CHURCH GROUPS
AND ACTIVITIES
CURRENT NEWS
EASTERTIDE SERVICES
Welcome to our services after Easter.
Over May and June we will be looking outwards from the book of Acts chs. 17 - 18.
We will be learning - from its European contexts and settings - lessons for our own times.
EXPLORE
The Bible Course
The Explore group will have 8 fortnightly Sessions
from April to early July 26 with a focus on the Bible Course
(New Edition) produced by the Bible Society -
continues Wed 20th May 2026 !
Spring Special
“Athentikos - I am Art:
Creative Church”
Rosie Messeder
working in Guatemala
Thursday 14th May
4:15 – 5:15p.m.
Refreshments from 4 p.m. onwards
Spring Special
Refreshments
4 p.m. onwards
“Athentikos - I am Art:
Creative Church”
Rosie Messeder
serving in Guatemala
Thursday 14th May
4:15 – 5:15p.m
Black Isle East Church has activities and groups that meet throughout the week.
EXPLORE
Explore your faith. Find out more about faith, God and the Bible by coming along to our Explore group and our Summer Special events.
Explore Group meets on 1st and 3rd Wednesday
afternoons in Cromarty (six sessions from September 3rd 2025 - refreshments will be served - all welcome! (Free entry).
-> new Explore group - 'The Bible Course' coninues on 1st & 3rd Wednesday in May, June and July 26 - see Poster above for details!
Summer Specials will take place in and around Rosemarkie Church in the summer of 2026 - details coming soon.
Last year, in 2025, William Mather shared on the theme "Seeing the Special in the Ordinary" and MAJN shared on the theme "Make a Joyful Noise!" - as they introduced the new Church of Scotland Hymnbook "God Welcomes All."
DEEPEN
Deepen your faith. Join our weekly Bible Studies and Prayer Meetings.
Bible Study meets on Thursday at 3pm in Fortrose - contact the minister for details - has restarted in May 26.
Prayer Meeting takes place on Thursday evenings at 7pm - 7:30 pm on Zoom - contact the minister for details - has restarted in May 26.
CREATE
Celebrate the arts and creativity in our church.
Make a Joyful Noise our music group, meets on Thursday afternoons at 4:15 - 5:15 pm in the Church - the Spring session - has restarted in May 26.
Make a Joyful Noise, MAJN, supports the congregational singing and adds items in different seasons: Advent/ Christmas; Lent to Easter; in the late spring we look outwards through Pentecost and a World Church focus; in the summer we support the "Summer Specials."
The Crafts Group meets at 2pm on Tuesday afternoons in the Seaforth Hall.
-> the Crafts group - has restarted in May 26.
The Crafts Group produces crafts for different seasons of the year.
Visual artists share their work from time to time in the liturgy of our Sunday services and at Summer & Autumn Specials.
'Killearnan Summer' by William Mather - Oil on Canvas (42x59cm)
CREATIVE COLLECTIVE
The Creative Collective exists as a forum to stimulate projects and inspire the creative activities of the church in the Sunday worship but also in other aspects of church and community life.
The Creative Collective is an occasional group which meets a few times a year with a focus in early Autumn towards Advent/Christmas, in the new year towards Lent/Passion/ Easter and after Easter towards Ascension/ Pentecost and the 'Summer Specials'.
Autumn 2025 During the autumn, the MAJN music gruop will be preparing seasonal music for Adlvent / Christmas - contemporary hymns and carols, (including Scottish carols), and items from 100 Carols for Choirs -
as well as familiar hymns and carols from Church Hymnary 4.
'Fun on the Beach' by William Mather - Oil on Canvas (50x76cm)
CONNECT
Connect globally and nationally to other Christian charities and organisations.
Our church has members who are active around the five marks of mission and who are involved with a range of Christan organisations and charities - these include:
ACORN - connecting to the world around;
Friends International - a charity reaching international students;
OMF International - an agency working in East Asia;
Phoenix India - a charity in North India;
Fairtrade - connecting the church to the wider world and its needs.
GROW
Grow in your faith. As a church we encourage our members to develop their skills and to train others.
Our minister Rev. Dr Warren Beattie has been involved in delivering training for worship though the Highland Theological College (UHI) for ministry candidates who take the module "Understanding Worship and the Sacraments"; he is also tutor for the 'Pathways' - "Leading Worship" track for church members - two of our own elders who completed this in 2023 were accredited by the Church of Scotland to "Lead Worship" in our local congregation. The current batch in 2025 has over a dozen new students drawn from across the Presbytery of CEI.
There are now three Pathways Courses for Clèir Eilean Ì Presbytery delivered through HTC-UHI
"Preaching the Word of God" started in February 2026 - see the summary on the "About Us" page on "Training in Our Presbytery" for more information and the video advert on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBoIgI8lIwg
- "Leading Worship" (Warren Beattie) and "Conducting a Funeral" (Mike Rattenbury) took place in Autumn 2025.
Warren also shares occasionally at the Centre for the Study of World Christianity with international students and he and his wife have been involved in training at
All Nations Christian College in Hertfordshire, England.
