District News
\Alyth \Bendochy
Parish church Morning and evening worship on Sunday were conducted by Rev Mike Erskine. During term time the Sunday school welcomes children in the front pews of the church. A creche for under-threes is available during every Sunday morning service. The prayer group meets on Thursdays in Burnside Court lounge at 10.30am. Choir rehearsal is every Friday at 6.45pm. New members welcome. The church website at www.alythparishchurch.org.uk is updated weekly. Family history Alyth Family History Project is open at Alyth Parish Church on Sundays from 2-4pm. The archive includes thousands of photographs of people, events, school, businesses, weddings, bairns, views, etc. Admission is free. Genealogy enquiries are welcome via fhp@alythparishchurch. org.uk or Facebook. There will be a public exhibition to showcase the project during Perth and Kinross Doors Open weekend in September. It will be free admission but any donations will go to the Alyth Parish Church Stop the Rot fund. Planning is at an early stage but there will be an extensive photograph display of school, wedding, baby, events, businesses and landscape pictures, along with two projector slideshows of photos where all captions are known. There will also be the opportunity to browse old parish records, burial records, baptism and marriage records, newspapers, maps, publications. The last FHP exhibition was held in 2011 and the collection has grown considerably since then. Pipe band Alyth and District Pipe Band practice on Wednesdays from 6pm in Alyth Town Hall. For more information contact Elaine Sturrock on 01828 640312 or email elaine@alythpipeband.org Church Morning worship on Sunday was conducted by Rev Andrew Graham, who told “how people mattered more to Jesus than adherence to the Pharisees who focused on the establishment”. The Bible reading was from Luke ch 13 v 10 to 17 and during the service Isla, daughter of Rosie and John, was baptised.
\Burrelton
Church Morning worship on Sunday was led by Rev Stevie Thomson, with praise accompanied by organist Lynne Mitchell. Lynne Mitchell read from Isaiah ch 55 verses 1-5 and from the Gospel of Matthew ch 14 v 13-21. Office-bearers on duty were Mavis Anton, Ishbel Chambers and John Alexander. Flowers were provided by Susan Christie and tea/coffee was served by Graham Mitchell. The church has a bookstall at the Market on the Green on Saturday. Market on the Green The next market will be held on Saturday, August 12, from 2pm to 5pm. There will be local crafts and produce, a barbecue, home baking and games. There are still pitches available from £15. Anyone interested can email villagehall@burrelton. com or call 07850 448511 or 01828 670292.
\Coupar Angus
Abbey Church On Sunday, Rev Andrew Graham gave an insight into the likely emotions of Jesus at the time of the feeding of the 5000. John Easson read the first Bible lesson from Isaiah ch 55, v 1 to 5 and Heather Cluff read from Matthew ch 14, v 13 to 21. Hymns bean with ‘The Lord is King lift up your voice’. During his sermon Mr Graham said that just prior to the feeding of the 5000 Jesus had received bad news: his cousin John the Baptist had been killed. Jesus was looking for peace and quiet to reflect. He sailed across the lake to seek peace but the crowd anticipated this and there they were. Jesus put his own concerns aside and had compassion for them and addressed them. Jesus, son of the living God, lived as a human. He endured pain, love, death, had feelings of being let down, gave his best and it was still not good enough for some people, in other words lived the gamut of emotions people also endure during their lives. His focus remained always on compassion for others. His disciples fully trusted and followed him and were not disappointed and neither will we be. Jesus calls people to act with compassion, to use their talents to make a positive difference to others. Musical offerings by Austin Wilkie were ‘Elizabethan Serenade’ by Ronald Binge, ‘Short Prelude and Fugue in F’ by JS Bach and ‘The Legend of Glass Mountain’ by Nino Ruta. Prayer meetings will resu,e on September 4 at 2pm in the Abbey. The deadline for the Isla Link is August 13. Thursday Friends Allan and Sheila Legge with Margaret Taylor are running a charity shop in Coupar Angus for the Thursday Friends group until August 12. The shop will be open from 9.30am to 4pm. All proceeds will go towards the Thursday Friends Christmas lunch and party.
\Kinclaven
Church The service on Sunday was conducted by Rev Peggy EwartRoberts, assisted by reader in training Rosemary Patterson. The organist was Margaret Davidson and Valerie Gordon read the lessons from Psalm 33 v 6-9, 13-15 and 18-22, and Collossians ch 1 v 15-20. Services are held every Sunday at 9.45am.