Several groups who are walking the St Cuthbert's Way have visited us recently. On Sunday 26th a pilgrim party from America joined us for worship at Morebattle - then walked over Wideopen Hill and were welcomed with some tea and biscuits at Yetholm. It was a somewhat wet day, though the spectacular views from the top of Wideopen were not obscured. The photograph above shows them being welcomed by Colin and drying out in the kirk. Hopefully the refreshments at Yetholm helped to revive their spirits and encoured them to press on into England on the following day ...
    Then on the night of the 28th May an Iona Community group camped out in the church - see photograph below (with members of our parish community). We hope both groups enjoyed their time with us and find their journey an enriching experience.

    The St Cuthbert's Way Churches group, to which we belong, are in the process of producing leaflets & other information about the churches along the route. Their leaflet for Yetholm has just been printed - scans are shown below. We look forward to a one for Morebattle in due course.

On Sunday 19th May Cheviot Churches celebrated Pentecost with an open-air service in the old walled-garden of Yetholm Hall. Our minister Colin spoke on the theme of communicating God's love. The service ended with the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. The sun gradually brightened as the service progressed and, though there weren't many tongues of fire on display, the air was filled with abundant birdsong! Afterwards we all enjoyed a birthday cake to mark the birth of the church and shared a picnic lunch. Many thanks to Michael and Margaret Rustad for allowing us to use their garden.