You are warmly invited to join us in worship over Holy Week and Easter
Thursday 14 April, 7.00pm – Maundy Thursday Service in Melrose Church. We will be joined by Abbey Consort who will be singing an anthem. (Live-streamed)
Friday 15 April, 7.00pm – Good Friday Service in Bowden Kirk. (Podcast on Facebook, Instagram and website)
Sunday 17 April, 7.30am – Early morning Easter worship on the saddle of the Eildons.
(If you would prefer not to climb up the Eildons on Easter morning, Dryburgh District Churches have sent an invitation to their 7.00am service in Dryburgh Abbey, where the offering will be for haemochromatosis.org.uk)
Sunday 17 April – Easter Day worship at 9.30am in Bowden Kirk with a Celebration of the Lord’s Supper, 11.00am in Melrose Church with the Sacrament of Baptism.
Melrose services are livestreamed, and you can join us on our church website or Facebook page or watch the recording thereafter. www.bowdenandmelrosechurch.org The order of service is attached. A worship podcast will be posted on Facebook, Instagram and our website on Saturday evening.You can listen on 01896 808551.
Whilst face coverings will no longer be a legal requirement in places of worship from Monday 4 April the Scottish Government continues to strongly encourage the use of protective measures to reduce risk, including wearing face coverings where appropriate, to help keep each other safe. We continue to encourage 1 metre distancing.
Coffee After Church
Teas and coffees are available after the Melrose service, in the Church Hall.
Choir Rehearsals
Choir rehearsals have resumed on Sunday mornings at 10.00am. New members would be made very welcome.
Bowden Community Café
Bowden Community Cafe opens at 11.00 a.m. in the village hall on Wednesday 20th April. All are made most welcome.
Funeral Arrangements
A date and time for the late Jim Marshall’s funeral service will hopefully be confirmed by Thursday 21st or Friday 22nd of April. The cortege will leave from Selkirk, pass Melrose Parish Church with the service at Borders Crematorium. Please keep his family in your prayers at this difficult time.
Abbey Consort
Abbey Consort are back in action – after a two-year gap – in Teviot Church, Hawick, on Saturday, 23rd April at 7.00 pm. The choir, accompanied by a chamber orchestra and directed by Jim Letham, is performing a wonderful programme of mostly Italian music, largely operatic in nature. Puccini (Messa di Gloria, Humming Chorus), Verdi (Anvil Chorus), Bizet (Pearl Fishers’ duet), Leoncavallo (Pagliacci) and Mascagni (Easter Hymn) rub shoulders with Handel (Alcina) and Sullivan (Gondoliers). All very tuneful and guaranteed to lift the spirits! Entry payable at the door; your presence would be greatly appreciated.
Easter Messy Church
Our next Messy Church is on Sunday 24 April at 3.00pm in Melrose Church Hall. Come along for songs and stories, crafts, games and food! All welcome! Children must be accompanied by an adult.
St Cuthbert’s Way
The St Cuthbert’s Way Churches Together have produced a resource for those walking St Cuthbert’s Way – A Border Pilgrimage. Copies are available in both churches. Please take some for any friends or visitors who are coming to walk.
Wishing you and yours a Happy Easter
