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The new Guild

THE very mention of the word ‘change’ can strike fear and apprehension into the hearts of many Church and Guild members!

As we thought about writing this article, we came to the conclusion that here, in the most northerly Presbyterial Council in Scotland, we have been slowly but steadily evolving (changing!) over the years and adapting to the changing circumstances we now find ourselves in….folks may resist ‘change’, but we have found that they are open to suggestions and ‘new ways of doing Guild’. I suppose a bit like the Church as a whole...always reforming.

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