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Our Parish Life
We
would like to thank you for visiting our page!
The Parish Motto could be "Take us as you find us - and we'll accept
you as you are!" There can be few Congregations in the Scottish
Episcopal Church more
welcoming than St Augustine's, and it's a welcome that we are intent
on developing! You
don't have to have a sense of humour to be a member here, but it helps! Enter
into a world of fun-loving people who live life fully, often on the edge, with a
real sense of adventure! All life is here, and you will find our
folk come from a wide cross-section of the Town and its surrounding
district!
Although a little low on young families, there is a large hard core number of
workers. The commitment is total! It has to be! Attendances
are not brilliant, but we couldn't afford to employ people to help us with crowd control
anyway! On a good Sunday, we have a little over 50 at the 11am Family Eucharist,
and around 12 or so at the 9am, Prayer Book Service. Worship is
Liturgical, but in the main fairly informal, and we're not afraid to start again
if we get it wrong!
 Restoration and Change in the Future -
Open to New Beginnings
Probably the biggest thing ever to happen since the building of our
church is the Restoration, which reached its conclusion at the
end of the summer of 2003, one hundred and thirty years after
the building was erected. This caused much
excitement and interest in the town, and the weekend of 23rd - 24th August
2003 was earmarked for special celebrations.
The
congregation is inclusive in its attitudes, welcoming
opportunities for ecumenism, and grasping opportunities to serve the people of
our town. The Restoration Programme
and all it entailed is documented
elsewhere, and now the plan is to look at replacing the temporary Church
Hall with a new structure aimed at making opportunities to love and serve the
community in a prime-site area, at the bottom of the High Street.
The vision is
to work in
conjunction with statutory and non-statutory agencies in "Collaborative
Ministry" - the new Provincial "buzz words"!
We've really been
doing this for some time! Similar plans have been
spoken of in the past, but this time, a scheme with Dunbritton Housing
Association, may just the one to be fruitful and get us going! We aim to bring
together every facet of human need, from spiritual to secular, including art,
drama, worship, and service, under the one roof, possibly working with Anum
Cara, a project supporting people with blood borne viruses
You
will now have concluded that we
are open to change and are willing to take chances and risks
to move forward. That is how every Parish should be! We sometimes
disagree about how this should be done - but, hey- it makes for an interesting
life, and we never fall out with each other! Living the Gospel
should be an adventure, an exciting challenge, and we tend to deal with a God of
Surprises! 2002 marked the revival of The
Friends of St Augustine's. As a result we have
a regular flow of income while we enjoy ourselves!
Around the Site
Have a
look around our site, see what we are up
to as a congregation, read about our history, and don’t forget to sign
our Guest Book! It fair cheers us up to know that people are
visiting us, electronically at least, and helps to pass a wet
Saturday when we read your comments! Come and visit us in the flesh!
We promise not to kill you with kindness
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