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Don't forget to check for NEWS , which includes regular updates on matters relevant to Colonsay which have been discussed at Presbytery level. The latest update was posted on Wednesday 31 March 2021.

Join us by Zoom: please email byrne[AT]colonsay.org.uk if you would like to join Zoom worship on Sundays until further notice, at 10.30 - 11.00 You will be very welcome - a lot of people join up to ten minutes early, for some informal chat.

We are pleased that our church building has been re-opened, although all services can still be joined live on Zoom. We are most grateful to Dr. Alastair Scouller who leads us in our Zoomed worship each week; we appreciate the chance to congregate and the turnout is very healthy - thank you, Alastair. Please contact byrne[AT]colonsay.org.uk for a joining invitation.

COVID-19 UPDATE: Our church building was re-opened in accordance with guidelines as of 20th September 2020. Only a very few people can attend, but for details please contact byrne[at]colonsay.org.uk . As far as regular worship is concerned, we intend to continue with the very successful Zoom services as conducted throughout 2020 by Dr Alastair Scouller. Our manse will back in use for 2021 and we will once again welcome our visiting ministers and preachers. We intend to make arrangements so that services will continue to be shared by Zoom, and even if the church has to be closed again it will be possible to lead worship from the manse. Where Covid causes doubt (in chart below) services will still take place, by Zoom and possibly in the church itself, details will be posted up locally.

For clarification: We are actively researching a simple system for Zoom that will be very "low-tech" but which will be flexible enough to meet changing circumstances and which will include all members of our congregation, even those who maintain self-isolation. Our 2021 rota is given below; it may have to be tweaked but we do hope that our manse will be in use again just as soon as regulations and prudence permit.

You are very welcome to this website, which reflects Christianity as it exists in Colonsay today and which is not restricted to any one denomination. The site includes information and news about the living faith in Colonsay, but we hope that it will also grow to include plenty of information about the history and development of Christianity locally. In particular, we hope that this site will help to forge and maintain a bond between the island and its diaspora, the descendants of those very many people who left its shore to found a new and successful life elsewhere.

Colonsay is remarkably ecumenical and local congregations of the Baptist Church and the Church of Scotland habitually participate in joint worship. Please note that everyone is welcome, and please do not hesitate to bring your children - the congregation will normally include persons from a variety of traditions, including the Anglican, Episcopalian, Methodist and Roman Catholic faiths. The schedule is given below - everything else can be reached from the links above. Services are also flagged-up upon the notice-boards at the shop and Old Waiting-room. For any further details, please phone 01951 200320

N. B. If any week below is BLANK it means that there may be no service, but any change will be posted on the church door and at the Post Office/Shop notice board. We are always glad to hear from ministers who might be interested in joining our circulation list for vacant dates. Please contact 01951 200320 or email byrne@colonsay.org.uk .

Very important note (if you happen to be making a donation by cheque): The Bank of Scotland will not credit any cheque to our account unless it is made out to this precise payee: Colonsay & Oronsay Church of Scotland. Even better, please request our BACS details.

COLONSAY JOINT CHURCHES 2021