Theological Conference
This year’s Theological Conference will be held, God willing, in Inverness, on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 25 and 26, with Rev J R Tallach as chairman. It is expected that the following papers will be read, all in public:
John Love in London
Mr Roy Middleton
Spiritual Life
Rev Roderick Macleod
The Fossil Record and the Biblical Record
Dr A H Ross
Prayer
Rev Donald Macdonald
John Hooper – Protestant Martyr
Rev K M Watkins
(Rev) J R Tallach, Convener, Training of the Ministry Committee
Meetings of Presbytery (DV)
Australia & New Zealand: At Sydney, on Friday, September 2, at 10 am.
Outer Isles: At Stornoway, on Tuesday, September 27, at 11 am.
Southern: At Glasgow, on Tuesday, September 27, at 2 pm.
Zimbabwe: At Bulawayo, on Tuesday, October 11, at 11 am.
Western: At Lochcarron, on Tuesday, October 18, at 11 am.
Northern: At Dingwall, on Tuesday, November 1, at 2 pm.
Doctor for Mbuma Mission Hospital
With Dr Bezemer coming to an end of his two-year tour, a vacancy will arise in December 2016 for a Christian medical doctor to work at Mbuma Mission Hospital, Zimbabwe. For further information interested parties should apply to: Rev J R Tallach, 2 Fleming Place, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, HS1 2NH, Scotland; e-mail: jrtallach@btinternet.com.
Jewish and Foreign Missions Fund
By appointment of Synod, the second of the year’s two special collections for the Jewish and Foreign Missions Fund is to be taken in congregations during August. W Campbell, General Treasurer
Acknowledgement of Donations
The General Treasurer acknowledges with sincere thanks the following donations:
College & Library Fund: B Garrard, £50.
Eastern Europe Fund: N Pearce, Cmyru, for the work in Ukraine, £140.
Jewish & Foreign Missions Fund: Anon, £2000.
Wellington Earthquake Strengthening Fund: C MacAulay, £100; Anon, Portree, £60; Anon, £20, £200, £200, £2000; Skye Friends, £1000, £5000.
Congregational Treasurers acknowledge with sincere thanks the following donations:
Dingwall & Beauty: Anon, £20 per Rev NMR; Funeral of late Mrs I MacInnes, £55.70.
Edinburgh: Building Repairs: Anon, £300; Anon, 1 Chr 29:11-16, £12 000. Sustentation Fund: Anon, £20 per Rev DC. Where Most Needed: Friend, £100 per Rev DC.
Glasgow: Anon, £100; Estate of late Mrs A MacSween, £3000. Bus Fund: Anon, £10. Eastern Europe Fund: Anon, £62, £62, £62, £62, £60, £60. Wellington Earthquake Strengthening Fund: Anon, £100.
Greenock: General Building Fund: Anon, £20. Jewish & Foreign Missions Fund: Anon, £60, £30, £20. TBS: Anon, £750.
Inverness: Estate of late Miss Margaret Anne MacRitchie, £99 425.46 per ANM. Home Mission Fund: Mr A M Reynolds, £33. Jewish & Foreign Missions Fund: Mr A M Reynolds, £33.
Portree: CMP, £20 per Rev IMD; Anon, Deut 32:7, £25.