Kirkpatrick

Our Guild meets every month from October through to March, and we now have a flexibility of dates for meetings to suit both our members and proposed meeting content. The Church of Scotland Guild is a movement within the Church of Scotland which invites and encourages both women and men to commit their lives to Jesus Christ and enables them to express their faith in worship, prayer and action. Membership is open to all who accept the Aim. Our motto is "Whose we are and Whom we serve" a scriptural quotation from Acts:27 verse 23.The Church of Scotland Guild has it's own website www.cos-guild.org.uk where information regarding current programme and projects may be found

Earlier this year we were delighted to receive a certificate from the Central Guild Office in Edinburgh in recognition of the 110th anniversary of our Guild (see above) and this was formally presented to us by our minister at the joint Guild Rededication Service on October 11th.

The new national 3 year Programme "What does the Lord Require of you", has now commenced and this year's theme is "Called to act Justly". We also have 6 new projects to focus on and accordingly support.

October 1st 7.30pm Discussion Topic on Guild Theme led by Sally Findlay & Liz Dawson

October 12th 7.30pm Council Meeting - Dalbeattie Parish Church hall

November 12th 7.30pm Talk by representative of Shelter Scotland.

November 29th 2.30pm Autumn Rally in Twynholm Parish Church

January 14th 2.00pm "Fair Trade Church" talk by Jan Wishart

February 4th 7.30pm "A reflection on this years theme" with Rev. Beryl Stannard

March 4th 7.30pm "The Women of Malawi" talk by Rev. Evelyn Hope followed by AGM

March 5th World Day of Prayer at Balmaghie Parish Church

March 8th 7.30pm Council AGM held in Castle Douglas Parish Church Hall

March/April date tbc "I was in Prison......." talk by Jane Ingall

June 7th 7.30pm Summer Rally held in Gatehouse of Fleet Parish Church

We look forward to an interesting year and all are welcome to come and join us.

At our first meeting on October 1st, Sally Findlay and Liz Dawson led us in a comprehensive consideration of the national 'Discussion Topic' resource "Let's talk about Justice, what can we do?" and the meeting concluded with Holy Communion celebrated by the minister.

After the excitement of last year with Corsock Guild celebrating our 100^th birthday, this past session has been a bit quieter.

The Rededication service on 11^th October was led by Jan Wishart of KPD and Betty Watson of Corsock Guild

At our October meeting Brydie Corrie spoke on the theme and she concentrated on her work with people who had learning difficulties. She spoke also of her work with the residents of Dunmuir in Castle Douglas.

In that same week The Harvest supper was held in Corsock Village Hall. This was voted another successful evening raising around 350.00 for Guild projects

Once again and evening of Advent songs and carols was held in Corsock Church on 13^th December. We were pleased that many of our friends from Kirkpatrick Durham turned out to support the event.

Fortunately that event was held before the Big Freeze which led to the cancellation of our January meeting. This was just one of the casualties of cancelled meetings in the area.

Our annual soup and sweet lunch was held at Kylelea on 10^th February and once again the sun shone brightly on the event. This kind of meeting allows the members and friends to share in fellowship which is not always possible on an ordinary Guild night

Three members attended the World Day of Prayer at Balmaghie and two attended a Service for Peace in Palestine last Monday evening.