This week at Hilton Church
Monday 14th September Rhymes Recollected meets in the small hall, 2.00pm – -3.00pm. All welcome
Tuesday 15th September Sounds Familiar Music and memories for people with dementia and their carers. 2.00pm See flyer below.
Thursday 17th September Craft and Repair Group in the small hall. 7.30pm – 9.00pm All welcome
Friday 18th September Hilton Family Support Toddler Group 10.00am – 11.30am
Sunday 20th September 10.30am Sunday worship in the church and broadcast live on the church Facebook page Nitelife meets today at 7.00pm in the small hall.
Calum’s Loch Ness Marathon
Calum Macritchie is taking part later this month in the Loch Ness Marathon. He is raising money for Christian Aid.
All donations will be gratefully received. Just follow this link!
Calum writes:
I was intending to raise funds for the “5th Gospel Christian Charity” aimed at supporting children in Gaza and Bethlehem. Unfortunately, this charity has not been able to respond to any efforts on my part to contact them and looks as if it may be winding down. So due to this lack of response on that their behalf, I have decided to change the fundraising arrangements for a charity close to my heart that does amazing work across the world. “Christian Aid” is also a charity for which my mother worked for a number of years! Here is their mission statement:
Everyone is equal in the sight of God. For over 75 years, this truth has inspired us to stand together in solidarity with our most marginalised global neighbours, of all faiths and none.
Poverty is an outrage against humanity. It robs people of their dignity and lets injustice thrive.
We seek to eradicate extreme poverty by tackling its root causes. Together with people living in poverty, we amplify our voices to speak truth to power and create lasting change.
(Please note that a donation of a sum of money equivalent to the donations already made to the ‘5th Gospel Christian Charity ‘has been made to this Christian Aid appeal.)
Hilton Parish Church
Sunday 20 September 2026
A worship service will be held at 10.30am in the church building on Sunday 20 September. The service will simultaneously broadcast on the Church Facebook page. Teas and coffees will be served in the Sanctuary after the service. All very welcome!
The Bible passages are Jonah 4 and Matthew 20:1-16 and Duncan will be leading and preaching.
Here are links to websites which Duncan has recommended we explore:
The Bible Project
The Bible Society
The London Institute for Contemporary Christianity
Here are links to David Sim’s posts on ‘Medium’
All posts
New posts:
Love your enemies. No exceptions (July 20 2026)
The unfolding word: Listening for the heartbeat of the sacred text (August 3 2026)
Faith>Belief (31 August 2026)
Nature speaks of the divine (9 September 2026)
Beyond nature – encountering the divine (14 September 2026)
Highland Foodbank would appreciate our help: Harvest Appeal, 2026
Inverness ‘Warm Spaces’
A number of venues across Inverness have opened their doors through the week to offer a warm welcome and bring people together in the local community. Enjoy some Highland hospitality and make new friends. Additional support is also available at some venues.
Here’s a link to a list of these ‘Warm Spaces’ with the times they are available.
Hilton Parish Church works very closely with Hilton Family Support, helping to make a difference in the local community. Click the links below to explore.
Click here for the latest Hilton Family Support Newsletter.
Click here to donate to Hilton Family Support
Giving to Hilton Parish Church
If you would like to give towards the work of Hilton Parish Church, here are a few ways in which you can do it.
(1) The most beneficial way of giving would be through a monthly standing order which would enable the congregation to have a regular and predictable monthly income:
Sort Code: 80-91-26
Account No: 00444375
Account Name: HILTON CHURCH
(2) You can also give through the Give.net link below
(3) Free Will Offering Envelopes – we are conscious that many may wish to continue with this scheme putting money aside each week, and we look forward to receiving these offerings when the crisis comes to an end.
(4) If you would like to give offerings through cheque, these can be made payable to Hilton Church and posted to: Hilton Parish Church, 4 Tomatin Road, Inverness, IV2 4UA
Please note that if you are a tax payer Gift Aid is applicable for all of the above and this can increase our income by 25%. If possible, please complete a Gift Aid declaration (available here or from the church office) and return it to the church office.
We thank you for your support of the ministry of Hilton Church.
Our latest Facebook posts
This is a gentle Christian service for all those who have experienced the loss of a baby in pregnancy or infancy, for those who have faced difficult circumstances and for those who have known the pain of infertility. Your experience doesn’t need to have been recent - grief can sometimes be carried for many years, unspoken. You also don’t need to be familiar with church services to attend. The service takes place during Baby Loss Awareness Week.
