 17th April 10.00a.m. Morning Worship, Bowden 11.00a.m. Morning Worship.Melrose Wednesday 20th April 11.00a.m. Bowden Community Café Thursday 21st April 2.30p.m. Guild AGM and Butterflies Dr. Malcolm Lindsay Sunday 24th April 9.30a.m. Morning Worship, Bowden Sacrament of Holy Communion 11.00a.m. Morning Worship, Melrose Wednesday 27th April 11.45a.m. Mid-week Worship in the Chapel 12.15p.m. Mid-week Lunch Sunday 1st May 11.00a.m. Morning Worship, Melrose Congregational Lunch Thursday 5th May Guild ‘Spring Outing’ Sunday 8th May 9.30a.m. Morning Worship, Bowden 11.00a.m. Morning Worship, Melrose Sunday 15th May 9.30a.m. Morning Worship, Bowden 11.00a.m. Morning Worship, Melrose Sunday 15th – Saturday 21st May Christian Aid Week Wednesday 17th May 11.00a.m. Bowden Community Café Saturday 21st May 10.00a.m. Christian Aid Coffee Morning Corn Exchange Sunday 22nd May 9.30a.m. Morning Worship, Bowden 11.00a.m. Morning Worship, Melrose Wednesday 25th May 11.45a.m. Mid-week Worship in the Chapel 12.15p.m. Mid-week Lunch Sunday 29th May 9.30a.m. Morning Worship, Bowden Sacrament of Holy Communion 11.00a.m. Morning Worship, Melrose Sunday 5th June 9.30a.m. Morning Worship, Bowden 11.00a.m. Morning Worship, Melrose Sunday 12th June 9.30a.m. Morning Worship, Bowden 11.00a.m. Morning Worship, Melrose
Family Services The next Family Service is on 6th March when we will celebrate Mothering Sunday, a Sunday in Lent when traditionally people returned to the church in which they were baptised. It is better known nowadays simply as Mother’s Day. Let’s make this a special occasion for children, mothers and all who come along. Please accept this invitation.
Midweek Lunch
It seems a long time ago now, but the Christmas lunch was as always a great success. The New Year also got off to a satisfactory start with a good turnout in January.
Future Dates:
Wednesday 23rd March. Margaret's team Wednesday 27thApril. Ruth/Veronica's. Team Wednesday. 25th May. Kath's team
There will be a short ecumenical service at 11.45 before the lunch in the Chapel for anyone who would like to attend.
12. 15 – 1.30p.m. Lunch £3.50 Veronica Bailey. Moderator’s Visit The present Moderator of Presbytery, Fraser Simm, and his wife, Nettie, enjoyed a visit to Melrose church on 24th January. Fraser, who is Treasurer of Stow and Heriot parish church, is trying to visit each charge in his Moderatorial year. He took pleasure in making a brief address to the congregation in which he wished Alistair well in his new post, and also mentioned the contribution that Melrose and Bowden church has made to the work of Presbytery over the years. He also appreciated meeting the congregation after the service; he and Nettie were able to chat to several people whom they knew and to say hello to a few more.
!! Data Protection !! Official Church guidance is that to comply with the requirements of data protection, congregations are required to obtain written consent of their members to keep their data on the Membership Roll. At Bowden and Melrose the names of all members and adherents are stored on a computer file in the church office. It is a list of names and addresses only with no personal information. The task of ensuring that written consent is received is an enormous one and would be very time consuming. In the first instance it is suggested that if you do not wish your name to be stored then please contact the church office. Bowden and Melrose News Financial Statement At the time of going to print the Congregational Accounts for the year ending 31st December 2015 had not been quite finalised. They will be presented to the Kirk Session on Tuesday 15th March and all members of the congregation are welcome to attend. A summary will be included in the next edition of the magazine.
Ballater Floods Many will have seen on television the terrible floods and the damage caused in Ballater and other parts of the North-East of Scotland as well as here in the Borders. Ballater was particularly affected with many homes uninhabitable and businesses closed with no expectation of a return to either for months. The local congregation and minister responded to the situation by having the church premises open and heated day and night for a period of two weeks offering food, shelter and warmth to those forced to leave their homes. With their benevolent/hardship fund exhausted the Kirk Session of Bowden and Melrose agreed to a grant to assist them in their ongoing support of local people in need. Food Bank We continue to support the local Food Bank which was initially supported by the Guild. Thanks to all who continue to contribute. Bowden Community Café Bowden Community Café has now been running for over five years. It meets on the third Wednesday of each month from 11-12noon in Bowden Village Hall. Future dates (always the third Wednesday in the month) – March 16th, April 20th, and May 18th. Guild News Following on our report for the church magazine in November, the Guild has been busy and active in a number of ways. Our Christmas lunch was a huge success, enjoyed by many of us who were made very welcome at the Hoebridge and served a delicious meal.
