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This Sunday we’ve saved a seat for you!

Smithton Church is a place where God meets normal people.  Anyone is welcome, no matter what’s going on in your life.  The services are at 11am and in the evening at 6pm.  This week we have a young student, Ali Sewell with us as our preacher.  Ali currently works at Christ Church, Edinburgh while studying at Edinburgh Theological Seminary as a candidate for the Free Church.

After the Christmas and New Year break the church activities are back as normal this coming week.  For a full rundown of activities come and visit our Connect page here.

Our first session of ‘The world we all want’ is this Sunday (10th January) starting at 9am with breakfast to get everything started.

Each of us is looking for something more every hour of every day but finding our place in the world seems more and more complex.  Over the next 7 weeks, here at Smithton, we are going to be looking at, “finding your place in the the Bible’s big story”.

If you would like more information about the course then contact Ali, our family worker here.

On Wednesday evening, we are back in our Community Groups.  There are 8 dotted around town and if you would like to join one for the first time please phone the office (01463 793191) and we will link you into a group. These small groups meet in various homes and are a great way of meeting other Christians as we discuss a passage in the bible.

Are you among the 7 out of 10 Scots that are motivated to go to an event to meet people from your community? This Sunday at Smithton is your chance to come along and meet your community and also hear about the Good News of the Bible! 11am and 6pm are our starting times.

This Sunday we have Chris Davidson – a student at the Edinburgh Theological Seminary – with us for the morning and evening worship services.  In the morning we will be looking together at 2 Thessalonians 2:13-17 with the sermon entitled ‘Standing Firm’ and the evening sermon is called ‘Simple but Hard’ from Mark 10:13-23.

We have two baptisms in a row and this week is number two.  Eve Eglington will be baptised near the end of our morning service and Rev Aonghas Iain Macdonald will be leading this section of the service.

We also have a Holiday Sunday School in the morning for those in pre-school and Primary 1 with singing, games and Bible teaching.

What a chance to meet others and connect with those in the community!

During our time of vacancy we want to keep everyone updated about who will be preaching each week.  January is already organised, so the following men will be leading our worship services. Click on their names to find out more about them.

3rd January

Ian Hamilton

10th January

Ali Sewell

17th January

Calum Iain Macleod

24th January

Chris Smart

31st January

Alasdair Macleod

If you have any questions please get in touch with the office by email here or phone us on 01463 793191.

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Most of us are aware that the new Star Wars movie, ‘The Force Awakens‘ has hit our cinemas this week. From all accounts it is going to be a sell out and a great success. The new film will evoke memories of the earlier episodes. Well, this Sunday we have the return of our old pastor David Meredith. It may not be as far back as the last Star Wars episode but all the same we are looking forward to having him back in our pulpit.

In fact this Sunday is also a bit special as it’s our family service so there is even more reason to come along. Our morning service starts at 11am and our evening service is at 6pm. David will be preaching at both. The baptism of Matthew Herbst (grandson of Alistair and Jenny Wilson) will also take place during the morning service.

You are all very much welcome.

It’s getting close to Christmas and so this Sunday our services will be have a festive season theme to it. In the morning Alistair Wilson will be our preacher and he will be looking at a couple of bible passages from Matthew’s gospel, his sermon title being ‘Let earth receive her king!’.  In the evening Joe Barnard from Kiltarlity will be back preaching; his sermon title is ‘The hope- driven life’.

In our services we aim to bring glory to God by living for Jesus Christ and making Him known.  We seek to explain the Bible clearly so that people can understand it and respond to its message.  Our numbers meeting on a Sunday vary but are around 300-400 in the morning and a little less in the evening.

We’d love you to join us after the services in our cafe/lounge for a coffee so that we can get to know you a bit better.  We look forward to seeing you!

The countdown continues until Christmas!  Check out this video for looking at ‘Four Kinds of Christmas’.  Everyone sees Christmas differently so check out the below video to see which person you are.

Community Carol Service – Smithton Church

Next Wednesday, at 7pm we are having our Carol Service. With local primary schools, festive treats and a christmas message – be sure not to miss out on hearing about the best gift of Christmas!

If you are not from the Smithton/Culloden area, you’re more than welcome to come along but why not support your local carol service?  It is always a great chance for the community to join together.

Sunday Review

We had a great weekend at Smithton, with Angus Macrae (Dingwall Free Church) teaching us from Matthew 1, looking at the genealogy of Christ, and Acts 20, where Paul says his final farewell to the church in Ephesus. If you didn’t make it to the services check out the sermons here.

What’s Your Idea Of A Perfect World?

Our Family Worker, Ali shared with us an exciting new course that will be running in the New Year called “The World We All Want.” This course is for anyone who is interested in taking a deeper look at different world views and comparing with the world view that the Bible offers us. Have a look at this video to find out more, and if you’d like to sign up for it, get in touch with the church office and we can put your name down.

Things To Note This Week

This Wednesday we’ve got our Community Groups, and we’ll be looking at Psalm 53. If you’d like information about joining a Community Group, please get in touch with our church office.

The local primary schools will be coming along to the church throughout this week to our Christmas Celebration. This is a fantastic event that takes the children through the Christmas story as told through the Bible.

For more information about any of the meetings and events happening this week, check out the rest of the website or contact the church office.

We have two church services on a Sunday. One at 11am and an evening service at 6pm. As our pastor has moved on (after 31 years with us) we are inviting different ministers along for the next few months. On Sunday we welcome Rev Angus MacRae who is the Free Church minister in Dingwall. The sermon in the morning is entitled ‘A new king and five shady ladies’. An interesting and intriguing title. Come along and find out what this is all about. At the evening service our final singing is a relatively new one to those that attend. It’s a Keith Getty composition entitled ‘Oh how good it is when the family of God…’ Here is the link to have a wee practice before Sunday.

Our services are informal and you don’t need to dress up. We have a welcome team who will greet you when you arrive and can answer your questions. As a church we have a wide age range of people worshipping with us – from young tots (where they can go to our crèche) to teenagers and then right through to our senior citizens so please know that you will not feel out of place! We also have a Sunday Club which caters for Pre School – Primary 7. After the service we have refreshments in our cafe/lounge so please feel free to stay behind so that we can get to know you a bit better.

Please also note that we have a large car park so you should not have any difficulty parking.