FOR the last five years, ministers from the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren (ECCB) have been serving for short periods in Church of Scotland parishes.
This arrangement has been writing a success story that many in the church have yet to hear, but the parishes of Stromness, Annan Old and Dornock, and most recently Thurso West, have all enjoyed the experience, as have the ministers.
In 2013, Magdalena Trgalová and her family arrived in Stromness for one year – but they stayed for two.