We started the new year with a fascinating and also very funny afternoon, our speaker being Betty Brown talking about her experiences of having had many puppies to train, to go on to be Guide Dogs. She brought along her trusty Hattie, a beautiful eight year old Labrador, who lived up to her name of “Battie Hattie.” Great fun for us all.
Our most recent afternoon has been in the capable hands of Val Steel who took us on a picturesque walk from St. Bees in the west to Robin Hood’s Bay in the east. It brought back many happy memories for a number of the Guild members who have been or still are walkers.
18th February, we are looking forward to Henry Borthwick speaking about Channelkirk. This will be followed on 3rd March by Caroline Penman demonstrating silk scarves, and how to wear them.
World Day of Prayer is on Friday 4th March with an ecumenical service at Melrose Catholic Church at 2.30 pm to which all are invited.
Thursday 17th March is a special date in our programme, when we will again be fundraising for this year’s project, “Street Pastors.” We are looking forward to a musical afternoon led by Jim Letham, to which everyone in the congregation, or friends thereof, are very welcome to come. Enjoy Jim’s presentation along with a Guild tea. There will be a retiring collection towards our project.
On 7th April Malcolm Ross will speak about “Time Spent in Israel”. Our programme of events comes to a close with our AGM on 21st April (AGM being dealt with speedily), and followed by Dr. Malcolm Lindsay speaking about British butterflies of which he is an expert.
We will finish off the season with a meal out together on 5th May, arrangements still in the pipeline. We would welcome anyone interested in our meetings to come along, either to one,
or indeed take the plunge and join our members and share in the fellowship we have with one another.
Elizabeth Fraser, Guild President.
Blythswood Update Blythswood Care has announced a new system for collecting second hand goods from supporters. From January 2016, the traditional collecting van was replaced by a network of collecting banks. They have had to do this to make the best use of their resources for the sake of the people who are helped by the projects. They are considering the possibility of a set of textiles donations banks for our area and are looking for suitable sites at the moment. We will pass on any further information when it is received. Melrose in Bloom
Melrose in Bloom, now in its 15th year, has already started tidying up the town in readiness for
the annual floral display in the summer. We have not entered a national competition for a few
years, mainly due to lack of helpers, but as 2016 is the 50th anniversary of Beautiful Scotland,
we feel we would like to be part of it, and try our best to win Gold!
This would be good, not only for ourselves and for the town, but it could bring in more tourists,
and therefore more money, to the area.
Our ideas for this year are to revamp the overgrown permanent planting in the Square and the
Wynd, as well as produce our usual colourful displays of hanging baskets and planters.
So we are asking for more volunteers to enable us to do all this really well, and be prepared to
enter Beautiful Scotland, as well as win the Borders`Floral Gateway competition again.
If you would like to help with our watering rota, driving “Rosie”, our wee red buggy, please get in
touch with the “watering master”, Martin Neilson, on 01896 820023.
Watering involves spending 1 to 2 hours on 4 consecutive mornings or evenings, perhaps twice
during the period June-September. The dates and times are of your own choosing. Our work
parties take place every second Tuesday morning from 9.30 -11.30am ( usually followed by
coffee!), and can involve pruning, planting, tidying, litter-picking….whatever is most needed that
week. It is done at your own pace and whenever you feel you can spare the time to join in.
There are no hard and fast rules!
We would welcome you with open arms!
Please contact Chairman Quin on 01896 822224, or Secretary Pam on 01896 822024, if you
would like to join our happy gang! New Youth Club Earlston Youth Catchment Voluntary Youth Work Services will open a new Youth Club on 1st March for young people in P6-S4. This will run every Tuesday evening from 6.30 – 8 p.m. at the Trinity Centre, Melrose. It is hoped to include: Art activities Music and Dance Drama Sports and Games Trips Come along and join in the fun! For further information, contact us at www.earlstoncatchemtn.co.uk or find us on Facebook. Volunteers are also wanted to help with the club. Could this be you? Contact as above.
