Tweedbank church celebrates 10th anniversary

Guests join congregation in songs of praise.

Posted on Oct 12, 2004

The Church is alive and kicking in Tweedbank ... 10 years after its doors first opened for worship.

For Sunday was a day of ecumenical celebration in Tweedbank as the local church marked a significant date in its relatively short history.

Tweedbank Community Church celebrated its 10th anniversary with a special service and a Songs of Praise with people from across the Borders and beyond taking part.

And they also had a special cake with candles just to make Sunday that extra special.

It was an equally special day for the minister of the Tweedbank Community Church, the Rev Mary Taylor, who was joined for the service by the Rev John Arthur, Moderator of the Scottish Synod, United Reformed Church.

The Songs of Praise were built around the history of the Church, Christmas, Epiphany, Easter, Ascension, Advent, culminating in the word Celebration.

Also joining in was the Rev John Humphreys, Development Officer with the Scottish Synod along with members of the United Reformed Churches in Galashiels and Selkirk.

One of the other distinguished visitors was the Rev John Wylie, secretary for Christian Aid in Scotland, and who is also involved in the Pastoral Committee for the Synod in the East of Scotland.

They were joined by members of the Galashiels Fellowship of Churches in an ecumenical celebration.

"It was a very joyous celebration," said Mary. "It was good to see so many people there."

"I had a dream of all the people involved and that has started to come true in Tweedbank," she added.

And after refreshments, the Word was that Tweedbank was building on Sure Foundations for the future ... with the Church’s Welcome Pack coming out in time for Christmas.

Picture: Rev John Arthur, Moderator of the Scottish Synod, United Reformed Church, with on his left the Rev Mary Taylor, of Tweedbank, and Sheena Cossar along with members of the congregation.