By Frankie Greenwood, Families & Community Development Worker In December 2022, Houston and Killellan Kirk were awarded a Winter Support grant from the Church of Scotland’s Small Grants Fund 2022. The purpose of the grant was to work with members of the community and support people in our local area through the winter months by

A big thank you to everyone who regularly supports our Foodbank Collection Point on Tuesdays. We have had a wonderful letter from Julie Edmiston, Assistant Manager at Renfrewshire Foodbank, thanking us for the phenomenal support from members of our community. As you can see, they received an incredible total of 18,492kg of items in December,

We have had a wonderful message from the staff at Barnardos Threads, thanking us for supporting them recently with donations of Easter eggs. It reads: "We would like to thank you and all your congregation again for their generosity, and for choosing Barnardos Threads service, for the Easter Eggs given for the children and their

Houston & Killellan Kirk Guild have raised a fantastic £4,900 this session, through events like their Daffodil Tea, Autumn Cream Teas and the Christmas Market. The money has been shared between groups and charities, including £3,000 to the Kirk Session Fund and donations to ACCORD Hospice, St Vincent’s, Maggie’s Centre at the Beatson, Scottish Huntington’s

For Holy Week, we set up our own Garden of Gethsemane inside the Kirk, which provided a wonderful focal point for quiet prayer and reflection at this special time and was a lovely way to illustrate the Easter story. Massive thanks to Lynne Knott from @ljkflowers for her vision and inspiration, Tryptch Studio and the

The Ceilidh for Houston Hello, our drop-in group for people living with dementia and their carers, was a fabulous night. Together we raised £1,450, which will help us pay for sound equipment and regular professional entertainers for the group to enjoy.  We were delighted to welcome a large group of our friends from Campbell Snowdon

By Frankie Greenwood, Families & Community Development Worker On Wednesday 16th November 2022 we were delighted to present a wonderful multi-media event, hosted by Gryffe High School; “Celebrating the Tales and Legends of Houston Past Present and Future.” The event consisted of photo sequences of Houston Past and Present, that were overlaid with audio

By Matthew Alexander, Deputy Session Clerk During Lockdown, I was scrolling through social media when I came upon a post from a Gryffe High parent looking for a school jotter. There were several comments under the post recommending how to get hold of one ending with the following: “I’ve already emailed Rev. Noonan, who

By Frankie Greenwood, Families & Community Development WorkerOne day during Lockdown, after a glorious day of sunshine, I found myself looking out at grey skies and pouring rain. Days like this can make us feel gloomy, especially when we look at the weather forecast to see it is going to be like this for the