Thought for the Day
4 December Earlier this week we heard that approval had been given to use the first of the Covid-19 vaccines, and plans are in place to begin the massive task of vaccinating people next week. That is really encouraging news, and we appreciate all the work that has gone into it, with countries and scientists […]
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I hope that you can share this website link with your church contacts – https://www.connectingdumbarton.com/ It relates to a project which WDC are taking forward in partnership with Sustrans to improve connections in and around Dumbarton. The focus is improving the link into the town centre along College Street. We are trying to gather
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3 December International Day of persons with disabilities The focus of this year’s Day is ‘Not all disabilities are visible’: thinking of things like mental illness, chronic pain or fatigue, sight or hearing impairment, diabetes, brain injuries, neurological disorders, learning differences and cognitive dysfunctions. According to the WHO 15% of the world’s population (or over
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2 International Day for the abolition of slavery According to the International Labour Organisation (a UN agency) some 40 million people around the world are engaged in some form of modern slavery – that includes forced labour, debt bondage, forced marriage and human trafficking. It isn’t all in ‘far away’ countries – from time to
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1 December World AIDS Day This year the focus of the world has very much been on Covid-19. Other illnesses and diseases have not however deferred to it, and gone away. According to the World Health Organisation in 2019 38m people were HIV-positive (20% of whom were unaware of their status), there were 1.7m new
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30 November St Andrew’s Day We know little about Andrew (though there are many later legends) but what we do know suggests that he was a quiet man, but one who engaged with people, introduced people, tried to ‘do the right thing.’ May there’s a lot we could learn from Andrew in that Lord,
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2020 Advent Calendar – reveal an Advent message each day
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Every year for each night during advent members of our congregation host Mary, Joseph and the donkey for the night. Due to restrictions they are unable to visit households this year but it hasn’t stopped them visiting Dumbarton. For the whole of advent they will be taking a tour around the town and we will be sharing photos of them every day.
Mary, Joseph and the Donkey have arrived in Dumbarton. Here they are getting off the train at Dumbarton East train station. They are off to find somewhere to stay, we hope they find somewhere with a room.
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28 November The sun is shining today – first time for a while. The dark days of November and December can pull us all down. Some of us may go out today to enjoy the sunshine, others may not be able to do so. Can we bring some ‘sunshine’ into the lives of people who
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The following comes from a message sent out today by the Moderator of the General Assembly. You might like to share it with people who cannot access our online services: “Finally, and with further reference to BBC Scotland, we’ve been glad that they’ve recognised the value of televised worship services throughout the period of
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