A warm welcome to Pathhead Parish Church which meets at 11am each Sunday. On regular Sundays, we offer online worship via Zoom for those who cannot be physically present and this can be arranged by contacting the church office. Whichever way you meet us, welcome! At 6pm most Sunday evenings we have an online meeting for those wishing to look at a Bible passage, chat about it and pray. Just contact myself to get on the email distribution list for the Zoom link. I can be contacted at minister@pathheadparishchurch.co.uk
We also offer Messy Church once a month and there is a Messy Church page on this website where you can find more details of its activities.
Presbytery Mission Plan…
Autumn brings with it many changes and it appears the same for church matters. This month I want to explain a change initiated by Presbytery, which will have a bearing on our own congregation. Over the past couple of years, the Presbytery has been following the policy of the national church to initiate many Church Unions, in order to help recover a deficit in its budget and to more closely match the availability of ministers with congregations. In Kirkcaldy, this has already led to the union of the four town centre congregations. For Pathhead, the adjustment passed at the September Presbytery, is a Deferred Union with Dysart St. Clair.
So, what does a Deferred Union entail? While I continue as your minister at Pathhead, there is no change to the status of the present charge. In other words, you continue to have me serve as Minister at Pathhead Parish Church. However, at the point of my retirement, demission or translation to another charge, Presbytery would affect a union between the two congregations and the united charge would be formed under a new name.
Obviously, Presbytery has to ensure a smooth transition when such a change happens and so Dysart St. Clair and Pathhead have been asked to enter into discussion now to determine what the new charge and Union would look like. We are also being encouraged to form closer links with our neighbouring congregation to pave the way for this eventual change. In the Presbytery Plan document, the Presbytery has stated that this process must begin A.S.A.P.. Therefore, we are under the instruction of the higher court to actively engage in this process.
As the seasons turn, may we all be reminded that God is the Lord of every season and His grace is sufficient for whatever lies ahead.
Every blessing,
Andrew Donald
Minister
It will be a great pleasure to welcome everyone back to worship but for those not able to join us, we shall continue with the Zoom facility so that people can join us from home. Our 6pm Sunday Bible Study will continue on Zoom and if you wish to join the regulars you can find the details along with those of the morning Zoom meeting which is sent out by email.