As in previous years there was a full church on Christmas Eve for the Christingle Service and an even larger crowd gathered in the Market Square to see in the New Year.
HOGMANAY CELEBRATIONS IN THE SQUARE
Late winter snow changed the look of the Eildons……..
Bowden’s Pantwell 1861-2016
An 1859 Ordnance Survey of Bowden shows the village’s water “supply” as six wells along the
street. In addition, many cottages would have collected rain and surface water. Two years later
the villagers came together in developing a scheme to pipe fresh spring water from Bowden
Common to a central cistern, housed in a building now known as the Pantwell.
Nationally, the 1850s heralded the start of schemes to improve water supplies to communities,
the motivating force being three cholera pandemics earlier in the century – notable
developments were Glasgow (Loch Katrine, 1859), and Manchester (Longdendale Valley,
1851). That Bowden should develop a scheme similar in purpose to those of such large cities as
early as 1861 suggests a remarkable and pioneering spirit prevailing in the village; it is notable
that the neighbouring community of Newtown had to wait another fifteen years for fresh water to
be piped from the Eildon Hills, and that improvements to Melrose’s supply were not made until
1892.
More remarkable still is the fact that Bowden’s water supply was planned, built, and paid for by
villagers themselves, rather than by a benefactor, when the population of Bowden in 1861 was
a mere 241.
In these days of planning regulations, enquiries, and other bureaucratic hurdles, it is refreshing
to note that the original project was completed in less than three months: Bowden’s Water
Committee met in September 1861 to agree that a trench be cut from the village centre to the
upper west Common, a pipe laid to bring water from a spring known locally as the Butter-well,
and two cisterns be built - one alongside the Butter-well, and the other in the centre of the
village – now known as the Pantwell. Contributions totalling over £100 were received in
November, the structure was built and roofed and the water supply up and running by the end of
the year.
Behind the scheme were local men, aware of the importance of clean water in the prevention of
illness. Adding to that sense of purpose were the leaders of Bowden’s Free Church – who no
doubt knew that both the Free Church of Scotland and the evangelical wing of the Anglican
Church in England promoted the notion of physical cleanliness as akin to moral cleanliness.
In 1894 more springs on the Common were connected to the pipe to increase the flow to the
village; Roxburgh County Council made further improvements in the 1930s, but, in 1939,
brought an end to the supply to the Pantwell - although the water from the Common was still
piped to individual houses. Since 1972, the village has been supplied solely from the Ale Water
reservoir.
Bowden’s Pantwell stands today as testimony to a pioneering and noteworthy village initiative -
it is not surprising that the Heritage Lottery Fund, in 2012, recognised both its historical and
archaeological significance, and together with other funders, helped preserve this unique
structure.
Dear Reader - please visit Bowden. Look at the Pantwell, read the impressive interpretation
board, and agree with the Scottish Civic Trust, who in commending the 2012 restoration project,
wrote that the Pantwell stands together with the Kirk, the Village Hall, and the War Memorial in
representing the history and development of the village.
And let us not forget the promotion of moral cleanliness…..
