Communions.
January—Fourth Sabbath, Inverness. February—First Sabbath, Dingwall; third, Stornoway; fourth, North Uist. March—First Sabbath, Ullapool; second, Ness and Portree; third, Finsbay and Lochinver; fourth, Kinlochbervie; fifth, North Tolsta. April—First Sabbath, Achmore, Portualong, Fort William, Stoer and London; third, Greenock; fourth, Glasgow and Wick. May—First Sabbath, Kames and Oban; second, Scourie; third, Edinburgh. June—First Sabbath, Tarbert, Applecross, Coigach; second, Shieldaig; third, Lochcarron, Glendale, Helmsdale, Dornoch and Uig; fourth, Gairloch and Broadford; fifth, Inverness. July—First Sabbath, Lairg, Raasay and Beauly; second, Staffin, Tomatin and Tain; third, Halkirk, Rogart, Flashadder and Daviot; fourth, Achmore, Bracadale, North Uist and Plockton. August—First Sabbath, Dingwall and Vancouver (Canada); second, Portree and Stratherrick; third, Bonar, Finsbay and Laide; fourth, Vatten; fifth, Stornoway and Thurso. September—First Sabbath, Ullapool and Breaslete; second, Strathy; third, Tarbert and Stoer; fourth, Applecross. October—First Sabbath, Tolsta and Lochcarron; second, Gairloch and Ness; fourth, Greenock, Lochinver and Wick. November—First Sabbath, Oban and Raasay; second, Glasgow and Halkirk; third, Edinburgh, Dornoch and Uig. December—First Sabbath, London.
SPECIAL NOTICE: All changes in above Communion dates to be notified to Editor, for 1958 (D.V.).
Edinburgh Congregation Appeal—Repairs to Church Building.
The Edinburgh congregation have been advised that repairs to cost upwards of £2,000 are urgently necessary to the church building. Since the congregation have only recently paid off a debt on the manse, this prospect lays a heavy financial burden upon them. The Edinburgh church is one which our people from many other congregations visit, and the Deacons’ Court would like to invite the assistance of the Church as a whole to help them to meet this commitment. Donations will be thankfully received by the Congregational Treasurer, Mr. Duncan MacLeod, 16 Bruntsfield Avenue, Edinburgh.
This appeal is heartily endorsed by the Southern Presbytery.
(Signed) DONALD CAMPBELL, Moderator.
MALCOLM MACSWEEN, Clerk, pro tem.
Acknowledgment of Donations.
Mr. J. Grant, 4 Millburn Road, Inverness, General Treasurer, acknowledges with grateful thanks the following:—
Sustentation Fund.—M. McC., Uig Postmark, £5; Mr. and Mrs. McK., Chapelton (under Deed of Covenant), £10.
Dominions and Colonial Missions.—Mrs. Batcheldor, Shirley Street, Rotorua, N.Z., £20.
Home of Rest Fund.—Friends, U.S.A., Matthew xii. 13, 14, £35 14/3; Anon, Glasgow, per Rev. W. Grant, £7.
Mission to the Jews.—Mrs. J. A. Reid, Sheerness, Alta, Canada, £7 1/8.
Publication Fund.—Miss I. Macdonald, Eston, Sask., £4. The following received o/a Trinitarian Bible Society:—Daviot Congregation, per Mr. W. Macqueen, £9 8/6; Bracadale Congregation, per Mr. P. Beaton, £11 15/-; Uig, Lewis, Congregation, per Mr. M. McLennan, £14 16/6; North Tolsta Congregation, per Mr. J. Nicolson, £8.
Home Mission Fund.—Miss I. McD., Eston, Sask., £6.
Foreign Missions.—Mr. and Mrs. D. McK., Chapelton (Deed of Covenant), £25; Mr. D. Mackay, Melvich, o/a Mission Transport, per Rev. R. R. Sinclair, £5; Mbuma Church Building Fund:—Friends, U.S.A., Matthew xii. 13, 14, £35 14/3; Mrs. Batcheldor, Shirley Street, Rotorua, N.Z., £10; Miss I. McDonald, Eston, Sask., £8; K. T., London, £3; Mrs. McL., Brackloch, Lairg, £1; A Tolsta Friend, £2; A Taranaki Friend, N.Z., in memory of Rev. J. Tallach, per Mr. D. J. Gillanders, £5.
Magazine Free Distribution Fund.—Mrs. F. Dunallan, Dunoon, 16/-; Mr. A. F. Redding, £1; Mrs. M. McP., Gisborne, 6/-; Mrs. L. B. D., Vancouver, £3 6/9; Miss R. McL., Northton, 4/-.
The following lists sent in for publication:—
Bayhead, North Uist, Congregation.
Mr. A. Macdonald, Treasurer, acknowledges with sincere thanks £40 in memory of John Robertson, from Mrs. M. A. Robertson, Columbia Street, Vancouver, Canada, for Congregational purposes.
Breasclete Congregation.