There will be no pressure to sing, to pray or to otherwise engage, though if you like you can light a candle. We’ll have some resources for you to browse, and a cuppa for anyone who’d like to stay on for a while afterwards. Please do join us, and please pass this on to anyone else who might find it helpful. You are very welcome to accompany a friend.
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Here's a link to David Sim's latest post in Medium:
Beyond Nature — Encountering the Divine
medium.com
Nature reveals God’s majesty, but only Scripture tells us where we stand with Him0 CommentsComment on Facebook
John writes: Thinking about 'Bag of Worries' by Fischy Music which resonated with Gillean and Sheena's sketch this morning, and about Gillean's mention in her sermon of 9/11, I remembered the following (It's from my memoir Choosing Joy):
One Tuesday afternoon in September 2001 I was in the hall of Holm Primary School beneath the big bow window overlooking the slopes of Craig Dunain, listening to Stephen Fischbacher and his Fischy Music colleague Suzanne Adams.
I had arranged this gifted Christian musician’s visit to Inverness. His background like mine had been in Brethrenism. I loved his powerful emotionally honest songs encouraging children’s resilience.
Stephen’s music palpably brought healing to vulnerable young people: he implicitly acknowledged that God is present in every movement of love regardless of the specific beliefs of those
through whom it comes.
‘You are a star!’ The Fischy team led Primary 5 pupils though a series of imaginative songs most of them not specifically Christian emphasising the specialness, the uniqueness of each child. No room here for the grim curse of original sin. ‘You are a star, just the way you are!’
We discovered soon afterwards that as we laughed and sang on the other side of the Atlantic passenger jets were remorselessly targeted at the World Trade Centre.
In the following days Stephen and Suzanne were able to bring some peace to children traumatised by images of destruction, encouraging them to reflect on their own personal experiences of cruelty.
You can either ‘build up one another,’ they reminded their audience, ‘build up your sisters and brothers’ (here you used your fists to represent building a wall, fist upon fist upon fist) or else you can ‘tear down’ those around you (you grabbed an imaginary sheet of wallpaper above your head with both hands and ripped it to the ground).
Soon in the playground groups of children were building walls if fists and singing.
‘Build up one another.’
The song which meant most to me that week was When people are cruel. To the tune Streets of Laredo. Its theme is the life, death and resurrection of Jesus who faced ‘the bullies of Calvary’. Yet he was notdaunted because ‘he knew where he came from and where he was going’.
The song’s implication is that it is precisely because Jesus knew his origin and his destiny that we too may know where we are going and so remain undaunted.
When people are cruel it makes all the difference
To know where you’re going and where you’ve come from
I found this of great comfort in those chaotic days. I was beginning to understand more fully where I had come from; to discern more clearly my possible futures. But knowing where you have come from and where you are going is part of a more fundamental knowing – knowing your identity, knowing who you are.
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Get in touch
Contact Details
Hilton Church is at 4 Tomatin Road, Inverness IV2 4UA
Tel:
01463 233310
email:
office@hiltonchurch.org.uk
The Care Team
The Care Team’s role is to provide help and support in various ways for people of all ages in the congregation. These could be a home or hospital visit, a meal in time of crisis, or a listening ear.
If you, or anyone you know needs help in this way, please contact
Church Office: 01463 233310
This week at Hilton Church
Monday 14th September Rhymes Recollected meets in the small hall, 2.00pm – -3.00pm. All welcome
Tuesday 15th September Sounds Familiar Music and memories for people with dementia and their carers. 2.00pm See flyer below.
Thursday 17th September Craft and Repair Group in the small hall. 7.30pm – 9.00pm All welcome
Friday 18th September Hilton Family Support Toddler Group 10.00am – 11.30am
Sunday 20th September 10.30am Sunday worship in the church and broadcast live on the church Facebook page Nitelife meets today at 7.00pm in the small hall.
Calum’s Loch Ness Marathon
Calum Macritchie is taking part later this month in the Loch Ness Marathon. He is raising money for Christian Aid.
All donations will be gratefully received. Just follow this link!
