Welcome to Gatehouse and Borgue Parish Church in Galloway in south-west Scotland. To those who live nearby or are visiting we extend a warm welcome to join us on a Sunday morning, or to take part in any of the activities run through the church.
Easter Services
March
Sunday 29th : Palm Sunday
10.00 am Morning service at Gatehouse Church
11.30 am Morning Service at Twynholm Church
April
Thursday 2nd : Maundy Thursday
7.00 pm Service of Communion at Gatehouse Parish Church
Friday 3rd : Good Friday
11.00 am Ecumenical Walk of Witness from Gatehouse Church
Sunday 4th : Easter Day
9.00 am Open Air Service at Anwoth Old Kirk
10.00 am Easter Family Service at Gatehouse Parish Church
11.30 am Easter Service at Tarff and Twynholm Parish Church
12.00 noon Easter service in Borgue Village Hall.
Gatehouse Services
10.00am each Sunday.
Services are available on “Reflections”.
Contact us for details.
Borgue Services
12 noon on the first Sunday of each month.
Services are held in the Borgue Village Hall.
Tarff & Twynholm Services
11.30am each Sunday
Services will be available on “Reflections”
Contact us for details.
Mrs Ott was ordained and inducted to this charge of Gatehouse linked with Borgue on 15 March 2002.
From the Manse
Dear Friends,
Those of you who attend church regularly may have noticed that the pulpit fall and bookmarks change colour on a semi regular basis. This is not just at the whim of Leslie and myself, each colour has a special significance and we have different colours for different seasons of the Christian Year.
The colour you will see most often is Green. Green is what we have on any day which is not a special day or season – what we call “ordinary time”. It stands for spiritual growth.
White is the other colour that appears quite often. White is for purity, or celebration and rejoicing and we have a white fall every time there is a sacrament i.e. communion and baptism. We also have white for special occasions like the Christmas season, from Christmas Eve to Epiphany, the Easter season, from Easter Sunday until just before Pentecost, and on special holy days like Transfiguration Sunday, Trinity Sunday, all Saints and the Feast of Christ the King. And of course we have a white fall for weddings.
We do not however have a white fall during Advent or during Lent. Then the fall is purple. Purple is the colour for penance and preparation. Both Advent and Lent are times of preparing ourselves – the former for the entry of Christ into the world and the latter for his crucifixion. Purple is also the colour most often used for funerals although white is also used as we celebrate the person’s entry into heaven.
The colour you will see the least of is red. Red is the pulpit fall that we have at Pentecost because it symbolises the fire and power of the Holy Spirit. We also have red for ordinations, of ministers or elders, and for confirmation.
At the moment the pulpit fall is green but once we enter into Lent on Sunday February 22nd you will see the fall has become purple, because Lent is a time of preparing ourselves for the passion of Christ, his crucifixion, but eventually also his resurrection.
Every blessing
Val