18th January 2022
Stobo and Drumelzier Services Preaching Schedule February 2022
6th February The Rev Calum Macdougall
13th February The Rev Aftab Gohar
20th February Julian Birchall (Worship Workshop)
27th February The Rev Aftab Gohar
Stobo and Drumelzier Services Preaching Schedule January 2022
2nd January The Rev. Aftab Gohar
9th January Peter Worthington (Worship Workshop)
16th January The Rev Aftab Gohar
23rd January The Rev Bev Gould
30th January The Rev Aftab Gohar
Stobo and Drumelzier Services Preaching Schedule November 2021
Stobo 11.30 am
Nov 7th Linda Hill
Nov 14th Rev.Pamela Strachan – Remembrance Day Service
Nov 21st Dr Fiona Burnett
Nov 28th Isobel Hunter
Drumelzier
Nov 11th The Very Rev. David Arnott 6.30 pm Service of Remembrance
29th October 2021
ARRANGEMENTS FOR DISPLAYING THE ‘CALL’ AND PAPER OF CONCURRENCE
(Eddleston, Peebles:Old, Stobo & Drumelzier)
Stobo and Drumelzier Parish Church of Scotland. (SC001866)
October 29th 2021
Dear Friends,
On Sunday 24th October, 2021, the Rev Aftab Gohar preached as Sole Nominee for the vacancy of Eddleston, Peebles Old and Stobo and Drumezlier parishes, in Peebles Old Parish Church. Following a vote, the Rev Aftab Gohar accepted the invitation to be our minister.
We are now asking members of our congregations to sign papers in support of the Rev Aftab Gohar’s appointment.
The Call
The Call can be signed by anyone on the electoral register or congregational roll – even if you did not attend last week’s service. It is a way of showing both our welcome and support to Aftab as our new minister and we strongly encourage as many people as possible to do this, in addition to you having voted.
A Paper of Concurrence
The second paper – A Paper of Concurrence- is for anyone in the community who is not on our church rolls but who would also like to show this welcome and support to the new minister.
The papers will be available to sign in church after the services on Sunday 31st October and Sunday 7th November. If you are unable to come to the services, the church will be open every day during the week beginning 31st October until 7th November for anyone in the congregation or community to come and sign the appropriate paper. The papers will be placed in the vestry at Stobo Kirk. We will publicise these church openings but please let as many people as possible know about this.
It would be very encouraging for the Rev Aftab Gohar to know that he is being warmly welcomed by the whole community of Stobo and Drumelzier.
If you would like any further information please contact Jane Gillham on jane_gillham@hotmail.com or 01721 720910
The Kirk Session of Stobo and Drumelzier
26th July 2021
Stobo Kirk Preaching Schedule from August to October 2021
August 1 The Very Rev David Arnott
August 8 The Rev John Smith
August 15 Fiona Burnett
August 22 The Rev Pamela Strachan
August 29 The Rev John Smith
September 5 The Rev John Smith
September 12 The Rev Hugh Davidson
September 19 The Rev John Smith
September 26 The Rev Calum Macdougall
October 3rd Harvest Thanksgiving/Pet Service
21st July 2021
Festival of Music and Flowers
A New Beginning
The plans for a Music and Flower Festival scheduled for April 2020 which had to be cancelled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, are now being re-launched.
A new committee of representatives from Peebles Old, Eddleston and Stobo and Drumelzier has been formed. The festival will be held as a memorial to Lorraine Mulholland, Session Clerk at Eddleston Church, who was involved in the planning of the original festival.
Members of the committee will be contacting local musicians, choirs and musical groups as well as flower arrangers and we will also be welcoming offers of help to provide afternoon teas in Stobo and Eddleston.
While plans are at a very early stage, it is hoped that a musical event will be held in Peebles Old Church on Friday evening, 22nd April 2022, followed by performances by local musicians at Stobo, Drumelzier and Eddleston churches on Saturday, 23rd April and Sunday 24th April.
21st July 2021
Repairs
Stobo
Repairs have been carried out to the roof of Stobo Kirk and to the wall around a memorial at the east end of the church
Drumelzier
A large piece of harling has been dislodged from a gable end of Drumelzier Kirk. Repairs have been arranged and should take place during the Autumn.
Improving the Eco-diversity of Stobo Kirkyard
When Neil Cummings, Eco-diversity Co-ordinator, was invited to contribute to our Harvest Thanksgiving service in 2020, he spoke on the subject of Caring for God’s Creation. As a result of his thought provoking presentation, the Kirk Session of Stobo and Drumelzier invited Neil to help improve the eco-diversity of Stobo Kirkyard. Neil has planted wild flower seeds alongside a strip of grass which the Council had left un-mown due to the presence of daffodils. He says that these should start to flower around the second half of August and continue flowering into October.
We would like to encourage the growth of wild flowers in the older parts of the Kirkyard and would like the Council to continue to mow the areas where more recent graves are located in order to allow easy access for visitors and for funerals.
Monthly Coffee Mornings
It is hoped to re-start the monthly Community Coffee Mornings in late summer/early autumn, Covid restrictions permitting of course. Watch this space.