Calum writes:
I was intending to raise funds for the “5th Gospel Christian Charity” aimed at supporting children in Gaza and Bethlehem. Unfortunately, this charity has not been able to respond to any efforts on my part to contact them and looks as if it may be winding down. So due to this lack of response on that their behalf, I have decided to change the fundraising arrangements for a charity close to my heart that does amazing work across the world. “Christian Aid” is also a charity for which my mother worked for a number of years! Here is their mission statement:
Everyone is equal in the sight of God. For over 75 years, this truth has inspired us to stand together in solidarity with our most marginalised global neighbours, of all faiths and none.
Poverty is an outrage against humanity. It robs people of their dignity and lets injustice thrive.
We seek to eradicate extreme poverty by tackling its root causes. Together with people living in poverty, we amplify our voices to speak truth to power and create lasting change.
(Please note that a donation of a sum of money equivalent to the donations already made to the ‘5th Gospel Christian Charity ‘has been made to this Christian Aid appeal.)
Hilton Parish Church
Sunday 20 September 2026
A worship service will be held at 10.30am in the church building on Sunday 20 September. The service will simultaneously broadcast on the Church Facebook page. Teas and coffees will be served in the Sanctuary after the service. All very welcome!
The Bible passages are Jonah 4 and Matthew 20:1-16 and Duncan will be leading and preaching.
Here are links to websites which Duncan has recommended we explore:
The Bible Project
The Bible Society
The London Institute for Contemporary Christianity
Here are links to David Sim’s posts on ‘Medium’
All posts
New posts:
Love your enemies. No exceptions (July 20 2026)
The unfolding word: Listening for the heartbeat of the sacred text (August 3 2026)
Faith>Belief (31 August 2026)
Nature speaks of the divine (9 September 2026)
Beyond nature – encountering the divine (14 September 2026)
Inverness Warm Spaces
A number of venues across Inverness have opened their doors through the week to offer a warm welcome and bring people together in the local community. Enjoy some Highland hospitality and make new friends. Additional support is also available at some venues.
Here’s a link to a list of these ‘Warm Spaces’ with the times they are available.
Highland Foodbank asks for our help: Harvest Appeal 2026
Hilton Parish Church works very closely with Hilton Family Support, helping to make a difference in the local community. Click the links below to explore.
Click here for the latest Hilton Family Support Newsletter.
Click here to donate to Hilton Family Support
Giving to Hilton Parish Church
If you would like to give towards the work of Hilton Parish Church, here are a few ways in which you can do it.
(1) The most beneficial way of giving would be through a monthly standing order which would enable the congregation to have a regular and predictable monthly income:
Sort Code: 80-91-26
Account No: 00444375
Account Name: HILTON CHURCH
(2) You can also give through the Give.net link below
(3) Free Will Offering Envelopes – we are conscious that many may wish to continue with this scheme putting money aside each week, and we look forward to receiving these offerings when the crisis comes to an end.
(4) If you would like to give offerings through cheque, these can be made payable to Hilton Church and posted to: Hilton Parish Church, 4 Tomatin Road, Inverness, IV2 4UA
Please note that if you are a tax payer Gift Aid is applicable for all of the above and this can increase our income by 25%. If possible, please complete a Gift Aid declaration (available here or from the church office) and return it to the church office.
We thank you for your support of the ministry of Hilton Church.
Our latest Facebook posts
This is a gentle Christian service for all those who have experienced the loss of a baby in pregnancy or infancy, for those who have faced difficult circumstances and for those who have known the pain of infertility. Your experience doesn’t need to have been recent - grief can sometimes be carried for many years, unspoken. You also don’t need to be familiar with church services to attend. The service takes place during Baby Loss Awareness Week.
There will be no pressure to sing, to pray or to otherwise engage, though if you like you can light a candle. We’ll have some resources for you to browse, and a cuppa for anyone who’d like to stay on for a while afterwards. Please do join us, and please pass this on to anyone else who might find it helpful. You are very welcome to accompany a friend.
1 CommentsComment on Facebook
Here's a link to David Sim's latest post in Medium:
Beyond Nature — Encountering the Divine
medium.com
Nature reveals God’s majesty, but only Scripture tells us where we stand with Him0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Get in touch
Contact Details
Hilton Church is at 4 Tomatin Road, Inverness IV2 4UA
Church Office: 01463 233310
email:
office@hiltonchurch.org.uk
The Care Team
The Care Team’s role is to provide help and support in various ways for people of all ages in the congregation. These could be a home or hospital visit, a meal in time of crisis, or a listening ear.
If you, or anyone you know needs help in this way, please contact
Church Office: 01463 233310