Dull and Weem Parish Church
e mail : DullandWeemChurch@gmail.com
Services at 9 45 am
Weekly Newsletter
12/01/25
Dear Friends,
This week’s newsletter contains full details of:
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January Services
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Details of the weekly ‘Waddle and Quack”
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Details of the Bring and Buy Sale and Warm Connections Home Energy Journeys Event
LINKAGE SERVICES – 1st Sunday of the month starting at 10.30am.
February - Logierait
March – Aberfeldy
April - Weem
January 18 - Preachers Choice
9.45am – Weem Parish Church
Suzanne Stringer
10.45am – Aberfeldy Parish Church
Tom Sibbald
10.30am –Strathtay Parish Church
Neil Glover + Session and Board
10.30am - Tenandry Parish Church
Geoff Davis
6.30pm – Aberfeldy Parish Church
The Chosen
YOUTUBE
Our YouTube services are only from Aberfeldy Parish Church. If it is a Linkage Sunday, when there is no service in Aberfeldy then there will be no YouTube available on that Sunday.
An edited version of our Sunday Morning Worship will be available mid-week.
Live streaming will be available to our members through a private link. N.B.
The link will change every week.
If you are unable to attend and would like to view the service live, please contact Karen Kelman the Church Administrator in Aberfeldy Parish Church by the previous Thursday : karen.kelman@aberfeldyparishchurch.org. Karen will be very happy to help.
PODCASTS
Have you ever wondered how to access Neil’s podcasts - well here’s your answer
The links for the Outspoken Bible podcast are:
On Apple
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-outspoken-bible/id1494694385
On Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/show/32GIg2i1YpQYkFdJH6snsl?si=0a5184ec721947
On Podbean
https://www.podbean.com/pu/pbblog-i5hnr-6c2be2
NEIL’S FORTHCOMING DAYS OFF
School ski trip 10 – 17 January
KATIE HART - Aberfeldy’s new Pioneer Ministry Leader’s working pattern for January is as follows:
January
Katie’s days off are Thursday and Friday which means she is off on the following dates:
8th and 9th
15th and 16th
22nd and 23rd
29th and 30th
katie.hart@aberfeldyparishchurch.org
2026 – SERVICE PLAN - January - March
January 25 - Gospel - Connecting with Jesus - the presence - Ephesians 3:14-21
- Witness in the Joseph Story - Genesis 37-50
9.45am – Weem Parish Church
Neil Glover - Communion
10.45am – Aberfeldy Parish Church
Neil Glover - Communion
10.30am –Strathtay Parish Church
Graham Leese
10.30am - Tenandry Parish Church
Suzanne Stringer
February 1 - Gospel - Sins Forgiven - The Lamb of God who Takes Away the Sin - John 19:14-18
LINKAGE SERVICE – LOGIERAIT at 10.30am
Weem Parish Church
Service at Logierait
Aberfeldy Parish Church
Service at Logierait
10.30am –Logierait Parish Church
Neil Glover
10.30am - Tenandry Parish Church
Robert Nicol
6.30pm - Aberfeldy Parish Church
The Chosen
February 8 - Gospel - The Upside-Down Kingdom - Matthew 5:3-12
9.45am – Weem Parish Church
Neil Glover
10.45am – Aberfeldy Parish Church
Neil Glover + Communion
10.30am – Logierait Parish Church
Rose Paterson
10.30am - Tenandry Parish Church
Donald Strathairn
February 15 Gospel - the forgiveness that no-one expected - Luke 15:11-32
9.45am – Weem Parish Church
Graham Leese
10.45am – Aberfeldy Parish Church
Donald Strathairn
10.30am –Logierait Parish Church
Nicolas Leigh Hunt
10.30am - Tenandry Parish Church
Neil Glover
6.30pm – Aberfeldy Parish Church
The Chosen
February 22 - Gospel - Defeat of the powers - Colossians 2:14-15; Luke 10:17-24
9.45am – Weem Parish Church
Graham Leese
10.45am – Aberfeldy Parish Church
Grace Steele
