Dates for your diary

Communion - Sunday 31st May at The Barn.  If you are joining by Livestream please have your elements to hand. 2nd Quarter Collection from April - June will be for Blythswood and this can be placed in the collection box marked Blythswood, send to our treasurer, or via bank transfer marked Blythswood or drop off at the office.

Sunday Morning Prayer - We pray every Sunday Morning before the serice at 9.55. Please see our Sundays page for more information.

Songs of Praise - Ardersier Church Sunday 7 June @ 6.00.  Refreshments afterwards.  For further dates see our Diary page.

Boys Brigade - The Highland Battalion are holding their annual service on Sunday 24 May at Barn Church 10.30am.  All welcome.  Refreshments afterwards.

Volunteering oportunites

Messy church- We are keen to run a messy church style session monthly at The Barn starting in May aimed at primary aged children and their parents. The rough format for these sessions would be time in small activities, a main talk followed by a meal shared together. If you would be interested in getting involved or want to know more please speak to Kirsty Campbell

Creche – Our Sunday Morning at The Barn creche is up and running. We are still looking for volunteers to go on the rota. Don’t worry about missing the service as you will be able to watch on the creche room screen. If you are interested in serving please speak to Elsie Maclean after the service or telephone her on 07786 354437.

Church Lunches – We are having a monthly church lunch at The Barn after our all-age services 1st Sunday of the Month. All welcome. If you would like volunteer, help set up, or serve, please speak to Janice Mackay or Sandra MacIntyre.

Beauty for Ashes Retreats

This August we have a group of ladies from different parts of USA visiting to help facilitate Beauty for Ashes Retreats (more details to follow) for now I am looking for anyone willing to host a couple of the ladies for 5 nights, from 21st Aug to 26th Aug. They just need a bed for the night and possibly breakfast as everything else will be covered elsewhere.  If you are able to offer to host the ladies please speak with Alison Ramsay or text 07533031888 or email alison.ramsay@tinyworld.co.uk. Thank you.

Culloden and Ardersier Church news and activies

Great Wilderness Challange - We will again be hoping to enter a team in this year's great Wilderness Challenge in beautiful Wester Ross at Poolewe, raising funds for the Community Garden and a possible performance space.

There are places available in the 7 and 13 mile events for runners or walkers. It's a fantastic day out! If you would like to know more, please speak to Peter Logie, Andrew Ramsay or David Babb. Peter and Andrew will shortly be away until late June. 

Local and other news

Adopt-A-Child is having a buffet night and silent auction in the Cinnamon Restaurant on Monday 22nd June at 6.30pm. Tickets are available on Eventbrite.  All welcome! 

Christian aid Week - 10th to 16th May 2026 

Sunday  marks the start of 2026 Christian Aid week and again the red envelopes are here. Christian Aid is an international charity, founded by churches in Britain and Northern Ireland more than 80 years ago. With partners and communities in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean we’re supporting people experiencing poverty, and those affected by humanitarian emergencies. By turning our hope into action, we’re helping to build a fairer, more peaceful world.
This year’s national theme is help for people in urban poverty in Nairobi, Kenya, where people are being helped with tools and training to farm vegetables in small city plots to feed their families and earn a small income. Please take a look at the poster in the Hall of Friendship.

At the Barn we will again offer each person an envelope at Sunday’s service. If you feel you can, please either put something in or bring it back next Sunday, and put in the labelled box provided in the foyer for that purpose. If you are a UK taxpayer please also consider filling in the tear off Gift Aid form attached to the envelope, giving as a minimum your full name, first line of address, and postcode: this is because they are digitally read. You can, of course, also give on line at caweek.org if you prefer; although this will not be counted in Culloden and Ardersoer’s total giving, it remains a valid way of donating.

Thank you on behalf of the poor of the world.  DBR

Every Moment Live - Sunday 17 May, 6.00pm-7.00pm, Culduthel Christian Centre, Invenress. Every Moment Holy Live is an event that weaves songs, liturgies from the EMH books, and personal stories into a shared journey for artists and audience. The event is structured as a continuous narrative arc, intended to carve out a space in which participants might acknowledge the reality of losses, disappointments, and sorrows in their own lives, even while being reawakened and reoriented to the greater story of divine redemption in which our own stories and struggles are set. Blending theological depth with artistic beauty, the Every Moment Holy Live event is created to meet each of us where we are on our pilgrimage toward the eternal city, and to remind us again of who we are, of who God is, and of where this is all going, resulting in a renewal of hope, faith, consolation and encouragement that ultimately finds its best expression in a joy-filled worship.
The event is free but donations will be collected to help cover the costs of bringing this event to Inverness, at the door, or by clicking on this link

Blythswood’s Day of Prayer takes place on Wednesday, the 3rd of June. This year, we are inviting you to set aside 60 minutes to give thanks for 60 years of Blythswood. You may choose to do this on your own, as a family, with friends, or as part of your church’s prayer meeting. The 60 minutes can be spent all at once or spread throughout the day. I attach a copy of the guide for the day that contains information and points for prayer that could be helpful to you. By taking part in our Day of Prayer, you will be joining people from around the world in prayer for Blythswood.

prayer diary | Blythswood 

The 2026 Shoebox appeal is well under way.  If you can help with donating any item this would be appriciated. There is a box and list of items required in the Hall of Friendship.

There is also a box for items wanted by the Highland foodbank.