Once again we will be collecting Christmas gifts for prisoners’ children, which we will hand over to CrossReach, the social care arm of the Church of Scotland, at a special service on December 8. Since we are celebrating Houston & Killellan Kirk's 150th anniversary this year, it would be lovely to set ourselves the target
We were thrilled to work with author Lorna Hill for Book Week Scotland this year, creating poems about what hope means to us. In the morning we worked with 12 children from St Fillan's and Houston Primary Schools, who wrote their very own pantoum poem. Lorna started the workshop with word games that encouraged the
To celebrate Houston & Killellan Kirk’s 150th anniversary this year we have created a series of coasters and key rings, which will make lovely Christmas gifts or wee stocking fillers. The coasters are £3 each and key rings are £2 each. They will be on sale at the Guild Christmas Market, or email me at
Conflict in the Middle East is devastating lives. Millions of people across Gaza, Lebanon and the wider region urgently need food, shelter and medical care. In Gaza, people are dying of hunger and disease, as well as injuries caused by the conflict. Food and clean water are desperately scarce. Ninety percent of the population are
A massive thank you to everyone who donated hats, scarves, gloves, socks and pyjamas to our Warm Winter Clothing Appeal. This year, since we are celebrating Houston & Killellan Kirk's 150th anniversary, we had set ourselves the target of gathering 150 items of warm clothing - and you smashed it! We gathered a grand total
Once again this year we will be collecting warm clothes for Barnardo's Threads, a Paisley-based charity that works within the community, supporting families across Renfrewshire. We are looking for donations of hats, gloves, scarves, pyjamas, socks and tights for babies, children, teenagers and young adults. All items must be new with tags, please. Sharon McGivern,
What a wonderful time everyone had at the Guild's Afternoon Tea - delicious cakes, great company and lots of fun and laughter! Congratulations to the ladies for putting on such a fabulous spread as part of our 150th anniversary celebrations. The event raised an amazing £500 for Church funds. Thank you all and well done!
Our Overseas Mission partners in Mwandi, Keith and Ida Waddell, have already put the £3,500 donation we gave them when they visited us in June to very good use. The money has been used to help install copper piping in the Mission Hospital, which means that the suction system is fully operational at last, a
Congratulations to the seven boys - Rhys, Jack, Gavin, Noah, Lewis, Cameron and Noah - from 1st Houston Boys' Brigade who recently received their President's Badge, the second highest award in BB, and to Glenn, who received his Queen's Badge, the highest BB award and the last one before it becomes the King's Badge next
This Thursday, 5 September, 2024, marks exactly 150 years since the foundation stone of Houston & Killellan Kirk was laid by five year old Alexander Archibald Speirs, in 1874. The little boy had been given the task by his grandmother, Mrs Ellice, who was given permission to build the new church in memory of her
