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Annual Kirk Session Report 2018
Probably not very surprisingly it has It was good to have Rev Dr Russell
taken me 4 attempts to decide on how Birney with us to bring his own
to best sum up the life of High Kirk in inimitable style to naming one of our
2018. Then God gave me the sermon meeting areas after his family, but
on One Mission Sunday (17 February also to see how the architecture and
2019) and the challenge of ‘What kind building teams had so sensitively
of House will you build for me?’ based reminded us of our heritage in the
on the opening verse of Isaiah 66 v1. positioning of commemorations of days
This year we finished the first part of gone by and the iconic wooden doors
our response to this question – on positioned to encourage us to bring our
Saturday 27 October 2018 the Big Day best to God’s house.
arrived and we were joined by the Rt
Rev Dr Charles McMullan, Moderator of In bringing the appreciation of the Kirk
PCI this year, to officially open our new Session, Committee and membership of
extension. What a day it was – have High Kirk to all those involved in getting
you ever seen so many smiling faces? us to this place I am not going to name
And yet it only marked the next step individuals for fear of missing anyone
in our life as High Kirk as we aim to out but for the vision, the creativity, the
become more Christ like in the way planning, the meetings, the discussions,
we show His example to our part of the sleepless nights and long days, for
His world. blood, sweat and no doubt tears, we
thank you for translating words into
spaces and rooms and stores and for
sharing with us your God-given talents.
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