Dr Malcolm Morrison
Thomas Billam’s letter 03.01.16 Dear Alistair and all of the very kind congregation of Bowden and Melrose Parish Church, I write this letter to you from the quaint apartment room that looks out over the magnificent city of Zigunchor, Senegal. Even after nearly four months of being here on my project, I still cannot believe how far I have travelled. To this day, I also cannot thank you enough for all of your help to get me to this point! Each experience, whether it being seeing wild dolphins swimming past my kayak or even just the sense of achievement after having tamed a class of 50+ students for two hours has to be owed to all of your incredible generosity! Senegal in brief: a laid back paradise that is often overlooked by the problems of its neighbours. The people are incredibly warm and welcoming (you cannot walk down the street without being offered food, drinks or at least some company i.e. everyone is your friend and as soon as your feet touch Senegalese soil, you become part of the family). As for the country’s geography, where I am situated in the lush green south, it is remarkably flat (I have yet to see hills that remind me of the Eildons). However, this allows you to see out for miles when you venture out of town, where mangroves, gigantic baobab trees and leaf forests sprawl. Something that becomes less and less of a mystery to me about this place is the local language - Wolof (the most commonly spoken of many, many others). We love watching the local people’s faces turn in fascination when they hear us try to speak in their language (always encouraged and followed by claps and laughs!). Right now, my volunteer partner Harry and I have set up two new English clubs in our local area where loads of kids and adults come to attend to learn English, make new friends, do lots of activities and watch the occasional Mr Bean episode at the end, which they adore. Work at the local High School has been going very well for me and also next week, I will be taking on two new classes (fingers crossed). This week’s focus for us has been on preparing our local High School’s English club for their grand opening ceremony this Saturday. We’ve revised sketches, organised games, food, drinks and have even managed to repaint our room with our logo, the flags of UK and Senegal and even our names, leaving a Thomas and Harry legacy. Funnily enough, the hardest work we have is not the classes of 50+ students; it’s our class of five that we share at the orphanage. My utmost respect goes out to Primary School teachers for putting up with all that noise! However, we do love the kids we work with and are so happy to be able to work at the SOS orphanage as it is a true paradise over there (far from my expectations). So that takes my project up to the start of 2016, yet there is so much ahead of us to look forward to and that I’d love to tell you all about (e.g. my great trip to Dahor in February and the Gambian Exchange in May). I do hope everyone back in Melrose has had a fantastic Christmas and New Year! Looking forward to meeting you all again this summer, From Thomas Billam Project Trust Volunteer 2015/16
Bowden Literary Society Bowden leads (and reads) the way:
Melrose Literary Society – founded in 1886 and still meeting fortnightly in The Ormiston - is
thought to be the oldest such society still in existence in Britain. Over the years the focus of its
meetings has changed – from presentation of papers by members and discussion of subjects of
topical interest, through lantern presentations and social evenings, to panel discussions and
lectures by authors and academics – and, not least, the admission of lady members and office-
bearers!
It was, however, only one of a number of “literary” societies existing in Border towns and
villages in the 19th century. And it was pre-dated by, in particular, Bowden Literary Society –
established in December 1884.
“Rooms are secured in the old (Crown) inn, furnished suitably, and well lighted. The chief object
is the providing of healthy literature for all classes of the community.”
Initially, books and magazines were taken on loan from an Edinburgh Library, returned when
read, and replaced by a fresh stock. In the first week, forty members (out of a male population of
just over a hundred in the village) were enrolled, and it was reported that the young men of the
district were taking a “lively interest in the new enterprise, many of them spending good part of
their evenings in the rooms.”
Is it uncharitable to suggest an interest in other refreshment on offer in the inn, rather than
literature exclusively?
Two months later, Bowden Literary Society was promoting the introduction of (oil) street lighting
in the village – the committee sent out cards to the villagers, and to proprietors and friends in
the neighbourhood. And on 3rd March when the lights were turned on “it almost seemed as if the
village of Bowden had suddenly developed into a city….”. Dr Allardyce, then minister of the
parish church, contrasted the two recent lights that had made their advent in the village—the
light in the street and the light of the reading-rooms—and urged those in the audience who had
not become members of the latter to enrol at once.
By May 1886, nearly two hundred visitors, in addition to the members, had spent evenings in
the reading rooms, and it was announced that the rooms would remain open over the summer
months. In January the following year, there is a record of a meeting under the auspices of the
Literary Society – chaired by Dr Allardyce but held in the Free Church – when a “very large
audience” gathered to hear a lecture on “America and the Far West”.
By this time, in October 1886, the first meeting of Melrose Literary Society had been held.
There is no further record of the Bowden Literary Society’s activities – or, indeed, existence.
Had their members combined? An early example of mutual co-operation between the two
communities?
