Bill has looked after our buildings in Bolton and Saltoun and also after the manse for a very long time, and his expertise and creativity have been so helpful. Percy is always happy to help, be it with welcoming the school community into the church for an assembly, or with collecting shells at the beach for our all age services, and of course, in a lot of other ways, too, and we are grateful for his warm and happy presence. I’m pretty sure that Jim is the best pastor we have in our church; he looks out for others with care and concern, and we also appreciate his cheeky side. Paul often keeps himself quietly in the background, but does so much to help our church life run smoothly – from organising the door and communion rota to putting up posters in all our buildings to every week delivering service scripts to housebound church members – thank you for all you do.

A hustings for the constituency of Lothian East for the upcoming General Election will be held in Humbie Village Hall on Tuesday, 25th June at 7.30pm. Six of the seven candidates standing have confirmed their attendance. The event is organised by the Humbie, East and West Saltoun and Bolton Community Council, and will be chaired by the Scottish Churches Parliamentary Officer. For all unable to attend, the hustings will be livestreamed on our church website here.

We had a wonderful Garden Fete in the manse garden yesterday. Thank you very much to all who have supported it - by coming along and joining in the fun, all the helpers at stalls, games, and in the kitchen, the fabulous organisers Claire and Liz, and everyone who has helped in myriad ways. We raised more than £3,280 - thank you so much!

​Here are some pics from the fete.