10.30am –Logierait Parish Church
Neil Glover + Communion
10.30am - Tenandry Parish Church
Rose Patterson
March 1 – LINKAGE at ABERFELDY 10.30am
9.45am – Weem Parish Church
Go to Aberfeldy
10.30am – Aberfeldy Parish Church
Neil Glover
10.30am –Strathtay Parish Church
Go to Aberfeldy
10.30am - Tenandry Parish Church
Suzanne Stringer
6.30pm – Aberfeldy Parish Church
The Chosen
March 8
9.45am – Weem Parish Church
Neil Glover
10.45am – Aberfeldy Parish Church
Neil Glover + Communion
10.30am –Strathtay Parish Church
Graham Leese
10.30am - Tenandry Parish Church
Rose Patterson
March 15
9.45am – Weem Parish Church
Neil Glover
10.45am – Aberfeldy Parish Church
Neil Glover
10.30am –Strathtay Parish Church
Geoff Davis
10.30am - Tenandry Parish Church
Grace Steele
March 22
9.45am – Weem Parish Church
Neil Glover
10.45am – Aberfeldy Parish Church
Neil Glover
10.30am –Strathtay Parish Church
Suzanne Stringer
10.30am - Tenandry Parish Church
Rose Patterson
March 29- Palm Sunday
9.45am – Weem Parish Church
Peter Hobbs
10.45am – Aberfeldy Parish Church
Geoff Davis and Katie Hart
10.30am –Strathtay Parish Church
( 5th Sunday St Andrews joining)
Grace Steele
10.30am - Tenandry Parish Church
Nicolas Leigh Hunt
OUR REGULAR CHURCH BASED AND COMMUNITY EVENTS
BREATHE ACTIVITIES – ABERFELDY PARISH CHURCH
Stay and Play: every Tuesday 9:30 – 11.30am ( term time only) @ APC
Rock Steady: every Friday 6-7.30pm (term time only) @ APC
Messy Church: 1st Wednesday of the month, 4-6pm @ APC
Rock Steady Plus: every Tuesday 5-6.30pm (term time only), S2+ @ Breathe Centre
ABERFELDY PARISH CHURCH
STAY AND PLAY
Tuesdays 9.30 -11.30am (taking a break in the school holidays)
Warm Welcome Café
Tuesdays 10.00am – 12.00pm (Taking a break on 16, 23, & 30 December & 6 January 2026.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS – ABERFELDY PARISH CHURCH, KITCHEN
Tuesday evenings 7.30 – 9pm
Contact –- 0800 917 7650
PRAYER MEETING – Wednesday 4.45 – 6pm in Farragon There is a time of quiet, contemplative music from 4.45 before the Prayer Meeting starts at 5pm. Join us if you can for this vital work of the Church
QUILTING GROUP –ABERFELDY PARISH CHURCH, FARRAGON HALL
Thursdays - 10am – 2pm
Contact Jane or Annette by email through the church administrator – administrator@aberfeldyparishchurch.org
PRAYER AT ABERFELDY PARISH CHURCH
Prayer underpins everything we do in Aberfeldy Parish Church.
Weekly Prayer Meeting on Wednesdays in Farragon.
We start at 4.45pm with quiet music for meditation followed by the main meeting at 5pm until 6 pm . Everyone is welcome. For further information please contact Isabelle Macdonald or Donald Strathairn .
Prayer Points for the work of the Church are sent out weekly before the Wednesday meeting. If you would like to receive these please contact Kit Strathairn or Isabelle Macdonald.
Prayer for the Sunday Morning Service - please meet in the Prayer Room between 10.15 am and 10.30am
Prayer Circle ⭕ If you, or someone you know needs prayer, whether it is a health matter or any circumstance, the Prayer Circle will be ready and willing to pray. Simply contact Isabelle and an email will be sent out to the members of the Prayer Circle who will pray immediately and confidentially for your need.If you would like to be part of the Prayer Circle please contact Isabelle Macdonald.
Prayer Ministry. The Prayer Ministry Team is available to pray for any need you have. Members of the team can be found at the back of the Sanctuary after the Morning Service and will be wearing a badge with a purple lanyard. Alternatively, you can contact Isabelle Macdonald through Judy Ewer or the Aberfeldy Church Administrator and a private appointment can be arranged.
