Rita Nkemba, the Ugandan leader of Dwelling Places, will be speaking at our midweek meeting on Wednesday 30 April at 19:30 in the church. Marsali Campbell, a member of our congregation, works with Rita among the street children of Kampala. Marsali is currently in Scotland studying at International Christian College, Glasgow, so we look forward to hearing up-to-date news of the work of Dwelling Places from Rita. This meeting is open to all. The preacher at our anniversary services this year is Rev Jonathan Stephen, Principal of the Wales Evangelical School of Theology (WEST) and Director of Affinity. On Sunday 16 March he will preach a series of three sermons from the Book of Acts under the umbrella title Travelling light: amazing moments in the ministry of Paul. The girls of our Alive 'n' Kickin' group will host a Fairtrade coffee morning on Saturday 8 March from 10:00 to 12:00 in the church. Tearcraft goods will be available for purchase and proceeds from the café will go to Tearfund's Bring Childhood back to Life project, for children orphaned by AIDS. Please come for a Fairtrade cuppa and a chat.

As members of a Fairtrade church, we are encouraged to buy products carrying the FAIRTRADE Mark throughout the year, and particularly during Fairtrade Fortnight, the annual promotional campaign of the Fairtrade Foundation. This weekend we are looking forward to a return visit from Rev Dr Argyris Petrou of the Greek Bible Institute in Athens. Argyris acted as host to a group from Smithton in July 2005 and later that year took part in our missions conference. We look forward to welcoming him back amongst us. He will preach in Nairn Free Church on Sunday morning and in Smithton on Sunday evening. The Winter 2007/2008 newsletter (PDF) is now available online. A few printed copies are still available at the church. Find out how our students are getting on, what it's like to be a Christian postman and what's been happening among our YF girls. We apologise that we have not been able to post new sermon recordings on the website over the last few weeks. Recording has not been possible due to construction work in the church building. We hope to resume this service very soon. The Wilsons are home from South Africa for the months of December and January. Alistair and Jenny will speak about their work in Dumisani Theological Institute at an after-church fellowship in Smithton on the evening of Sunday 16 December. All friends who can make it are warmly invited to join us.

Or join us for afternoon tea on Thursday 6 December at 14:00. During the course of the afternoon Jenny will give an interactive presentation on how good Christian literature changes lives. Donations are invited for the Women for Mission project Literature for Life. The afternoon is open to all: men, women and children! We look forward to having speakers from WEC with us on Sunday 4 November. Wilf Urquhart will preach at the two morning services, while Stewart Moulds, former UK Director of WEC, will preach in the evening.

After the evening service Stewart Moulds and Douglas Craig will lead a Joint Youth Fellowship here in Smithton. All young people from neighbouring YFs are invited to join our young folk around 20:00.