08/27/2026
From Pastor Doug:
Middletown Church Family,
Sunday, September 20th will be my first Sunday back after our Sabbatical. On that day, as part of our morning worship we will be celebrating a Kirkin’ O’ the Tartans with a full Pipe and Drum band!
This service includes a blessing of the tartans, or clans and will serve as a reminder and celebration of our Scottish Presbyterian roots. However, it is my desire to celebrate all of our “roots” – families, clans, tribes or nations. So, I have two requests:
That you mark September 20 on your calendar and plan to attend the service and invite any family or friends to join you.
That you send to me or the church office the following information:
If you have known Scottish roots – Your clan name/tartan and the name of anyone who will be in attendance representing that clan.
If you do not have Scottish roots – Any tribe, nation, ethnicity that is part of your roots and with which you identify and the name(s) of any who will be present and representing those roots.
As I am sure you may have guessed, I will be wearing a kilt on that day and I would invite any who have a kilt, skirt, tie, sash or other tartan to wear it. Also, if you come representing some other tribe or nation and have any traditional clothing or item representing that culture, you would be welcome to wear/bring it as well.
We hope to have all the families, clans, tribes and nations represented on that day, as well as the names of those representing them, listed in the bulletin so that we can bless them all! So, please send in that information as soon as possible so that we don’t miss anyone.
We hope for this to be a fun and celebratory time of worship as we give thanks for all that God has done throughout all generations and asking his blessing on all of us as we move into his future!
