CHURCH GROUPS
AND ACTIVITIES
CURRENT NEWS
SUMMER SERVICES
Welcome to our Sunday Services in August
For the next two Sundays - 16th and 23rd of August the Rev. Graeme Bell with Sandra will lead worship when the minister is on summer leave.
We look forward to welcoming Graeme and Sandra in their time with the congregation.
For the last Sunday of August we will focus on the return to normal routines particularly in local schools and the University of the Highlands and Islands.
EXPLORE
Discipleship Explored
The Explore group will hold fortnightly Sessions
from September to November 2026 with a focus for this coming session on the Video and Discussion programme entitled "Discipleship Explored."
Sessions are in St Regulus Church in Cromarty
from 3:30 - 5:00 pm and start with refreshments.
Free entry - all welcome!
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 - 'Discipleship Explored.'
Summer Specials we're very grateful to our two speakers - Dr. Ian Basham "Reactions that 'rocked' the world" and Alan Taylor "An Introduction to Outdoor Church" - for leading such interesting presentations this summer!
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 - restarts in September.
Prayer Meeting takes place on Thursday evenings at 7pm - 7:30 pm on Zoom - contact the minister for details -restarts in September.
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 - restarts in September.
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 - restarts in September.
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 2026 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
"Leading Worship" (Warren Beattie) and "Conducting a Funeral" (Mike Rattenbury) will start in September 2026.
First Steps in "Preaching the Word of God" will begin in January 2027. See further information on the "About Us" page.
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.
