On Saturday 21st September St Andrews Church took part in the Caithness and Sutherland ‘Doors Open Days’. We entertained some fascinated visitors in the Church and explained some of the history which goes back into the 17th century with strong links to the Earls of Sutherland.

One of our visitors, Mr Briscoe from Fort William, followed up with some additional information about the 5th Seaforth Highlanders memorial plaque featured in the Church.

He explains as follows:

“I suspect that the 5^th Seaforth WWI memorial was originally in the Drill Hall….”

“I had seen this report previously and made enquiries about what happened to the memorial, your memorial is the same as one in Wick Heritage Centre so sure it is the one in this report….”

Small world!

Isobel, John, Judy and Cecilia decorated the church for our Harvest Thanksgiving service. The congregation donated items of food to the Blythswood Highland Foodbank for local people in crisis.

 

On 4 September (yesterday) Mrs Cameron’s class from Golspie Primary School visited St Andrew’s Church. They spent a good hour touring the church, learning about the communion table, the pulpit, the bell and lots of interesting things about the church.

The robe and crown were made by Shona Duncan. The flag was loaned to us by the local branch of the British Legion.