After an interview process over the past month, culminating in formal interview last week, Rev Grant Maclaughlan has been invited and accepted, after a unanimous vote of the nominating committee, to preach here as sole nominee.
Grant was born in Dundee, attended Menzieshill High School and most recently has been part time locum minister at Errol l/w Kilspindie and Rait Parish Churches. He is also a sessional workplace chaplain for Perth City. Prior to this, Grant has been a parish minister for Perth Riverside and Newhaven Edinburgh.
We are awaiting confirmation of the date that he will preach.
Please keep Grant and his family in your prayers and give thanks for the work of the nominating committee.
On Monday 19th July, Dundee moved into Covid level 0, so we have slightly adjusted our arrangementsfor worship.
We are worshipping in church every Sunday at 11am, and our website services willbe taken from Invergowrie church.
Main changes: – We can sing (behind our masks), – The new distancing arrangements mean that we can use more pews, – Pew cushions have been replaced, – Continue to bring your refreshments to enjoy in the church hall afterwards
It would be lovely to see you back in the church building, but please don’t come if you don’t feel it is right for you.
Do not attend if you are isolating, have any symptoms of Covid-19 or if you have been in contact with anyone with Covid-19 in the last 14 days.
These are the full arrangements:
You must wear a mask / face covering in the building, unless you are exempt.
You might want to bring a bible as pew bibles have been put away for now.
Come to the main door on Blackness Avenue. Flat access is available via the Shaftesbury Terrace door.
Aim to arrive 10-15 minutes earlier than normal to ensure all can be seated by 11.00am.
Wait outside in a socially distanced manner until you are invited to enter the building. This will be one (or one household) at a time.
As you come in you will be asked to read some notices, put on your mask / face covering and use the hand sanitiser provided.
You will need to give your name and phone number. This is to comply with NHS Scotland’s Test and Protect programme.
Please wait until you are directed to a pew.
Every other pew is in use.
Please maintain social distance.
The disabled toilet is the only toilet available. Leave the church at the front right door to access this toilet via the corridor.
At the end of the service, please maintain social distancing as you leave.
Please bring your own refreshments, and join us in the hall for a chat afterwards.
Children are very welcome but there will not be a Sunday Club. We suggest you bring activities for your children to do during the sermon.
Please bring any monetary donations in an envelope and leave them the box provided; cheques would be preferable to cash.
“For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” Matthew 18:20
And for those who choose not to attend, we will be praying for you, and a time when we can all worship together in person.
On Sunday 16th May we welcomed new members Gordon and Florence Mitchell, and a new elder, Bill Valentine, pictured here with Rev Catriona Morrison. Colin Mackenzie (not pictured) has also joined us as a new member.
We are now starting the process of assembling our Nominating Committee from people on our Electoral Roll. This Committee should represent the breadth of our membership, with people who are involved in different things, and should not just be made up of elders.
Think about who you could propose, and check with them that they are willing to stand, then submit their name, plus the name of someone else seconding your suggestion, to Rev Catriona Morrison cmorrison@churchofscotland.org.uk or by post to Catriona via the church postal address/mailbox, before 5pm on Friday 28th May.
On Sunday 30th May, at the end of the church service, we will hold a secret ballot if required.
Tuesday Bible Study has a break for a week now and resumes online on Tuesday 18th May 7.30-8.30pm.
We’ll be studying 1 Corinthians using material from the Scottish Bible Society.
The Zoom details are unchanged from previous sessions, and if you’d like to join us (around 15 people from two churches) please email administrator@logies.org for the Zoom details.
We continue to have an all-age service of worship in church every Sunday, led by our locum ministers Rev Catriona Morrison and Rev Marc Prowe.
There is no longer a limit of 50 people in church, we simply have to ensure households are sitting 2m from each other.Our welcome team will show you where to sit, to make sure we get this right.
There is step-free entry using the Shaftesbury Terrace (no need call ahead for this access).
We are getting used to the new ways of worship, with some live and some recorded music – we can still stand and say the words of hymns and songs to ourselves, and clap along.
We can also chat to each other outside, in groups of six afterwards.
Please remember to bring a face covering (unless medically exempt), you may want to bring your own Bible too.
We look forward to seeing you in church when you feel it’s right for you, and our website services will also continue.