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Rev Peter W Nimmo1/2 Rt Rev Dr Shaw Paterson, <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Moderator" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Moderator</a> of the General Assembly of the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ChurchOfScotland" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchOfScotland</a>, offers condolences to the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Catholic" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Catholic</a> Church in <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Scotland" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> as <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23PopeFrancis" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PopeFrancis</a> dies/... <a href="https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news-and-events/news/articles/statement-on-the-death-of-pope-francis" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...</a> <a href="https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news-and-events/news/articles/statement-on-the-death-of-pope-francis" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Tribute as Pope Francis dies</a>

csActor David Tennant does it all, from 'Doctor Who' to Shakespeare to podcasting : NPRGlad they asked about his dad who was moderator of <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/ChurchOfScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchOfScotland</a> at one point<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/DavidTennant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DavidTennant</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FreshAir" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreshAir</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/04/07/nx-s1-5354799/actor-david-tennant-does-it-all-from-doctor-who-to-shakespeare-to-podcasting" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/2025/04/07/nx-s1-5354799/actor-david-tennant-does-it-all-from-doctor-who-to-shakespeare-to-podcasting</a>

Rev Peter W NimmoPeople are our greatest resource, Moderator tells Scottish Parliament <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ChurchOfScotland" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchOfScotland</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Scotland" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news-and-events/news/articles/people-are-our-greatest-resource-moderator-tells-scottish-parliament" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...</a> <a href="https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news-and-events/news/articles/people-are-our-greatest-resource-moderator-tells-scottish-parliament" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">People are our greatest resour...</a>

Rev Peter W NimmoThe story of a King and Queen memorialised in one of <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Scotland%27s" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland's</a> most historic churches, three academic sleuths and a stunning collaboration of <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23science" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a>, <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23history" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> and visual analysis <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Dunfermline" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dunfermline</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Stainedglass" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Stainedglass</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23art" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23DunfermlineAbbey" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DunfermlineAbbey</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ChurchOfScotland" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchOfScotland</a> <a href="https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news-and-events/news/articles/who-is-bob-brewse-experts-unravel-abbey-stained-glass-mystery" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...</a>

This Is My GlasgowAn Art Deco style sculpture of the burning bush on A. Gardiner's 1930s Saint David's Church in the Knightswood area of Glasgow. The lettering around the edge translates as 'And it was not consumed' and is the motto of the Church of Scotland. This is usually associated with a Saint Andrew's Cross, but here it's accompanied by four thistles instead.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#glasgow</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#church</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/glasgowchurches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#glasgowchurches</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/burningbush" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#burningbush</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/churchofscotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#churchofscotland</a>

Rev Peter W NimmoFolks, I’ve decided to take a break from <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23BlueSky" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BlueSky</a> for <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Lent" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lent</a>, as I did on Twitter. I will continue to post my <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23LectionaryPrayers" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LectionaryPrayers</a>, and news from my denomination, the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23ChurchOfScotland" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchOfScotland</a>. I’ll stop tonight and see you all again on Easter Day. Many thanks to my many followers here. Blessings on you all!

Jim Richmond 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📷⛳️ 🏉🇪🇺🏏The Laigh Kirk <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/kilmarnock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kilmarnock</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ayrshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ayrshire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/churchofscotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#churchofscotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fotografia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fotografia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fotografie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/canon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#canon</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laigh_Kirk,_Kilmarnock" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laigh_Kirk,_Kilmarnock</a>

Vivienne DunstanCrikey. Just spotted that the Edinburgh General Session church records include an Edinburgh weather report for 1815-1820. Very detailed! National Records of Scotland volume CH2/131/2. Free to view online at ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Edinburgh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Edinburgh</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/19thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#19thCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NineteenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NineteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Archive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Archive</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Archives</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/HistoricalResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HistoricalResearch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Weather</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottishWeather</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BritishWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BritishWeather</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Meteorology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Meteorology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChurchRecords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchRecords</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Kirk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kirk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChurchOfScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchOfScotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NRS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NRS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/NationalRecordsOfScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NationalRecordsOfScotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottishHistory</a>

Jim Richmond 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📷⛳️ 🏉🇪🇺🏏Different time zones. Crosshouse Parish Church <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/churchofscotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#churchofscotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ayrshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ayrshire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fotografia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fotografia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/fotografie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fotografie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/canon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#canon</a>

Vivienne DunstanJacobite references in Cupar Presbytery minutes of 1716 <a href="https://vivsacademicblog.wordpress.com/2024/09/11/jacobite-references-in-cupar-presbytery-minutes-of-1716/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://vivsacademicblog.wordpress.com/2024/09/11/jacobite-references-in-cupar-presbytery-minutes-of-1716/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottishHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Jacobites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jacobites</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EighteenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EighteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/18thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#18thCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChurchCourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchCourts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChurchOfScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchOfScotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Cupar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cupar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Kettle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kettle</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Falkland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Falkland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Logie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Logie</a>

Vivienne DunstanContinuing my browse through Cupar Presbytery records, trying to distract myself from the quite horrific crime recorded in 1745. Pleased to be finding Jacobite references in 1716. Reports of local Fife Jacobites. As well as women scandalously dancing late at night with the "highland men" / "Rebels". <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Jacobites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Jacobites</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Fife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottishHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#History</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/18thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#18thCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EighteenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EighteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChurchOfScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchOfScotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChurchCourts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchCourts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Crime</a>

