Pew Leaflet
EAST PERTHSHIRE EPISCOPAL CHURCHES
St. Ninian’s, Alyth, St. Catharine’s, Blairgowrie
St. Anne’s, Coupar Angus; St. Michael and All Angels, Ballintuim
18th January 2026 SECOND SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
Collect
Almighty God, in Christ you make all things new: transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace, and in the renewal of our lives make known your heavenly glory;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever
Amen
Readings
Isaiah 49 : 1-7
Psalm 40 : 1-11
1 Corinthians 1 : 1-9
John 1 : 29-42
Services
10.30 a.m. – JOINT SERVICE – ST. NINIAN’S
NO SERVICES IN ST. CATHARINE’S OR ST. ANNE’S
ST. ANNE’S VESTRY meets at 10.30 a.m. on Monday, 26th January in the Church Hall.
Please note change of time.
The funeral of the late JOHN ROY GRASSOM will be on Friday, 30th January at
11 a.m. in St. Catharine’s Church, followed by his burial at Blairgowrie Cemetery.
SUNDAY, 25th JANUARY, 2026
THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANY
Services
9.30 a.m. – Family Praise – St. Catharine’s
11.15 a.m. – Eucharist – St. Anne’s and St. Ninian’s – ST. ANNE’S
3.00 p.m. – Eucharist – St. Michael & All Angels
NO SERVICE IN ST. NINIAN’S
Readings
Isaiah 9 : 1-4
Psalm 27 : 1, 5-13
1 Corinthians 1 : 10-18
Matthew 4 : 12-23
WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY – 26th-29th January 2026
The following have been organised all starting at 12 noon with a short service followed by a simple lunch.
Monday 26th January – Blairgowrie Parish Church Hall
Wednesday, 28th January – St. Catharine’s Hall
Thursday, 29th January – Blairgowrie Parish Church
MEDITATION GROUP meets at 10.45 a.m. on Tuesday, 20th January at the home of
Mary Hall (Rose Cottage, Coupar Angus Road, Meikleour).
MARY’S MEALS
The Ceilidh held in Blairgowrie Town Hall on Friday, 9th January raised the sum of
£1,906.07. Thank you to everyone who helped or attended.
MURDER/MYSTERY EVENING
Blairgowrie and District Rotary is holding a Murder Mystery Evening in
The Red House Hotel, Coupar Angus on Friday, 6th February, 6 p.m. for 6.30 p.m. start.
A one course supper and tea/coffee will be served. The cost is £25 per person.
If you would like to attend the evening, please contact David Cuthill by emailing:
davidcuthill007@gmail.com by Wednesday, 14th January at the latest. I look forward to
welcoming you to what is always a most enjoyable evening. (David Cuthill)
USED STAMPS
Don’t forget we collect used stamps for Scottish Air Ambulance. They can be placed in the
basket on the bookshelves in St. Catharine’s or handed to Margaret Linley or Karen Cuthill
GIVING
Nothing offers so practical a test of our love for Christ
or for others as does our attitude to money and
possessions. Nor does anything so test our claim to
be delivered from this present evil world.
The attitude of the unconverted man to money is
too widespread to be other than well-known.
The world asks how much we own; Christ asks how
we use it. The world thinks more of getting;
Christ thinks more of giving. The world asks what
we give, Christ asks how we give; the former
thinks of the amount, the latter of the motive.
Men ask how much we give; the Bible how much
we keep. To the unconverted, money is a means
of gratification: to the converted, a means of grace;
to the one an opportunity of comfort, to the other
an opportunity of consecration.
Fred Mitchell
Website: abcsaints.co.uk
Facebook: ABC Saints, Perthshire
Rector: The Reverend Kim Lafferty
10 Rosemount Park, Blairgowrie PH10 6TZ
Tel. (Home) 01250-872715. (Office) 01250-874583
Usual non-working day FRIDAY
Organist at St. Catharine’s and St. Anne’s Austin Wilkie
St. Catharine’s Centre Coordinator: Julie Sinclair. Normal hours Monday,
Wednesday and Friday 1.30-5.30 p.m. T. 01250 874583.
E: stcatharinescommunitycentre@btinternet.com
Items for Pew Leaflet to Mrs. Margaret Linley by 5pm on Wednesday
T.07778 570515 (text only) E: linley314@tiscali.co.uk
OSCR NOS. St. Anne’s SC 014389, St. Catharine’s SC 003473,
St. Ninian’s SC 005907, St. Michael’s SC 009176
We welcome visitors and newcomers to our Churches. If you are new to the area and/or Church and would like the church to have your contact details, please add your details below and give this to one of the Sidesmen
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Name/s……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Address………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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For St. Catharine’s, please hand to Mrs. Sarah Gammell or email your details to sarah@thegammells.co
For St. Anne’s, please hand to Mrs. Andrina Flatt or email your details to sec.st.annes@gmail.com
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