long service certificate presented to john burnett
It isn't often that someone can claim to have served the church as an elder for over 50 years. This year John Burnett completed his 50th year as an elder in the Parishes of Upper Tweeddale and his 57th year as an elder within the Church of Scotland as a whole. In honour of that, and with thanks for his tireless contribution to the life of the church in Upper Tweeddale Rev John Smith, current locum minister for the parishes, presented a long service certificate to John at today's joint service in Tweedsmuir.
sundae sunday
On 16th June we held our second Sundae Sunday service in Tweedsmuir Village Hall. This joint service brought all four churches together in worship lead by Rev John Smith followed by ice cream and a myriad of toppings. The Sundae Service also provides an opportunity to add to the funds collected for Christian Aid this year.
A lot of work went into the provision and serving of the ice cream and the preparation of the hall, so a big thank you goes to Christine and Gavin, Isobel and Fiona, and indeed all others who helped out.
We are delighted to announce that Rev John Smith has agreed to be our new locum. John took up his duties as from Monday 8th April and can be contacted by phone at 07710 530 193 or email at midmarjohn@gmail.com.
Church notices for Sunday 9th June 2019
Guild members please note, the Guild Summer Rally in Newlands Church is on Tuesday 11th June starting at 1pm with a picnic (bring your own sandwiches, tea and cakes will be provided). Transport will leave Broughton Village Hall carpark at 12:30 and if you would now like to go please contact Pat (830366) or Fiona (830408) so we can arrange spaces in cars.
Next Sunday (16th June) we will be having a Sundae Sunday Joint Service in Tweedsmuir Hall at 11am. Once again ice cream will feature and the offering will be going to Christian Aid. Please note that there will be no other services in any of the other churches that day.
Next Sunday (16th June) we will be presenting a Long Service Certificate to John Burnett at the Joint Service. John has been an elder for 57 years firstly in Banff and then Broughton. During that time he has been Sunday School Superintendent in both churches, Treasurer in Broughton and Parishes of Upper Tweeddale and a founding member of the Worship Workshop. We hope he is not retiring but has many more years of service to give. Please come along and join the celebration and if you see him before Sunday, please don't say anything as we'd like it to be a surprise.
