Mission Statement
Sharing the love of Jesus Christ through aviation and technology so that isolated people may be physically and spiritually transformed.
Sunday 15th August, Rev.Roderick Grahame will preach as sole nominee for Brechin Cathedral. All members are invited to attend the service.
6th August - International Youth Festival:
VIVAlini (Russia)
The ensemble was founded in 2002. In 2005 it became the winner of "The Krasnoyarsk open festival-contest of ensemble and orchestra music", and that same year it won the diploma of the 2nd regional festival-contest of ensemble and orchestra music.
The art-director of the ensemble is the violin class teacher of the Krasnoyarsk College of Arts Voytina Elena. Her students and students of viola class teacher Dimitrik Galina (the ensemble’s managing director) has been playing in the "VIVAlini". The ensemble’s repertoire includes different compositions of A. Mimaldi, J.S.Bach, A. Dvorak, G. Handel, M.Tariverdiyev, A. Piazzolla, S. Slonimsky and many others.
The ensemble frequently gives concerts in Krasnoyarsk. In 2002 the group soloists took part in the concert held in Moscow in the concert hall "Russia". The soloist and the leader of the ensemble – Yulia Romanova is the laureate of the 3rd prize of the international contest "Naidal 2005" in Ulan-Ude city and the laureate of the 2nd prize of all-russian festival-contest of chamber music "Siberian chamber assemblys" in 2007 in Krasnoyarsk.
In February 2008 the ensemble "VIVAlini" performed successfully on international festival-contest "Window to Europe" in Sait-Petersburg, Russia and won the 1st prize. As a winner the ensemble was invited to take part in the 7th international festival-contest "Zamkowe Lato Artystyczne" in Polland in July, 2008.
Tickets will be on sale from:
Cathedral office, 6 Church Street, Brechin. Opening hours Mon. - Friday 10.00-12.00. Tel.no. 01356 629360. Ticket price:- £6, concessions £5, accompanied children under 16 free,concert to start at 7.30p.m.
Soup and Sweet Lunch held at the Cathedral on Easter Sunday 4th April.
This photograph shows Sheile Meikle(centre)receiving a cheque for £338 from Lisa Hastie(left) and Freya Minty representing Brechin Cathedral Congregation.This money was raisedby means of a Soup and Sweet Lunch held at the Cathedral on Easter Sunday4th April.
C.H.A.S. which is short for Children's Hospice Association Scotland is a charity which supports families who have a child or children with a life threatening condition.Care and support is offered to the whole family either at Rachel House in Kinross, Robin House in Balloch and,through"Chas at Home"based in Inverness,in their own homes.
Sheila gave thanks to all at Brechin Cathedral who helped raise this sum and she assured us that the children would enjoy immensely what this money can purchase.
Presentation to Marjory Gourley:
As result of soup and sweet lunch held on Easter Sunday,a cheque for £300 was presented to Marjory from the congregation of Brechin Cathedral. We wish Marjory all the very best.God Bless her and keep her safe.
Please see her website which gives more details about Church Mission Society and the work they do all over the world.
"Mission Aviation Fellowship", the project our Ladies Guild is supporting for the next three years.
Soup Lunches:
Lunches will resume in September:Can you help? Either within as a team or even to make a pot of soup? Expenses are paid. Contact Jean Gray or Sheea Hawke.
Cathedral Guild
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The Cathedral Magazine
The June/July edition of our magazine is now available as a download and hopefully this will now reach a greater audience than just 'Brechiners' who stay in the Brechin area.
We hope that ex-Brechiners will enjoy this new style of magazine and we would welcome any feedback from you as to what you liked about this and if you would like to see some other additions.
Douglas and Beryl White are our magazine editors and they can be contacted at dd.white@tiscali.co.uk