Our next services will be on Sunday 20 October from 9.30am at Athelstaneford and then at 11am in Prestonkirk. This week’s service will be led by Jacqueline Waugh.
Activities are available for children during the services, and refreshments are provided after all our 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
Our minister, Rev Douglas Hamilton can be contacted on 07831 657854, e-mail: dhamilton@churchofscotland.org.uk
Once a fortnight, on Wednesdays we gather at Whitekirk for prayers from 2pm – 2:30pm. During this time we follow the Celtic Daily Prayers from the Northumbrian Community and also have a short time of sung worship. Our next prayer meeting is on Wednesday 16 October.
The Church at Athelstaneford will be open on Tuesday and Thursdays between 2-4pm.
For other updates on what is happening within the church and our community, visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/parishoftraprain
Community Wellbeing and Advice Cafe
Don’t forget that every Thursday we hold a Community Wellbeing and Advice Cafe between 10am-12pm at Prestonkirk Stables in East Linton. 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. Join us for a tea/coffee and a chat. Poster below with contact details.
The Guild
The next meeting of the Guild will take place on Tuesday 22 October at 2 pm at Prestonkirk, East Linton, when we will enjoy a concert from Bruce Davies. This concert is the rescheduled one from February. Some tickets are still available and cost £6. Please contact Elizabeth Cowan at ecowan@me.com
The Guild of Traprain meets once a fortnight (on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month) in The Stables. For the next three years the new strategy for the Guild will be ‘Let us build a House’ with a different theme for each year. Meetings are open to anyone who wishes to attend including men who are very much part of the Guild movement. Come and be a part of the Guild family and join us in worship, prayer, action and fellowship. A warm welcome awaits you.
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.
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
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.