Vivienne Dunstansexual assault, 18thC Scottish church court records

Vivienne DunstanWriting up some more maternal family history: A Melrose family tradition – the Dodds run of beadles and abbey bellringers <a href="https://vivsancestry.wordpress.com/2024/08/26/a-melrose-family-tradition-the-dodds-run-of-beadles-and-abbey-bellringers/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://vivsancestry.wordpress.com/2024/08/26/a-melrose-family-tradition-the-dodds-run-of-beadles-and-abbey-bellringers/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Melrose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Melrose</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FamilyHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FamilyHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Genealogy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Roxburghshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Roxburghshire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishBorders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottishBorders</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bellringing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bellringing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Campanology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Campanology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bells" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bells</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChurchOfScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchOfScotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Kirk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kirk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MelroseAbbey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MelroseAbbey</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/beadle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#beadle</a>

Vivienne DunstanJust wrote up new research (while doing it!) using the online Melrose Church of Scotland communion rolls to figure out when my Dodds ancestors moved to Melrose in the mid 19th century. <a href="https://vivsancestry.wordpress.com/2024/08/19/using-communion-rolls-to-narrow-down-when-dodds-ancestors-moved-to-melrose/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://vivsancestry.wordpress.com/2024/08/19/using-communion-rolls-to-narrow-down-when-dodds-ancestors-moved-to-melrose/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/familyHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#familyHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genealogy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#migration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/19thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#19thCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/nineteenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nineteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChurchOfScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchOfScotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/kirk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kirk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/communion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#communion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CommunionRolls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommunionRolls</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Melrose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Melrose</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishBorders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottishBorders</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScotlandsPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScotlandsPeople</a>

Vivienne DunstanTime for genealogical research. First to check the Leeds Catholic registers of baptisms, for my granddad and his siblings (baptised Catholic due to their Irish Mum). Then Scotland, and Melrose, to browse the 19th century communion rolls, and figure out when my maternal ancestors moved into the town. <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FamilyHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FamilyHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Genealogy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Leeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Leeds</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Melrose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Melrose</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/WestYorkshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WestYorkshire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Roxburghshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Roxburghshire</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishBorders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottishBorders</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/historicalResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#historicalResearch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Catholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Catholic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChurchOfScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchOfScotland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Kirk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kirk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BaptismRegisters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BaptismRegisters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CommunionRolls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CommunionRolls</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ireland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Migration</a>

Vivienne DunstanJust browsing the mid 18th century <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Melrose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Melrose</a> parish <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/kirkSession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#kirkSession</a> minutes online (<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Roxburghshire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Roxburghshire</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Scotland</a>). And when I got to a sentence in 1747 of <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/excommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#excommunication</a> for <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/incest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#incest</a> I have to say I expected a closer relationship than "She being his Grand Uncle's Wife"! <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishBorders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ScottishBorders</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Genealogy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FamilyHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FamilyHistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Morality</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Immorality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Immorality</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/18thCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#18thCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EighteenthCentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EighteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChurchOfScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchOfScotland</a>

Stewart RussellUrgh; just heard that the <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/ChurchOfScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchOfScotland</a> church that my mum goes to is probably going independent because "... the latest announcements from Edinburgh have finally tipped the balance ...". I suspect that means that the CoS isn't hating hard enough on <a href="https://xoxo.zone/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lgbtq</a> folks for them, so aligning with the Free Kirk is what they want. And I am sad now.

Harry Smart<a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Peternimmo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Peternimmo</a> Glad to see the 10 metre refuge area. Come the day, we'll be able to fit the entire <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChurchofScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchofScotland</a> into it and we can all lie there in the foetal position howling. Not into the void, but into the M898. I'm almost looking forward to it.

the rev. dr. lauren re larkin"For if we stand looking at the sky, wondering what has happened, trying to find out exactly how Jesus did his Ascension trick… we’re missing the point! For Jesus just before he left them, Jesus gave the apostles their instructions: right before going, he said, '…you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, in all of Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.'"<a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Peternimmo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Peternimmo</a> Don’t just stand there! Sermon for the Sunday after Ascension Day (Easter A) 21 May 2023 <a href="https://peterwnimmo.co.uk/2023/05/21/dont-just-stand-there-sermon-for-the-sunday-after-ascension-day-easter-a-21-may-2023/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://peterwnimmo.co.uk/2023/05/21/dont-just-stand-there-sermon-for-the-sunday-after-ascension-day-easter-a-21-may-2023/</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Ascension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ascension</a>, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ChurchOfScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchOfScotland</a>

Harry SmartAny <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChurchofScotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChurchofScotland</a> people out there who might be interested in this? --- RT <a href="https://mastodon.scot/@Munross" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Munross</a> UK <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Church" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Church</a> people and esp. my <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/CofS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CofS</a> friends.Gun-violence / in-guns-we-trust in the USA: Is this 'our' problem, not just 'their' problem?'Sin' or 'heresy' or 'doctrine to be rejected'? (following, e.g. Barmen & Belhar)How to concisely characterise it and bear witness? <a href="https://twitter.com/Munross/status/1651219530276917248" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Munross/status/1651219530276917248</a>

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