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Dornoch Cathedral
Church of Scotland
Dornoch
IV25 3SH
Services
Sunday at 11:00am
Sunday at 11:00am
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Interim Moderator
Rev. Alistair Drummond
01349 852480
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Locum Minister
Carol Anne Porter
07400 313303
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Session Clerk
Mrs Liz Manson
Lamington, Invergordon
IV18 0PE
07845 970923
Dornoch Firth Church Of Scotland
Dornoch Cathedral
Dornoch
IV25 3SH
Session Clerk
07845 970923
May 10th ‘Classics for Strings’ Concert in the Cathedral
Come and enjoy a memorable evening with D James Ross conducting “Classics for Strings” in Dornoch Cathedral and with the guest soprano Hasmik Harutyunyan.
Doors open at 7.30pm for 8pm – admission at the door adults £10 and £7.50 for children (16 & under).
Please come along and enjoy this concert and support our fund raising plans for 2025 and help us maintaining our 800 year magnificent of place of worship which is a prominent feature of Dornoch’s history, heritage and religion.
Concert in Dornoch Cathedral
The Chosen
In February, some of us began watching ‘The Chosen’, a new multi-season drama about the life of Jesus, some at home but most together in the West Church Hall.
We begun with Season 1, Episode 1, I have called you by name. And we worked out that if we watched the second episode, Season 1, Episode 2, Shabbat, and keep watching each week through Lent, we will have watched the entire first season. This means making The Chosen our Lent discipline, meeting mostly on Wednesday evenings and Thursday mornings (there may be one exception to allow hall bookings already taking place to happen smoothly but this will be confirmed).
If you haven’t made the showing of the first two episodes, you can watch on your preferred device either by searching the App Store for ‘The Chosen’ or going to your preferred search engine and typing in ‘thechosentv’.
We’ll watch the second episode this coming Wednesday (26th) in the West Church Hall at 6.30pm. Teas will be available from 6pm. There will be a second showing for those who prefer mornings on Thursday morning at 11am. Teas will be available from 10.30am.
When we get to Lent, we’ll change the timings at little as follows:
Wednesday nights from 5th March:
Film begins at 6.30pm, Refreshments and Discussion from 7pm
Thursday mornings from 6th March
Film begins at 11am, Refreshments and Discussion from 12noon
Please feel free to be flexible in how you engage with the series. If you prefer to watch at home and come for the discussion please do. If you want to watch the film and go that’s okay too. And obviously, if you’re an ‘in for a penny, in for a pound’ kind of person, come for the whole shebang!
Carol Anne Porter (Rev)
Image © The Chosen
The Closing Service for Creich Church
The Closing Service for Creich Church is ready for you to watch via Dornoch Firth Church of Scotland Facebook page.
If you are not a Facebook user you can see it on the Worship Page as most services are presented there.
Or you can just watch it here…
SUBSCRIBING TO THE CALL
Notice is hereby given that the congregation of Dornoch Firth Church of Scotland has elected Reverend Carol Anne Porter to be our new minister and a Call to the said Reverend Carol Anne Porter has been prepared. This Call will lie in Dornoch Cathedral (in the Crossing) between the hours of 10am and 4pm or whenever the Cathedral is open.
Also:
During that time any person whose name is on the Electoral Register of the congregation may sign the Call in person or by means of a mandate. If a mandate is to be used, the relevant form may be obtained from one of the Session Clerks. A paper of Concurrence will also be available for signature by any person who is connected with the congregation but whose name is not on the Electoral Register of the congregation.
Children are also welcome to add their names to this paper.
Alistair Drummond
Reverend Alistair Drummond
Interim Moderator
DECLARATION OF ELECTION RESULT
Following yesterday’s service (12/1/25) when Rev Carol Anne Porter preached as our sole nominee I am pleased to share the following;
DECLARATION OF ELECTION RESULT – Section 24(6)
I hereby declare the results of the voting for the election and appointment of a minister to the vacant charge of Dornoch Firth Church of Scotland to be as follows.
FOR Electing Rev. Carol Anne Porter : 111
AGAINST Electing Rev. Carol Anne Porter: 5
Therefore, Rev. Carol Anne Porter has accordingly been elected and appointed as the new minister subject to the approval of Presbytery.
I am delighted to say that before the close of the congregational meeting at which the results of voting were announced, Rev. Carol Anne Porter gave her verbal acceptance of the call based on the election result.
Rev. Alistair John Drummond, Interim Moderator
Cathedral Tower Open Monday 30 December
Come and enjoy Dornoch at night from a height. Cathedral Tower Open Monday 30 December From 6.30pm to 8pm with £5 adults, £3 Secondary age children, primary children free but ratio of 1 adult per 2 children for safety regulations.
Concert in Cathedral – Thursday 2nd January – 7.00pm
The Junior Band have learnt a couple of new tunes and thoughts are now turning towards learning some carols. Join us at the concert in the Cathedral Christmas cheer!
The concert will have local artists and musicians plus other performers from near and far and music for all tastes, from pop to classical.. If you were lucky enough to attend last year this is a date not to miss.
What better way to welcome in the New Year than by a celebration of music in the Dornoch’s atmospheric cathedral.
Doors open at 6.15pm with entry by donation. Hope to see you there!
Graham McCarthy