Welcome to Belhaven and Spott Parish Church
Welcome to our website, which we hope will give you a flavour of the sorts of things we get up to and the kind of people we are here at Belhaven and Spott Parish Church.
Be sure to also check out our Facebook and Instagram pages, particularly - but not exclusively - for news, recaps and photos regarding our exciting Messy Church and Breakfast Church initiatives (as detailed on the What's On page of this website).
Worship with us in June
| 7 June | 10:00am | Communion at Spott |
| 11:30am | Communion at Belhaven | |
| 14 June | 11:30am | Worship at Belhaven |
| 21 June | 11:30am | Brunch Church in Belhaven Hall |
| 7:00pm | Ecumenical Songs of Praise at Spott | |
| 28 June | 10:00am | Worship at Spott |
| 11:30am | Worship at Belhaven |
Weekly Church Bulletin
Below is our most recent church bulletin, available for download in PDF format and viewable in apps like Adobe Acrobat
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For a calendar of church events taking place in the near future, visit the Forward Planner page on the website. And for a more general sense of the activites we support and undertake, visit the What's On page.
Where We Are
Click on the map to expand it - and for detailed Google Maps information, click here for Belhaven, and click here for Spott.
A Word from the Minister
On the General Assembly
Dear Friends,
The 2026 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland met to make many decisions and reflect on the ongoing decline in Church membership since the late 1950s. One of the clearest themes to emerge
from the Causes of Decline report was that the Church must recover confidence in the gospel and learn to speak more of "Jesus" than of "Church."
This is both a challenge and an opportunity. In my role as a Church of Scotland Minister, I speak about the Church every day, but I am, before anything else, a Minister of the Gospel of Jesus
Christ, as we are all called to be in some way. What might it look like for you to speak more of Jesus in your community? How can we be people who share hope, hospitality, prayer, compassion, and
friendship in everyday life? In one of his New Testament letters, the Apostle Peter instructs, "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give a reason for the hope that is
in you," and goes on to say that we should do this in "gentleness and respect" (1 Peter 3:15).
The Assembly’s discussions were a reminder that the future of the Church will not be secured simply by better structures, but by renewed faith, courage, and a willingness to speak naturally and
joyfully about the good news of Jesus in the places where God has called us to serve. In these moments, you will be strengthened, and His Church will grow. May God bless you with these
opportunities with friends, neighbours, and those around you, and may He give you all the hope and confidence needed to sustain you in this and all you do.
Thank you all for the many meaningful ways you serve, for the care you show, and for the conversations you have.
Every blessing,
Your Minister, Alastair.
A welcome message from our minister, Rev. Alastair Stark