St Mary & All Souls Coldstream

St Mary & All Souls Coldstream St.Mary and All Souls Scottish Episcopal Church is a welcoming church in Coldstream, Berwickshire in

Sunday Services:
1st, 2nd & 3rd Sunday - 9.30am
With our 1st Sunday being our Sunday Morning Gathering
Mid week services:
Mon/Wed/Fri - 10.00am Morning Gathering
Mon - Fri - 6pm Evening Prayer

All services available by Zoom -
Meeting ID: 3274618058 Password: Church
Or you can follow the link: https://zoom.us/j/3274618058?pwd=U081YUU3MDBIc3NpVHRuNkFZMkprQT09

Home communion available

Prayer and Reflection for the Week:Reading:“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (...
17/06/2026

Prayer and Reflection for the Week:

Reading:
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)

Reflection:
Life often feels like a series of heavy demands. We carry the weight of our responsibilities; our worries about the future; and the pressure to perform. We often try to solve these problems on our own, carrying our loads until we are completely worn out. But Jesus does not ask us to fix everything before we approach Him. He invites us to come exactly as we are, coming with our struggles, frustrations and burdens.

And this rest He promises is not just a break from work. It is a deep, soul-level comfort that comes from knowing we do not have to carry the world on our shoulders.

When we bring our burdens to Him, we admit that He is in control. True rest is found when we stop striving in our own strength and start trusting in His grace. He invites us to set our heavy loads down at His feet so that we can walk in the freedom of His companionship.

Prayer:
Lord, I am often tired from trying to carry everything on my own. Thank You for the gentle invitation to come to You. Forgive me for holding onto my worries instead of handing them over to You. Please take these burdens from me today and replace them with the peace that only You can give. Help me to trust that You are holding me even when things feel heavy. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

For further reflection:
What is one specific burden or worry you have been carrying alone this week? Today, make a conscious choice to bring it to God in prayer and leave it with Him, trusting that He is big enough to handle it.

https://prayray.com

We're looking forward to our service tomorrow at 11:15am - a time to get together, catch up with one another, encounter ...
13/06/2026

We're looking forward to our service tomorrow at 11:15am - a time to get together, catch up with one another, encounter God and remind ourselves - we are loved.

You are, as always, more than welcome to join us. Our service will also be accessible via Zoom, with the log-on details both on our FB page and at: www.stmaryscoldstream.org.uk

Reflection for the Week:I wonder what you see as your most important aims in life?Some might say the striving after know...
11/06/2026

Reflection for the Week:

I wonder what you see as your most important aims in life?

Some might say the striving after knowledge: the more I study, the more qualifications I gain, the better qualified I will be, the better job I can have......and on it goes.
We live in a society where the acquisition of knowledge has become highly prized.

And yet, in direct challenge to this Leo Tolstoy, in a A Calendar of Wisdom, said:

"Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.
Among the most necessary knowledge is the knowledge of how to live well; that is, how to produce the least possible evil and the greatest goodness in one’s life. At present, people study useless sciences, but forget to study this, the most important knowledge."

This reminds us that true knowledge encapsulates both an earthed common sense and a deep awareness of our self. The ability to know the impact of our actions upon the lives of those around us, and the impact of our actions upon our own soul.

As we develop this knowledge so we become not only better people, but we become more at peace with ourselves.

https://thedailyidea.org

Prayer and Reflection for the Week:Reading:"Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassion's n...
09/06/2026

Prayer and Reflection for the Week:

Reading:
"Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassion's never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." Lamentations 3:22
Thoughts On Today's Scripture:

Reflection:
I'm sure we all face those days which feel so tough that you wonder if you'll make it through, and that the easiest thing would be to simply go back to bed and wait for tomorrow, hoping it might be a better day. Such things as feeling deeply hurt, losing someone you love, or facing problems that seem to have no solution can instill this sense of hopelessness.

On days like these, hope can feel very far away. But even in the darkest times, God's love never runs out. Today's short reading was written by someone who was going through one of the worst times in his nation's history. Everything seemed hopeless. But even then, he discovered that God's love doesn't depend on our circumstances.

God's mercy doesn't run dry when life gets hard. Every morning when you wake up, God has a fresh resource of mercy waiting for you. His love for you is brand new today, just as strong as it was yesterday, and will be tomorrow. No matter what you're facing, His faithful love never ends.

Prayer:
Dear God, when hope feels far away, remind me that Your love never ends. Fill me with Your mercy today, and help me see Your faithfulness even in difficult times. Amen.

Just remember:
God's faithful love for you never ends, his mercies toward you never cease. Every morning brings fresh grace from heaven. We only need to choose to receive it.

https://www.notebookandpenguin.com

There will be no service at St. Mary's this morning as we'll all be joining with the Parish Church to support Kerr as he...
06/06/2026

There will be no service at St. Mary's this morning as we'll all be joining with the Parish Church to support Kerr as he takes his first service as the new minister of the Parish Church.

Thought for the week:It can so often today feel like society praises success and punishes failure. When people get thing...
05/06/2026

Thought for the week:

It can so often today feel like society praises success and punishes failure.
When people get things right they are applauded and place d on a pedestal - and we are encouraged to be like them, to seek success so that we too might be praised.
But when people fail people are so quickly punished - sacked, replaced, whatever it might be. And we are reminded - don't do what they did.

And all of this can be so damaging to our own sense of self.

Winston Churchill once said: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”

And he reminds us that courage is one of the most important qualities we can develop. He reminds us too that both success and failure are parts of our journey, we will occasionally get things wrong (sometimes big-time) and we will occasionally get things right - but perseverance; the ability to pick ourselves up, place our feet on the ground and keep going; is what truly matters. For it is only by continuing to push forward; push through, that we can learn from our experiences and grow stronger.
Let’s keep using our courage to face life’s challenges!

https://scripturesavvy.com

We're looking forward to celebrating the induction of Kerr Wintersgill as the new minister of Coldstream Parish Church -...
04/06/2026

We're looking forward to celebrating the induction of Kerr Wintersgill as the new minister of Coldstream Parish Church - the service is tonight at 7:00pm.

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