Mr. M. McAulay, Treasurer, thankfully acknowledges £1 from Gillies family, 697 Niagara Street, Winnipeg—Job 36-15.
Daviot S. & T. Manse Fund—Stratherrick Section.
The Treasurer thankfully acknowledges £1 from Nurse F. F., Glasgow.
Dingwall New Church Building Fund.
Mr. D. Matheson, Treasurer, Achany Road, Dingwall, acknowledges with grateful thanks the following:—D. McNicol, Spean Bridge, per C. McL., £1; Mrs. C. Munro, Toronto, £2; Inverness postmark, £3 0/6; Wellwisher, Strathcarron, £1; A Friend, Tolsta, £1; Anon., Stornoway, £5; Friend, Tomatin, £20. All per Rev. D. A. McFarlane, Mr. and Mrs. R. McK. Hilton, Inverness, £1; G.M.S., £2 2/-; D. McL., 32 Northton, £5; D. M. K., Inverasdale, £1; A Friend, Edinburgh (4/5/58), £1; Miss I. McD., Eston, Sask., Canada, £18, per J. Grant.
Dornoch Congregation.
Mr. I. M. McLeod, Treasurer, thankfully acknowledges £9 1/2 on behalf of Rev. F. McLeod’s Memorial Stone from Mrs. A. Dixon, Vancouver, Canada, per Rev. J. P. Macqueen.
Fort William Manse Building Fund.
Mr. Ian Matheson, Treasurer, acknowledges with sincere thanks:—Mrs. McN., Spean Bridge, 10/-; Mrs. C., Diabaig, £2; Mrs. McL., 20 Diabaig, £1; Mrs. McL., 22 Diabaig, £1; Miss M. McK., Strathcarron, £1 10/-. Further donations from Stockinish Friends, £2 7/-, per M. Matheson; N. McC., Arrocher, £1; J. McC., Arrocher, £1; N. B., Arrocher, 10/-; A. McR., Glasgow, £1, per M. McRaid; Miss M. McK., Lochleven, £1 10/-.
Gisborne, New Zealand, F.P. Church.
Mr. M. Macpherson, Treasurer, thankfully acknowledges:—Miss A. McLean, Waipukarau, £10; Mrs. Canty, Auckland, £5; Interested, Kingston-on-Thames postmark, £2; I. McLean, Wellington, N.Z., £5; L. Gillanders, Midhurst, Taranaki, N.Z., £10; Stratherrick Friend, £2.
Glendale Church Repairs Fund.
Rev. J. Colquhoun acknowledges with sincere thanks £5 5/- from Mrs. Sinclair, Furnace; £2 from Friend, Edinburgh, per Mr. P. Anderson; £5 from Friend, Taranaki, N.Z.; £3 from Friend, Sandwick, per Rev. J. A. Tallach; £2 from Inverness postmark; also £1, Interested, Dunvegan postmark, o/a Mbuma Church Building Fund, both per Mr. A. McLean, Treasurer.
Halkirk Congregation.
Rev. Wm. Grant gratefully acknowledges $5 from F.P., U.S.A., for purposes stated.
London Church Building Fund.
Rev. J. P. Macqueen acknowledges with sincere thanks:—£20 from A Stornoway Friend; £5 from A Friend, Sandwick, Lewis, per Rev. J. A. Tallach; £1 from Mrs. Gunn, Stornoway, per Miss Gunn, London; £5 5/- from Friends, Wick; £2, Friends, Helmsdale; £1 10/-, Friend in the Far North; £1, Friends, Rogart; £3 from G.M.H., Guildford, Surrey.
Oban Congregation.
Mr. J. Martin acknowledges:—A. G., Halkirk, £1; C. M., per Mrs. J. Tallach, £2; Friend, Sandwick, per Rev. J. A. Tallach, £3, all on behalf of Rev. J. Tallach’s Memorial Fund.
Portree Congregation.
The Treasurer acknowledges with grateful thanks £5 o/a Sustentation Fund from Miss K. M., London, per Rev. D. McLean, also per Rev. D. M. £1 from Mr. J. M., Edinburgh, towards cost of erection of new Church Hall at Portree.
Raasay Church Funds.
Mr. N. McLeod, Treasurer, acknowledges with thanks £1 from Gillies family, 697 Niagara Street, Winnipeg—Job 36-15.
Staffin Church Building Fund.
Mr. D. Gordon, Treasurer, thankfully acknowledges £1 from A Gairloch Friend.
Stoer Congregation.
Mr. A. Matheson, Treasurer, acknowledges with sincere thanks £20 for the Stoer Congregation, in memory of her beloved parents, from Mrs. Batcheldor, Shirley Street, Rotorua, N.Z.
Valtos (Uig) Meeting House Repairs Fund.
Mr. M. McLennan, Treasurer, thankfully acknowledges £2 from two Tolsta Friends, per C.M.
St. Jude’s S. African Clothing Fund.
The Committee acknowledges with thanks contributions amounting to £13 5/-.