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Glencairn & Moniaive Parish Church is a linked charge with Dunscore Parish Church and is within the Presbytery of The South West.

The parish of Glencairn & Moniaive is located at the northern end of the scenic Cairn Valley in mid-Nithsdale, which is part of the Dumfries & Galloway region of South West Scotland.

The community is centred around the village of Moniaive.

We aim to play an active part in the community we serve, reaching out with the love and joy of Jesus Christ.

Our vision is ‘To convince all people of God’s love for them’.

 

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Message from our Minister

14 June 2026

Today we are challenged to decide where our Comfort Zone is!?

Are you the sort of person who is always playing it safe? Risk averse? Cautious?

Jesus asked …

a fisherman to take care of His flock!

a tax-collector to share love with those around him!

a religious zealot to accept the foreigner and stranger!

His Disciples were all taken out of their Comfort Zones. Away from family and home. Along dusty backroads to foreign parts. Into the ‘lion’s den’ of Jerusalem, the HQ of Pharisee, Scribe, Sadducee.

Jesus promised to be with them, to provide all that they would need, to give them the authority and power to deal with whatever they would face.

Jesus calls us to step out of our Comfort Zones to share His Love and spread the Good News and promises the same things to us today through the Holy Spirit.

Are you ready to Fully Rely On God?

Join us in stepping out in faith.

God Bless,

Mark

 

PRAYER for this week:

Jesus , You called the Disciples to continue Your work,

              and gave them authority to carry it out.

We thank You that as we step out of our comfort zone

              the Holy Spirit is with us.

Lord God, make us ready to follow Jesus’ example

              as we step out in faith wherever you lead us.

 

PRAYER THEME:

Ask God to build your faith and courage to step out of your comfort zone.

 

LENT 2026 – The Journey continues…

In recent times there has been a lot of emphasis in the media on life as a journey.

TV programmes have focussed on the idea of pilgrimage – celebs and real people alike.

The Christian Year is intended to be a journey through our faith – the promise of Advent, the arrival of Jesus, His temptation in the desert, His Ministry round the towns and villages, His road to the Cross, His death and burial, His Resurrection and Ascension. Each ‘season’ brings out a different part of the story, emphasises another aspect of Jesus’ impact on His followers and the wider world. Lent is no exception.

 

LENT is a season for personal journeys for Well-being & Health & Faith.

Having emptied our cupboards in the excess of Shrove Tuesday (Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras) we are challenged to survive on simple foods during the lean months of the year. Not easy.

As we toss our pancakes as a nod to the empty cupboards of the past, it is easy to forget that Lent is about our whole being: Body, Mind & Soul.

This is where it can teach us a lot as we journey through life.

Our life is not just about the physical, but also our mental health and spiritual growth.

A lot of you have tried the physical regimes offered to help remove the extra weight, tone the muscles, improve fitness, and be ready for the beach!

Some of you have delved into the strategies of mindfulness and the increased awareness of your feelings and reactions to help cope with all that life hurls at you.

How many of us also pay attention to the spiritual side of our being? The inner part of our nature which, I believe, is designed to ‘tune in’ to things beyond these three dimensions, with their limitations and frustrations.

For thousands of years people have used pilgrimage to physically echo the inner journey, seeking discipline, clarity, renewal, and faith as the earthly journey is made in the hope that the return to ‘normality’ will be enriched in all aspects – Body, Mind & Soul.

 

LENT is a season of reflection, resolution and re-assessment for Mind & Body & Soul

… a journey of mindfulness, carefulness, thoughtfulness;

… a journey of growth, development, resilience;

… a journey characterised by an openness, physically, mentally and spiritually;

… an individual journey often accompanied by others on their own journey.

 

LENT is a season requiring determination and discipline

As John Bunyan (1628-1688, PILGRIM’S PROGRESS) put it:

“…there’s no discouragement shall make [me] once relent,

[my] first avowed intent to be a pilgrim…

… I’ll fear not what men say, I’ll labour night and day to be a pilgrim.”

Are you up for it?

 

LENT is a season of seeking … together.

Come alongside us as you make your own journey …

 

May God Bless you,

Mark RS Smith