Our next services are on Sunday 6 April in Athelstaneford at 9:30am and Prestonkirk at 11am. As we mark the fifth Sunday of Lent we will also be celebrating the baptism of Arthur Armstrong at the service in Athelstaneford. We also continue our ‘Encounters with Jesus’ series and this week we will be reading about a total transformation after Jesus spots someone up a tree.

Activities are available for children during the services, and refreshments are provided after all our Sunday services.

You can listen to past sermons by clicking the links on our Sermons page here.

Our most recent monthly update, detailing all of our upcoming services and activities is available here. To sign up for the monthly update email, please contact admin@parishoftraprain.org.uk

Easter services and events in the Parish of Traprain

Our minister, Rev Douglas Hamilton can be contacted on 07831 657854, e-mail: dhamilton@churchofscotland.org.uk

Please note there will be no prayers at Whitekirk on Wednesdays during the month of April.

For other updates on what is happening within the church and our community, visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/parishoftraprain

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Our Friendship Group meets on Wednesday mornings between 10-11.30am at the Lynton Day Centre in East Linton. At these meetings you get a chance to meet new people, learn new skills and connect with others in our community. There’s tea, coffee and home baking. People with dementia and their carers are particularly welcome.

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Community Cafe

Don’t forget that every Thursday we hold a Community Cafe between 10am-12pm at Prestonkirk Stables in East Linton. Join us for a tea/coffee and a chat.

The Cafe will start back again on Thursday 9 January.

This is a partnership between the Church, The Ridge, Dunbar Debt Advice Service and East Lothian Foodbank. Support and advice is freely available and includes: Benefit support, Foodbank, Befriending, Budgeting and Housing Support, Recovery support and access to volunteering and wellbeing services.

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Prayer has been a part of human activity across time and across cultures, but there are also many in our community who struggle with the idea of prayer and are not too sure where to start. The trypraying booklet is a short guide to prayer written primarily for people who aren’t religious. Copies of the booklet are available from our churches or you can check out the website for more information: www.trypraying.org

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There is a weekly service at Prestonkirk, East Linton at 11.00 am.

On the first and third Sundays of the month there is a service at Athelstaneford. On the second and fourth Sundays there is a service at Stenton. All these services are at 9.30am.

In months where there is a fifth Sunday, we gather for a joint service at Prestonkirk at 11am.

Activities are available for children during the services, and refreshments are provided after all our services.