News from First Church

With the Labour Weekend behind us, all the summer events are now unrolling in front of us – at the time of writing, organisation of our traditional Kirk Fair in a few days’ time is well advanced, and we are hoping the different site will attract the usual friends and supporters who can as always be sure of quality home produce and baking, and many great bargains of every kind.

An interesting newsletter has reached us – called Wellbeing and put out by Presbyterian Support Central which operates Family Works and Enliven services – both familiar names in this area. The articles describe a very important part of what we stand for – caring and making a good difference to people’s lives – adding meaning and purpose with joy, connecting as a community and creating a welcoming and non-judgmental space where all can grow and evolve with a freedom of choice.

The final paragraph of an article on Lloyd Geering in a recent Dominion Post echoes these sentiments: “Traditional religion is dead, but its ideals must live on. We have to learn in the modern secular world to be responsible for ourselves, our neighbours, and now, of course the Earth, and to carry the values that come out of the Christian tradition.”
These are themes that we engage with at First Church – in all our activities and at 10am on a Sunday.