Aberdeen Hillside Parish Church

10/11/2025

Chat and Chill on Tuesday 11th November at 2PM is open to all. Come and hear local author Peter Watson speak about his experiences in writing and publishing his first book, "The Sillingham Robins", get a hint or two about his new book coming soon, hear about his part in setting up a charity for Younger People With Dementia (YPWD) and enjoy tea, coffee and refreshments in good company. Entry from the Rosehill Drive hall doors, admission free, optional donation towards the refreshments. Raffle donations very welcome.

Peter Watson was born in North Norfolk. Most of his working life has been spent in the IT industry. After retiring to North-East Scotland he decided to pursue his love of creative writing, publishing and producing his first time crime novel, The Sillingham Robins. A second book is on its way and Peter will be sharing his experiences as a first time publishing author. Further information can be found on Peter’s website www.thesillinghamrobins.com

Pete also set up and ran a charity in Berkshire called Younger people with Dementia (YPWD). It’s now one of the top charities in the UK focusing on the needs of working age people and their carers. For 9 years he worked with the government on the Dementia Programme Board advising on dementia strategy.

03/11/2025

There's a brief Zoom online prayer meeting for The Presbytery of the North East and the Northern Isles on Monday, 3rd November at 8PM. Zoom details are given on The Presbytery Weekly newsletter at https://nenipresbytery.org.uk/the-presbytery-weekly and are shown below too.

Prayer Meeting for our presbytery, 3 November at 8 pm

We will be meeting next Monday, 3 November at 8 pm to pray for our presbytery.

Join us on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/98085179577?pwd=GhW5L33o827N6jddQG8SZpknHBBGej.1

Meeting ID: 980 8517 9577
Passcode: 458211

03/11/2025

The Presbytery of the North East and the Northern Isles, the Presbytery that we're a part of, has a weekly newsletter that highlights things that are going on around the churches as well as some general news and views. Have a look at https://nenipresbytery.org.uk and click on the 'news' tab (it's not immediately obvious that's a link - https://nenipresbytery.org.uk/presbytery-news/) and also check out the menu links to The Presbytery Weekly, Presbytery Clerk's News, and Events too!

03/09/2025

Emergency Alert TEST, Sunday 7 September, 3PM

The UK Government is testing the national Emergency Alert system for mobile phones on Sunday 7 September 2025 at 3PM. Newer mobile phones will make an alert sound like a siren for ten seconds (even if your phone is set to silent, or you've no credit) and display a message explaining it's a test. Check the four pages attached about the test and let any vulnerable folk in your life know they've not to worry about it.

07/07/2025

All of Stonehaven's churches of all denominations are having a joint day of events to mark Sea Sunday. Their day begins with folks from all over coming together at 8AM at the very end of the North breakwater pier for a short service of hymns and prayers and a special 'blessing of the fleet'. Everybody's welcome to come and join in this unusual event.

“Sea Sunday” is a worldwide day to honour, recognise, raise awareness of, and support the many men and women who keep our world moving through their work at sea. Often in dangerous and lonely conditions and spending months away from their families.

Churches across the UK and beyond have come together to plan events on Sunday 13th July, marking this day of action. In Stonehaven, all the local churches of all denominations have arranged events in the run up to Sunday, and they’ll all be taking part together in a special Harbour Service at 8AM on the breakwater pier in Stonehaven Harbour. The Stonehaven Lifeboat, the Sea Cadets, and the Seaman’s Mission are amongst the many organisations giving their direct support.

Fr Mark Impson, St Mary’s RC Church in Stonehaven, will be blessing the fleet during the open-air service, and both Fetteresso and Carronside Church of Scotland churches have parts to play at the Harbour Service and during their regular Sunday morning services too. Carronside’s service begins at 10:30AM, and Fetteresso’s at 10:45AM, and visitors are always very welcome in our churches.

A cordial invitation is extended to anyone and everyone to join the churches of Stonehaven on the pier for 8AM on Sunday, to show your support for the 1.9 million seafarers who live and work in often difficult and dangerous conditions. As we expect a good turnout from near and far, please plan to arrive at the pier, under the “Speed Limit 3 Knots” sign, in good time for a prompt 8AM start, remembering that parking may be limited and there is a short walk to get there.

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16/05/2025

Sunday afternoon, 2pm - 4pm, our VE Day choir concert and singalong by the award-winning Friends in Harmony Choir is going to be a tribute in song to mark 80 years since Victory in Europe and honour the sacrifice of all who served in every capacity during the Second World War. Come along and listen to the choir singing songs from the time, and add your voice to theirs in the singalong medleys. Just £5 on the door for adults, accompanied kids free, and refreshments and home bakes are included!

Please come along, please share this post amongst your Facebook friends, and please enjoy the hard work of the choir leaders and members in preparing to mark this important anniversary.

16/05/2025

Friday's Christian Aid devotional message opens with a reading from John's gospel - Chapter 15, verses 9 to 17. It contains one of the most powerful verses in the Bible, and one that, today with all the turmoil in the world around us, seems so very simple:

Love One Another

11/05/2025

This Christian Aid week, our Minister, Rev Edson Duque, invites everyone interested to a brief but meaningful series of devotionals based on Christian Aid's "Abounding Hope" booklet available for free download fromhttps://resources.christianaid.org.uk/sites/default/files/2025-02/516201-dailydevotional-web.pdf

You're invited to join us on Zoom at 11AM Monday to Friday this week for a short session based each day on the messages found in Abounding Hope.

10/05/2025

It's Christian Aid week from Sunday 11 May to Saturday 17 May. To help support the week, Christian Aid has produced a booklet of daily devotions that will help us all understand a tiny bit about the issues that other people are dealing with, and give practical advice about ways that we can help. The booklet is available for download from Christian Aid athttps://resources.christianaid.org.uk/sites/default/files/2025-02/516201-dailydevotional-web.pdf and if you keep an eye on this page, we'll be joining together to think about the message of Christian Aid week 2025

26/04/2025

Sunday morning 11AM, join us online at https://YouTube.com/, and in the church if you're able to join us, and be part of our family service of worship. Sunday school for the younger ones, hymns old and new, and Rev Edson Duque to lead us forward

Aberdeen Hillside Parish Church is the Church of Scotland parish church in the Presbytery of the North East and Northern Isles serving the communities of Hilton, Middlefield, and Woodside in Aberdeen. Aberdeen Hillside Parish Church came from a union - a merger - of the Hilton, Middlefield, and Wood...

23/04/2025

The University of Aberdeen has an annual series of open-to-all lectures - the Gifford lectures - and this year the speaker is Professor Miroslav Volf of Yale University in the US. There aren't enough superlatives to properly describe him - check out his extensive Wikipedia entry at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miroslav_Volf, and his worldwide reputation in theology, culture, ethics, economics, globalisation, and so much more. The lecture series is free to attend, in person at the King's College Conference Centre, or on the livestream. Either way, pre-registration is important, particularly if you plan/hope to attend in person. Visit the university's information page about this Gifford event at https://www.abdn.ac.uk/dhpa/events/the-gifford-lectures/current-series/, where you'll find more details and links to the booking page.

19/04/2025

Easter Sunday breakfast rolls in the hall before the service. £5 adults, accompanied kids free :) Doesn't matter if you haven't pre-ordered, there'll be plenty for all.