Sunday 09 March 2025 is the First Sunday in Lent.

Lent is the period of six weeks (40 days, not including Sundays) leading up to Easter, the most important festival in the Christian calendar. Lent starts on what is known as Ash Wednesday. The last week of Lent is called Holy Week. In 2025, the beginning of Lent is on Wednesday 05 March and its end on Thursday 17 April.

Today’s theme, as taken up by our Minister, Rev. Geoff McKee, revolves around the story of Jesus – shortly after his baptism – and his period of 40 days in the desert, being tempted by the Devil.

We had a technical problem with recording today’s service on video and so there are a couple of audio recordings here: one of the All-Age Talk; the other of the Sermon.

Weekly services from Lossiemouth Church of Scotland are video-recorded and saved to YouTube.

Here are recent Church Services from Lossiemouth Church of Scotland, together with a link to the start of the sermon in each service, in case you want to jump to that point in proceedings immediately.

Sunday 02 March 2025

Rev. Christine McWhirter. Link to Sermon for 02 March 2025.

Sunday 23 February 2025

Rev. Anne-Marie Simpson. Link to Sermon for 23 February 2025.

Sunday 16 February 2025

Rev. Geoff McKee, Link to Sermon for 16 February 2025.

Sunday 09 February 2025 is the Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany.

Rev. Geoff McKee’s sermon uses the imagery of a boat at sea to illustrate the Christian journey.

The text draws parallels between biblical accounts of encounters with God – from Isaiah, Paul, and the disciples – and highlights a common pattern of epiphany, unworthiness, reassurance, commission, and obedience.

Geoff connects this pattern to the everyday lives of Christians, emphasising that faithfulness in your current life role – whatever that may be (and however “unworthy” it is, in your eyes) – is a form of service to God.

The architectural features of the church building itself—specifically, the boat-shaped nave—are used to reinforce this central metaphor.

Finally, the story of King Henry III of Bavaria is presented as an example of finding God’s will in unexpected places.

Today’s main scriptural reading from the Bible

Luke 5:1-11 (from “The Message” Translation of the Bible)
Push Out into Deep Water