HOST UK arranges one day and weekend visits for International students all year round with three-night visits during the Festive season. Such hospitality is greatly sought after and valued by students far from home whose only alternative may be a lonely hall of residence.

Our “festive season” does not just mean Christmas but can also mean weekends in the run up to Christmas, and New Year. Your guest will be someone curious to experience British life with all its special traditions and culture…and keen to share those of their home country. Your hospitality will be a unique gift, a treasured memory and rewarding in so many ways.

Please consider opening your home and heart to an international student and remember that if the festive season is difficult for you, we do operate all year round,  so hosting can become one of your New Year Resolutions!

If you should like to know more, please go to our website www.hostuk.org or leave us a message on

http://visits.hostuk.org/Public/ApplyToBecomeAHost

Lay Readers from around the diocese enjoyed a time of fellowship over lunch at the Black Watch cafe, on Thursday 3rd October, 2019, followed by discussion with Bishop Ian about their roles in the diocese.

There was a beautiful Harvest festival in St. John’s when the congregation welcomed the Reverend Annie as their new Curate. The Rector had her working straight away making pizzas as part of his address.

What a great afternoon was had hosting the Songs of Praise Memory Cafe! The church was full and everyone joined in the singing and the sharing of memories. Then tea and cake and conversation in the hall. St Mary’s pupils made pictures inspired by the songs we sang.

Evensong for the Feast of St Michael and All Angels was celebrated with input from the ABI singers and St Peter’s organist, Kristian Sokolowski. The guest preacher was the Rev Dr Carrie Applegath.

On the 5th Sunday in September, the congregation led the first half of the service on the hugely topical theme of climate change and climate emergency. The flower arrangement is ‘no bees, no flowers. Only ancient ferns.

David, Janice and Lis were left speechless as the joint congregations of St Anne’s, St Catharine’s and St Ninian’s combined to give them a big “thank you” for all their work during the time without a rector. By the end of the service Lis had got her act together enough to insist on a group photo!

Some photos from Beautiful Brides 100 Years of Wedding Style. Thank you to all who helped make it such an enjoyable event, to everyone in the community who came along and to our fab photographer!

This Sunday our Youth Fellowship lead our intercessions focusing on harvest and climate change.

http://holytrinitychurch.org.uk/harvest-prayers/?fbclid=IwAR23xTeTr2RoK9x0tkn1GA36mXkLq8lCEBGk5uQVblutO6I95QGNRGPy21Y

Rev’d James Bryson will be instituted as Rector to the ABBC group of churches, on Saturday 16th November, 2019, at 12 noon in St Catherine’s, Blairgowrie.  Please hold James and the congregations in your prayers.