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May has been a
busy month in the life of St Mary’s. Open Season has begun, we have
enjoyed splendid concerts and we welcomed our mission partners, Sammy
and Terry Karanja, to our services and enjoyed meeting them over lunch.
Add to that the commitment to Christian Aid Week and we have a very busy
schedule and that’s before we even begin to think about the normal week
to week activities. Maybe it’s no bad thing that summer approaches and
we can step back a little, breathe more deeply and enjoy the beauty
around us as life hopefully gets quieter for a while at least!
And while all this has been happening, life inside our sanctuary has
seen much disruption in recent days. Now normality is returning. Access
through both west and north entrances, and the possibility of sitting
where you choose and having coffee in a bit more space instead of the
squash we have known in recent times! But despite the upheavals I
believe we have retained the spiritual integrity of who we are and why
we are here. God has been with us in the mess and will walk with us
still in the days ahead.
At last we will be able to open fully to welcome our visitors day by
day. We owe many thanks to all who have continued to get on with
whatever needed to be done despite the disruption and difficulties they
encountered. Now all can admire the result of this necessary piece of
work.
So enjoy the beauty of the wood of the restored and polished floor and
give thanks for the life of St Mary’s – past, present and in days to
come. May we all feel richly blessed in our sanctuary and in our world.
With every blessing
Jennifer Macrae
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3 Star attraction |
In 2006 St Mary's Church was awarded the
prestigious 3 star award by the Scottish Tourist Board.
The star award scheme focuses on the welcome, hospitality, service and
presentation of visitor attractions such as St Mary's Church.
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