On Good Friday last year a group from St Andrew Blackadder carried a large wooden cross up from the harbour and along the High Street. This will happen again this year. In this series of reflections I have traced the history…
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Past and Future 4 Let your light shine
North Berwick regularly appears high on the list of the most desirable places to live in the country. There’s nothing new about this. In the mid 1800’s North Berwick was booming and was known as ‘The Biarritz of the North’.…
In Christ we form one body
Past and future reflection 6 At noon on Sunday August 31, 2025, about 100 people were engaged in animated conversations in the St Andrew Blackadder Sanctuary. The occasion was the Ministries Fair, an opportunity for everyone to find out more about…
Christ, our peace, who makes two groups one. Past and Future 5
Some couples are like two peas in a pod. Others could not be more different from each other. Neither guarantees happiness – but the ones who are very different must work really hard. In the 1960s six Church of Scotland…
Past and Future 3: The God who sends
2026 has already been a tumultuous year and it’s barely started. Our expectations of how things happen are being tossed in the air. 200 years ago God’s people in North Berwick experienced something similar. The 1800s were a time of…
Disaster or opportunity?
Past and Future – Reflection 2 A massive storm in 1656 washed away a large part of the church of St Andrew at North Berwick harbour. The church was unusable. For God’s people it must have seemed like an unmitigated disaster.…
The Past and the Future 1: The Auld Kirk
Surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses (Hebrews 12:1) Witness 1: St Andrew, who brought people to Jesus – Sermon 18/1/26 Witness 2: John Blackadder, who preached the word in season and out of season – All Age Talk 25/1/26…
Change ahead
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday today and for ever (Hebrews 13:8). Last week I told you I will retire from full time ministry in June 2026. What will happen after that? The Presbytery Mission Plan says St Andrew Blackadder…
Neil’s Retirement announcement
Retirement: A message from Neil Dougall After a long period of thought and prayer I have decided the time has come for me to retire from full time ministry. This week I sent a message to the Rev John Cowie…
Weekly Update, 1st August 2025
1. Sunday 27 July Services at 9.30 and 10.30 am (also live-streamed). The passage is Hosea 11:1-11 and the theme, How to Read the Old Testament. Jock Stein will be leading us in worship this Sunday, and will have a…