Rosemary Morrison
PARISH REGISTER
Baptisms 27th December John Patrick Shelley Williams, 93 Clova Road, London Harris Alistair Robertson, Lawside, 1 Bonnington Farm Cottages, North Berwick Funerals 30th November Mrs. Elizabeth (Elma) Lowrie, Bowmont Cottage, Dingleton Road, Melrose 1st December Mrs. Isabel (Lily) Galloway, Woodleyfield, Abbotsford Road, Darnick 9th December Mrs. Patricia (Patsy) Allan, Leaderfoot Farm, Melrose 15th December H. Colin Brown, Tower Cottage, Darnick 22nd December Mrs. Helen Fraser, 2 St. Dunstan’s Lane, Melrose 8th January Mrs. Theresa Wilson, Galahill House, Galashiels (formerly Darnick Tower, Darnick) 25thJanuary Mrs. Mary (Moira) Wilson, Galahill House, Galashiels (formerly Ormiston Grove, Melrose) 4th February Mrs. Georgina (Joey) Callaghan, 7 Rushbank, Newstead 8th February Mrs. Anne Laing, 31 Cornmill Court, Galashiels (formerly Ormiston Grove, Melrose) 15th February Mrs. Jenny Dickie, 23 Priorwood Court, Melrose 19th February Mrs Dorothy Smith, 11 Honeylees Drive, Tweedbank New Members Miss Dorothy Dobson, Murraywalls, Lylestane, Lauder Mrs. Patricia Murray, Carnieston, Tower Road, Darnick Mr. William Murray, Carnieston, Tower Road, Darnick Mrs. Nancy McNicol, 42 Dounehill, Jedburgh Rev. Bruce McNicol, 42 Dounehill, Jedburgh Mr. John Brown, 17 Rushbank, Newstead Mrs. Sue Dodds, 9 Commonside, Bowden
Elders on duty - MELROSE Mar 6th 11.00a.m. Gilmour Forrest Hamish Carruthers 13th 11.00a.m. William Windram Esther Crawford 20th 11.00a.m. Alastair Matthew John Maguire 24th 7.00p.m. Ewan Rintoul William Windram 25th 7.00p.m. Elizabeth Fraser Ishbel Gordon 27th 11.00a.m. John Pollitt Robin Cochrane April 3rd 11.00a.m. John Butcher John Crawford 10th 11.00a.m. James McCulloch John Henderson
17th 11.00a.m. Russell Sanderson Ogilvie Mathieson 24th 11.00a.m. Jim Thom Anne Cochrane May 1st 11.00a.m. John Gaddie Murray Thom 8th 11.00a.m. Mac Brown Veronica Bailey
15th 11.00a.m. Robin Sloan Robbie Brown 22nd 11.00a.m. Moreen Gordon Martin Baird 29th 11.00a.m. George Bunyan Pat MacKenzie
June 5th 11.00a.m. Richard Gordon Owen Rowlands 12th 11.00a.m. Elsa Barker Alastair O’Neil
Elders on Duty – BOWDEN Mar 6th 9.30a.m. Ogilvie Mathieson John Pollitt 13th 9.30a.m. Robbie Brown Jim Thom 20th 9.30a.m. Owen Rowlands Alison Bacon 27th 9.30a.m. Irene Armstrong Russell Sanderson Communion John Gaddie Ian Purves April 3rd 9.30a.m. Pat MacKenzie John Magurie 10th 9.30a.m. Jack Crichton Gilmour Forrest 17th 9.30a.m. Alastair O’Neil Ian Wilson 24th 9.30a.m. Irene Armstrong Helen Chisholm Communion Murray Thom Walter Riddell-Carre
May 1st United Service at Melrose at 11.00a.m.
8th 9.30a.m. Allan Cumming Russell Sanderson 15th 9.30a.m. Alastair Matthew John Henderson 22nd 9.30a.m. Esther Crawford Angus McLay 29th 9.30a.m. Irene Armstrong John Gaddie Communion Richard Gordon Ian Forsyth
June 5th 9.30a.m. William Windram James McCulloch
12th 9.30a.m. Malcolm Morrison Pat Schmidt Beadle Duty – Bowden March Jim Noble April Liz Sanderson May Bill Wilkie June Hans Schmidt
Elders unable to undertake duty on the date allocated are personally responsible for arranging a substitute and are asked to advise the office.
DOOR DUTY ROTA
March 6th Meg Robbie Lyn Bryce
13th Margaret Lang Christine Yuill
20th Gill Howard Jean Watson
27th Barbara Wright Alistair Wright
April 3rd Sheila Butcher Tommy Wilson
10th Sheila Miller Kathleen Henderson
17th Lorna Masson Ruth MacDonnell
24th Helen Rennie Tony Taylor
May 1st Gillian Arbuckle Irene Thom
8th Yvonne Eade Oliver Eade
15th Eleanor Palmer Hilary Ford
22nd John Miller Val Miller
29th Kerry Clark Liz Mitchell
June 5th Gail Creamer Eleanor Connochie
12th Wendy Scott Sarah Craig
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If you are unable to undertake your allocated duty please try to arrange for another rota member to cover and then advise the office of this change so that the names in the Orders of Service are accurate.
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