St James' Church of Scotland, Lossiemouth

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Lossiemouth Church of Scotland

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The Union of the former Parishes of St. Gerardine's High Church and St. James' Church

Minister: Rev. Geoff McKee.

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Weekly News and intimations for 01 October 2023

October 1, 2023 by 2

Welcome to our Harvest Thanksgiving service this morning.

And a warm welcome to any visitors with us today.

Harvest Thanksgiving Appeal

Over the next two weeks we are collecting for the Christian Aid Libya Flood Appeal. Pick up your brown envelopes at the front door and return them over the next 2 weeks if you would like to donate towards this appeal.

As an example – £25 could provide one emergency kit with vital supplies for families who have lost everything in the floods.

Congregational Board

This Thursday 5th October at 7.30pm will be our next Congregational Board meeting in the hall.

Kirk Session

And the next Kirk Session meeting will be the following Thursday 12th October at 7.30pm.

Indoor Bowling Group

The Indoor Bowling club started last week and will meet on a Friday afternoon from 2pm – 4pm in St James’ hall. They have 2 bowling carpets, fun and laughter, followed by a cup of tea and cake.

Indoor Bowling Group

The Guild will meet every second Monday at 2pm so tomorrow there will be no meeting, next week Lynne Hawcroft will talk about working with people with impaired hearing.

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How God hears our prayers and meets our deepest needs (though not always as we expect)

September 24, 2023 by 2

Sunday 24 September is the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost. The main Bible reading today is Exodus 16:2-15. The story of God reponding to the grumbling of the Israelites in the wilderness – helping out the Israelites’ leaders, Moses and Aaron, in the face of their disgruntled people.

Rev. Geoff McKee discusses how God hears and answers prayer but how, to His glory, he often confounds our expectations in that regard.

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How Moses expressed the doubts we all share in the face of God

September 3, 2023 by 2

Sunday 03 September 2023 is the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost. The main Bible text today is from the Old Testament – the Book of Exodus – and it’s the story of Moses encountering God as a Burning Bush (which nevertheless did not burn up). God tasks Moses with a mission which seems almost absurd in its hugeness – and we can all relate to the doubts and fears he expresses to God.

Super Blue Moon Sky above Lossiemouth East Beach – 31 August 2023
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When our Christian faith compels us to subvert authority

August 27, 2023 by 2

Sunday 27 August 2023 is the Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost. The main reading today is from the Old Testament – the book of Exodus. We hear of the Birth of Moses, one of the central figures in the Bible. His survival depended on various people – from Hebrew midwives to Paraoh’s daughter – disobeying the laws of the land.

Below, you will find the Exodus text and the video of today’s service from St. James’ Church.

Main Scripture for today

Exodus 1:8-2:10 (from The Message Bible Translation)
“A New King . . . Who Didn’t Know Joseph”
8-10 A new king came to power in Egypt who didn’t know Joseph. He spoke to his people with alarm, “There are way too many of these Israelites for us to handle. We’ve got to do something: Let’s devise a plan to contain them, lest if there’s a war they should join our enemies, or just walk off and leave us.”

11-14 So they organized them into work-gangs and put them to hard labor under gang-foremen. They built the storage cities Pithom and Rameses for Pharaoh. But the harder the Egyptians worked them the more children the Israelites had—children everywhere! The Egyptians got so they couldn’t stand the Israelites and treated them worse than ever, crushing them with slave labor. They made them miserable with hard labor—making bricks and mortar and back-breaking work in the fields. They piled on the work, crushing them under the cruel workload.

15-16 The king of Egypt had a talk with the two Hebrew midwives; one was named Shiphrah and the other Puah. He said, “When you deliver the Hebrew women, look at the sex of the baby. If it’s a boy, kill him; if it’s a girl, let her live.”

St. James’ Parish Church, Lossiemouth
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Knowing what it means to be forgiven and to forgive

July 27, 2023 by 2

23 July 2023 is the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost. The main Bible reading today is the Parable of the Prodigal Son from Luke’s Gospel.

Shafts of Sunlight at Lossiemouth West Beach, July 2023.

Main Bible Reading for today

Luke 15:11-32 (from The Message Bible Translation)
The Story of the Lost Son
11-12 Then he said, “There was once a man who had two sons. The younger said to his father, ‘Father, I want right now what’s coming to me.’

12-16 “So the father divided the property between them. It wasn’t long before the younger son packed his bags and left for a distant country. There, undisciplined and dissipated, he wasted everything he had. After he had gone through all his money, there was a bad famine all through that country and he began to feel it. He signed on with a citizen there who assigned him to his fields to slop the pigs. He was so hungry he would have eaten the corn-cobs in the pig slop, but no one would give him any.

17-20 “That brought him to his senses. He said, ‘All those farmhands working for my father sit down to three meals a day, and here I am starving to death. I’m going back to my father. I’ll say to him, Father, I’ve sinned against God, I’ve sinned before you; I don’t deserve to be called your son. Take me on as a hired hand.’ He got right up and went home to his father.

20-21 “When he was still a long way off, his father saw him. His heart pounding, he ran out, embraced him, and kissed him. The son started his speech: ‘Father, I’ve sinned against God, I’ve sinned before you; I don’t deserve to be called your son ever again.’

22-24 “But the father wasn’t listening. He was calling to the servants, ‘Quick. Bring a clean set of clothes and dress him. Put the family ring on his finger and sandals on his feet. Then get a prize-winning heifer and roast it. We’re going to feast! We’re going to have a wonderful time! My son is here—given up for dead and now alive! Given up for lost and now found!’ And they began to have a wonderful time.

25-27 “All this time his older son was out in the field. When the day’s work was done he came in. As he approached the house, he heard the music and dancing. Calling over one of the houseboys, he asked what was going on. He told him, ‘Your brother came home. Your father has ordered a feast—barbecued beef!—because he has him home safe and sound.’

28-30 “The older brother stomped off in an angry sulk and refused to join in. His father came out and tried to talk to him, but he wouldn’t listen. The son said, ‘Look how many years I’ve stayed here serving you, never giving you one moment of grief, but have you ever thrown a party for me and my friends? Then this son of yours who has thrown away your money on whores shows up and you go all out with a feast!’

31-32 “His father said, ‘Son, you don’t understand. You’re with me all the time, and everything that is mine is yours—but this is a wonderful time, and we had to celebrate. This brother of yours was dead, and he’s alive! He was lost, and he’s found!’”

Video of today’s service from St. James’

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Rev. Geoff McKee retires

October 5, 2025 By 2

Geoff McKee is retiring as Minister of Lossiemouth Church of Scotland.

His last day of ministry is 31 October 2025.

He conducted worship for the last time (as its minister) at Lossiemouth Church of Scotland on Sunday 28 September 2025.

There was a “thank you” concert held for Geoff and his wife, Annie, in the Church on Saturday 27 September 2025 at 2pm.

We wish Geoff and Annie a long, happy and healthy retirement. We will miss them terribly but we are grateful for the time we have had together and for their ministry and faithful service in Lossiemouth. Your retirement is well-earned!

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