There will be a morning service at Helensburgh URC on Sunday 13th June at 11:00 led by Eric Woodburn. Please note, there will be no live broadcast nor a recording made this week. (This will resume on 20th June)

We will also gather online as usual at 6:30pm via Zoom hosted by Irene Stephenson. Please use the regular Zoom link which is available from your Church Secretary if you don’t already have this.

Guidance for attending in person: don’t turn up too early, don’t attend if you feel unwell or have tested +ve, follow stewards’ instructions, give you name and contact information to the steward on arrival, keep hand hygiene, don’t go near other people to chat, wear a face covering, observe the 2m guidance and at the end of the service leave the premises and don’t linger to chat inside. There will be limited numbers able to attend but as we are now in Level 1 congregational singing is allowed if we wear masks and don’t sing too loud. Words will be projected on the screens.

There was a Communion Service at Helensburgh URC on Sunday 6th June at 11:00. Here is an unedited recording of the morning service.

Due to Argyll & Bute entering Level 1 on Saturday 5th June it was possible to resume congregational singing. The congregation kept their masks on whilst singing and avoided singing too loudly to reduce aerosol projection. Our Choir and instrumentalists will be allowed to sing and play again too – watch out for updates on this.

Helensburgh URC hosted an 11:00am joint service for the group of churches ‘North of the Clyde’ with some attending in person and others joining online using the usual Zoom link. We also gathered online as usual in the evening at 6:30pm. A recording of the morning service for Trinity Sunday will be available here shortly.

The video of Severn Suzuki speaking to the United Nations

On Sunday 23rd May there was a service at 11:00am at Helensburgh URC to celebrate Pentecost. This service was live broadcast via the usual Zoom link. Here is an edited recording:

We met as usual online in the evening from 6:30pm-7:15pm using the regular Zoom link which is available from your Church Secretary or the Minister if you don’t already have this.

On Sunday 16th May there was an 11:00am service at Helensburgh URC led by Rev Paul Jupp. Please note there was no live broadcast via Zoom nor a recording this week as our minister was leading worship at Dumbarton URC. Instead, you may wish to revisit this service from Sunday 17th May 2020.

We met as usual online in the evening from 6:30pm-7:15pm using the regular Zoom link which is available from your Church Secretary or the Minister if you dont already have this.

On Sunday, 9th May, two in-person services were held at HURC to mark the start of Christian Aid Week (10th-16th May). At 11:00am our regular morning service focussing on Christian Aid and in the evening at 6:30pm we hosted a joint Christian Aid service for the churches of the Helensburgh area. You can make a donation online for Christian Aid. We were able to meet ecumenically online during Holy Week but this was the first in-person local ecumenical gathering in well over a year.

Here is a recording of the HURC morning service.

Here is a recording of the joint evening Christian Aid Week service for the churches of the Helensburgh area:

Photos by Irene Stephenson of the evening Christian Aid Service.

We gathered for public Morning Worship at Helensburgh URC on Sunday 2nd May at 11:00am for a morning communion service. Those attending were asked to bring a piece of bread. Although we cannot share bread and wine for communion, as we might have done in the past, we can break break together with each of us eating our own piece. Those attending at home, via Zoom, were asked to do likewise. The service was broadcast using the regular Zoom link (available from your Church Secretary or the Minister) and this recording is for those who were unable to attend.

We met again in this evening at 6:30pm via Zoom for an online celebration of communion.