The Prayer/Quiet Room is place of peace and tranquility. You are welcome to use at any time. See Kate Scott or Anna Sibbald for further details
Prayer for the Persecuted Church is normally on the first Monday of the month at 4pm. Please contact Katie Allstaff, Kit Strathairn, or Christina Bryson if you would like to join. We meet in individuals homes.
WEEM PARISH CHURCH
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CHIT CHAT CAFÉ – 1st Monday of the month in the McDonald Room,
Dull and Weem Kirk at 2pm
For further information please contact Liz Bruce
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GUILD, IN THE MCDONALD ROOM - Meet on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 2pm in the McDonald Room.
STRATHTAY PARISH CHURCH
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COFFEE BREAK
The group meet every Wednesday in the John Kyd Hall beside Strathtay Church at 10.30am - all are welcome to come along and join in!
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QUILTING GROUP – JOHN KYD HALL
7 – 9pm on 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month
Contact Marie MacLeod
gls.churchofscotland@gmail.com
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
24 January 10am – 1pm - Home Energy Journeys Event – Aberfeldy Parish Church
Come and Meet:
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Homeowners with a Story
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Installers with Knowledge
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Advisors with Passion
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Funders with Money
If you know of anyone who is struggling to heat their house and / or pay their energy bills, please do pass them on to us at Warm Connections, and we would be delighted to advise on ways of reducing your energy consumption and bills.
There is now a Facebook page for Warm
Connections https://www.facebook.com/WarmConnectionsScotland. We would love it if anyone could share, like or comment
We have free radiator foil to give away, we can even come and fit it. Its a great idea for radiators that are on outside walls. Just use the contact us form on Facebook or our website https://warmconnections.net/#section-553-149
www.warmconnections.net or email advice@warmconnections.net.
Breadalbane Community Larder
Social Supermarket - most items 4 for £1, available Saturday mornings 11.00am -12-30pm at Offizone, Kenmore Street, Aberfeldy.
Emergency deliveries of food parcels please call 0345 30 111 00 Monday to Friday 9.00am – 4.00pm.
Food share - Available 24/7 from the shelter in the rear car park of Aberfeldy Parish Church Current needs are:
tinned peas tinned carrots soup custard shampoo shower gel toothpaste
All food items should have a 'Best Before' date of at least March 2026.
Breadalbane Community Larder
07513 652597
ESV BIBLE AVAILABLE
“Someone has recently offered us a mint condition, ESV goatskin bound Bible - if you or someone you know would like this - please do let me know”
CHURCH CONTACT DETAILS
Minister – Neil Glover
Neil’s email - nglover@churchofscotland.org.uk
Neil’s mobile – 07779 280074
PA – Judy Ewer – judy.ewer@adwgls.org.uk
Mobile – 07836 565528
Pastoral Assistant
Judy Ewer - judy.ewer@adwgls.org.uk
Mobile - 07836 565528
Aberfeldy’s Pioneer Ministry Leader
Katie Hart - katie.hart@aberfeldyparishchurch.org
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JANUARY
Linkage Service
10:30 AM
Teaching By
Rev. Robert Nicol
11
JANUARY
09:45 AM
Teaching By
John Duff
18
JANUARY
09:45 PM
Teaching By
Suzanne Stringer
25
JANUARY
Holly Communion
09:45 AM
Teaching By
Rev. Neil Glover
Watch Now
09:30 AM
Teaching By
09:30 AM
Teaching By
Nicolas Leigh-Hunt
09:45 AM
Teaching By
Rev Neil Glover
09:45 AM
Teaching By
John Duff
09:45 AM
Teaching By
Rev.Neil Glover
09:45 PM
Teaching By
Suzanne Stringer
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Visit Us
Dull and Weem Parish Church is be found on the west side of the river Tay in Highland Perthshire.
Follow the road, from Aberfeldy, Crossing the historic Wade's Bridge, and continue down the avenue towards Weem.
As you enter the village of Weem, you will find the church on the right-hand side of the road.
“Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need”
[Hebrews 4:16]
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