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Annual report 2022

27/2/2023

 
We're meeting for our Annual General Meeting on Sunday, 5 March, after the service in Humbie Church. A full set of the Reports and Accounts is available on request. Here's the verbal summary of our activities in the last year.
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coffee morning

26/2/2023

 
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view from the pulpit

7/12/2022

 
Anikó was invited to write the very first of this new series in Life & Work, the Church of Scotland magazine, for its January 2023 edition. Here's her reflection:

“OH, you’re a minister – that must be interesting/ intense/ different/ challenging/ etc…”


I don’t know about colleagues, but I’ve heard a lot of variations on the above over the years. And yes, it is all of the above, and much more besides. And it is changing: ministry now is very different to what it was even when I first began my training.


Is it what I expected when I decided to follow the call to this vocation? Yes and no. There’s far more time spent at my desk, staring at a screen, and far less time to read and study and reflect. I now know details about charity law, building management and – not least – health and safety than I ever thought possible. Like many of my colleagues, I’ve become quite a specialist in digital communication: filming and recording services, editing and streaming. It could be argued that none of this has much to do with parish ministry. I’d tend to disagree, though: the legal and administrative aspects frame the community work that we do and enable us to do it safely, and all the newer technological skills are feeding what ministers have always done: communicating, thinking and talking with our communities about God’s love. That is what ministry is all about for me: to love God, to try to do good in the world, and to support and enable others to do the same. How we do that has changed, not least through our experience of the past three years.


In my local context, we are perhaps closer to the heart of our community than we were pre-pandemic, as we have been able to meet people differently, and are, together with other community bodies, able to offer more direct support. Worshipping and offering our services on a Sunday morning is a big part of who we are and what we do: we are encouraged, inspired and challenged in our coming together, to love and serve God and the world not only in our praying, reflecting and singing, but in all that we do. And the worship is not confined to a Sunday morning.


Recordings are accessible at any time, and we now also meet at other times for Forest Church, in a Friday afternoon children’s club, at fortnightly coffee mornings, through a podcast, in the serving of our communities – be that in assisting the weekly soup delivery or a foodbank collection or pastoral support.


Church is changing, and so is ministry. The current restructuring is one of the hardest times I have experienced in my ministry, as some of the changes are so painful, however necessary they are. And the best thing about ministry is the people we are privileged to meet and get to know – and because of these people, the process still is manageable. While the upcoming changes might be difficult, we know that we are navigating them together, as a community, and in God’s presence.
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I’ve been so encouraged by the creative and caring ideas for our future ministry, and I’m excited about seeing how the ideas develop. We have spent three years discussing the process, juggling numbers, creating plans – it is now time to continue doing what we are called to do: to love God, and to serve God’s world. 

christmas eve nativity

7/12/2022

 



After two years of online Nativities only (which were a lot of fun, too, and can still be watched here (2020) and here (2021), we're very much looking forward to having a Nativity service for the whole community again this Christmas Eve at 4pm in Humbie Church. Come along, and any small shepherds and angels are very welcome to join in, too!

There'll be refreshments after the service. As car parking is limited, we'd like to encourage you to share transport if you can.

​A collection in aid of the Marie Curie Hospice Night Response Team will be held during the service.

So come along and join us in this beautiful way of beginning Christmas together!

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time for reflection

30/11/2022

 
On 29th November, Anikó was honoured to lead time for Reflection in the Scottish Parliament, having been nominated by one of the East Lothian MSPs, Paul McLennan MSP. You can watch her reflection here:
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Winter newsletter

29/11/2022

 
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​Our winter newsletter is out now and you can read it here. Enjoy!
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