Palm Sunday 9th April 2017 was the start of Holy Week Palm Crosses waiting to be blessed outside in the sunshine.
Blessing of of the Palm Crosses outside All Saint
Good Friday 14th April 2017
On Saturday the 15th April the Church was decorated with beautiful flowers it really looks amazing. Thank you to everyone for all their hard work..
Photos – Ronald Richie and Kath Leadbeater
This is a yeast dough but don’t be put off, it’s not that hard to make and well worth the effort. Every year I make up this recipe as ‘Hot Cross Buns’ To me it’s like having mince pies at Christmas.
1lb strong plain flour
2oz caster sugar
½oz dried yeast
¼pt tepid water
1teasp salt
½teasp. Cinnamon
1teasp. Mixed spice
a little grated nutmeg
2oz margarine/butter
3oz mixed fruit
¾pt warm milk
1 beaten egg made up to ¼pt with warm milk
Place flour in a large bowl and sprinkle in salt and 1 tsp sugar. In a jug mix water, sugar and yeast together. Stir well and leave to froth up. You will see the yeast beginning to rise to the top of the water. While the yeast is working, rub the margarine into the flour and add the fruit and spices. Mix well. Make a well in the centre, (when the yeast is ready pour into the flour), and mix with your hands. Make into a pliable dough with the e and milk mixture (you may not need it all so don’t add it all at once). When it’s formed into a ball turn out onto floured board and knead till smooth and elastic in texture. Place back in bowl and cover with a tea towel. Leave in a warm place until it has doubled in size. Turn out onto a floured board and knead again. Divide into equal pieces and shape into a round bun shape (10 to 12). Roll out lightly and place on a baking sheet. Allow to rise again. When they are double in size, prick the top with a fork, or make a cross with a knife if it’s Easter. Place in oven 200ºC for approx. 15 minutes until golden brown. Remove from oven and place on a cooling tray.
Suggestions
Glaze for a sticky top…Place 2tbsp milk in a pan with 1tbsp sugar and boil until sugar is dissolved. Brush over teacakes while they are still hot. Serve with lots of butter and golden syrup.
If you happen to have any left and they go a little dry, split and toast and have with lots of butter. (I always try to hide one so there is always one to toast).
This can be made in loaf tin. 1lb size is best. Cook for 15 minutes at 200ºC and then turn down to 175ºC for a further 25 to 30 minutes.
Blessing the Easter Lambs
On Friday 7th April Rev John Macleod was invited by Malcolm Bell-Macdonald of Rammerscales,
who is a member of the All Saints congregation, to bless the flock and the new-born lambs at Hartwood Farm.
The short service of a reading, prayers and the blessing, took place in the large lambing shed.
Also visiting the lambing sheds were Wilhelmina and Edith Wood and their parents, who are very busy at this time of year as they foster orphaned lambs.
Photos and text Maggie Macleod
All Saints Church is offering an educational outreach programme to help teachers to deliver the experiences and outcomes of the Christianity strand of the Religious and Moral Education Curriculum for Excellence. The curriculum calls for teachers to establish ‘close liaison with local faith representatives’. Amongst many other ‘Experiences’, pupils are expected to investigate Christian communities within the local area and explore places and investigate artefacts.
We offer classroom visits to introduce pupils to the church and to the form of worship in a Scottish Episcopal Church. This is then followed with a visit to the church to get a ‘hands on’ experience.
24 children from Lockerbie Primary School visited the church on Wednesday 29th March.
They enthusiastically explored the whole of the church and completed investigative quizzes with the assistance of members of the congregation. They explored the building, the many artefacts used in worship, the beautiful reredos and stained glass windows.
Rev Macleod then showed them the vestments, which he wears to take services, and explained the significance of the colours and the nature of the robes, the shapes of which date back to the very beginnings of the Christian Church in the Roman Empire. Each child was able to don a brightly coloured chasuble for a photo opportunity!
Rev Macleod then gathered the pupils around the altar and demonstrated how
Holy Communion was prepared and distributed. He followed this by showing a rapt audience how a baby is baptised.
The afternoon went by very quickly and we were all delighted at the enthusiasm and commitment of the pupils. Mrs. M Macleod
Maggie Macleod