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
We have received a lovely letter from Julie Edmiston, Assistant Manager at Renfrewshire Foodbank, thanking us for all our support, which helps them relieve the immediate threat of hunger for the people they work with - and help people out of poverty too.Last year Renfrewshire Foodbank provided food parcels to 10,099 people, including 3,042 children.They
FANCY taking a stroll around our lovely village and the surrounding area and learning about its fascinating past at the same time? Houston and Crosslee Historical Society have produced a brilliant walking guide and map which includes 30 different points and places of interest on a roughly circular route around the village. The significance of
As many of you will be aware, a Congregational Meeting was held after worship last Sunday, 25th August, to elect a Nominating Committee to look for our new minister. At Houston & Killellan Kirk, 12 nominations were received and after voting the following people were elected to the Committee: Matthew Alexander, Stephanie Bell, Evelyn Cook,
1st Houston Boys' Brigade is looking for a new Captain - Can YOU help? We have a thriving Boys' Brigade in Houston but we need to recruit a new Captain to help us run our Company and build on our achievements. Captains are responsible for the overall running of the Company, living out the organisation's
A big shout out to everyone who joined our Car Treasure Hunt at the weekend. We had a great time looking for the clues, although nobody managed to get all of them! Four cars scored 23 out of 24, and a name was duly drawn from the hat. The event raised £270.48 for Mwandi, so
