One of our main functions as a Church is to provide pastoral care and support for our members when it is required - the basis of this is the information we receive - please let us know if you hear of anyone requiring a visit from a minister or any other form of support or help - in the first instance please contact Eunice McInnes 601151, who coordinates this information, or in case of difficulty contacting Eunice please pass it on to either John Stewart 464526 or Elizabeth McMahon 464428.

Please pass on any information - do not assume we have heard from elsewhere!

Mission Statement

We aspire to follow Jesus in bringing the knowledge of God's love to all.  

Mission Objectives

We commit ourselves to carrying out this mission in the following ways:

by loving and serving one another so that we grow together into a close Christian fellowship;
by welcoming newcomers warmly into our midst;
by encouraging everyone in the congregation to use their talents and gifts in God's service;
by caring for the needy in our congregation and in the local community, and by reaching out beyond ourselves to the wider world;
by co-operating with other Churches in ministry to people in the Saltcoats area;
by making our premises available for appropriate outreach work;
by making our premises available for appropriate use by outside agencies;
by supporting Christian and non-Christian based Charities.

February 2010

Dear friends

I always find the article for the February magazine a bit strange to write because New Year seems so long ago yet it is the first one of the year.

Although I have spoken to many of you since New Year this is then official “Happy New Year” from the Minister to everyone.

I don’t know what your 2009 was like? Was it really marvellous or was it absolutely horrible?
For most of us, there were probably times that could be described by each of those words. In 2010 all we can really hope for is more of the “marvellous” and less of the “horrible”. This is true both in our personal lives and in the life of the world. 2009 was not a good year for the economy and 2010 does not look to be going to be any better. The war in Afghanistan does not seem to be calming down. The news was full of stories of murder and violence, and of course, 2010 started with the terrible earthquake in Haiti.

Many of you also will have had a bad year personally, with your own difficulties and tragedies.
But as Christians, we have this comfort that through both marvellous and horrible Jesus is with us. He is there for us and he will give us the strength to get through the “horrible”. He will comfort us. He will see us safely through this year as he did last year.

I am sure you all know the poem “at the gate of the year” it was the one King George VI quoted in his Christmas broadcast 1939 and I don’t think you could find a worse year than 1939 or 1940.

So I am quoting it for us in 2010.

The Gate of the Year