Congregations bid farewell to popular Lochaber minister Reverend Richard Baxter
Asked about the highlights of his time in Lochaber, Rev Baxter said it had been a real pleasure and a privilege to work alongside the congregations here.
Asked about the highlights of his time in Lochaber, Rev Baxter said it had been a real pleasure and a privilege to work alongside the congregations here.
The departure of Rev Richard Baxter leaves a vacancy with no immediate full-time replacement ready for the parishes affected.
The craft group which meets in the Fort William Kilmallie (Corpach) hall on Wednesday afternoons has managed to turn some old hymn books which were about to be discarded into angels.
Rev Baxter added that a ministry team will serve the whole area, with himself as the parish minister, with Rory MacLeod (a former army chaplain) who will shortly join as team minister; Morag Muirhead is an Ordained Local Minister and Bill Skene is a Reader.
Duncansburgh MacIntosh and Kilmallie are now united in a single organisation as Fort William Kilmallie.
Over two years ago, the Lochaber Times documented church treasurer John Fotheringham’s long-running battle with Business Stream after it issued the church trustees with water bills for a non-existent water supply.
With the approach of Easter, local churches and Christian fellowship groups across Lochaber are reporting surging numbers of people logging onto their social media sites for alternative arrangements for religious services after the COVID-19 lockdown rules shuttered traditional locations of worship.
The fire at the church happened in the early hours of December 11, destroying most of the roof and only leaving the walls.
Lochaber Archive Centre celebrates a special first year
Energy generator SSE is holding a roadshow event today (Thursday, January 24) at Kilmonivaig Church Hall, Spean Bridge, with the subject being the new Stronelairg wind farm community fund.