may 09b

Baptisms

Jesus said, "Suffer the little children to come unto Me."

April 19th - Lucas David Mackenzie
April 26th - Max David Clark Sleith

Resignation of Presbytery Elder

It was with sincere regret that the Kirk Session accepted the resignation of Ian Bell from the position of Presbytery Elder. Apart from a very brief interlude Ian has been representing us at Presbytery for around twenty-five years. This has not merely meant attending Presbytery meetings but also being involved in Presbytery committee work as well.

Ian has been a most worthy representative of our congregation and has been very faithful in his attendance at meetings and committee commitments. He has also been an excellent adviser to us as a congregation during the difficult and trying times we experienced. We thank Ian most sincerely for his devotion to duty. We are sure that he will be glad to offer advice and assistance to his successor when appointed.

The Girls' Brigade

The AGM of Motherwell Division Girls' Brigade will be on Monday 11th May at 7 pm in Holytown Parish Church Hall. Everyone is welcome to join us on this night.

Our Company has done very well this Session in Divisional Competitions and we're looking forward to being presented with the trophies along with Leadership and Officer Training Certificates. The speaker will be Mrs Flora Seaton (probably better remembered as Flora Kyles), a former member of our Company.

Our Parents' and Awards' Evening will be held in the Hall on Wednesday 20th May at 7 pm. We look forward to welcoming you at this event.

Marlene Milton, Captain

The legend of the spider and the silken strand held in god's hand

There's an old Danish Legend
with a lesson for us all
Of an ambitious spider
and his rise and his fall,
Who wove his sheer web
with intricate care
As it hung suspended
somewhere in mid air,
Then in soft, idle luxury
he feasted each day
On the small, foolish insects
he enticed as his prey.
Growing ever more arrogant
and smug all the while
He lived like a "king-in self-satisfied style -
And gazing one day at the sheer strand suspended
He said, "I don't need this,"
so he recklessly rended
The strand that had held
his web in its place
And with sudden swiftness
the web crumpled in space -
And that was the end
of the spider who grew
So arrogantly proud
that he no longer knew
That it was the strand
that reached down from above
Like the cord of God's grace
and His infinite love
That links our lives
to the great unknown,
For man cannot live
or exist on his own
And this old legend
with simplicity told
Is a moral as true
as the legend is old -
Don't sever the "lifeline"
that links you to the Father in heaven ho cares for you.

Helen Steiner Rice