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Moderator and wife welcomed at civic reception


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Caithness civic leader Councillor Willie Mackay greets the Rt Rev Colin Sinclair and Ruth Sinclair, with (from left) councillors Matthew Reiss, Nicola Sinclair and Struan Mackie, Vice Lieutenant Willie Watt, Trudy Morris, Caithness Chamber of Commerce, and Councillor Donnie Mackay. Picture: Robert MacDonald / Northern Studios
Caithness civic leader Councillor Willie Mackay greets the Rt Rev Colin Sinclair and Ruth Sinclair, with (from left) councillors Matthew Reiss, Nicola Sinclair and Struan Mackie, Vice Lieutenant Willie Watt, Trudy Morris, Caithness Chamber of Commerce, and Councillor Donnie Mackay. Picture: Robert MacDonald / Northern Studios

A CIVIC reception was held on Monday evening to mark the visit of the Moderator of the Church of Scotland.

The event at Wick Town Hall was hosted by civic leader Councillor Willie Mackay to welcome the Rt Rev Colin Sinclair and his wife Ruth to the county.

Earlier in the day the Moderator had visited Caithness General Hospital and Pulteney House care home in Wick. And today he is due to visit North Highland College UHI in Thurso and attend a guild gathering at Thurso West Church.

On Wednesday he will be at Dunbeath Primary School and the Dunbeath Centre, and will address a public meeting of the local presbytery.

The Rt Rev Colin Sinclair and his wife Ruth are welcomed to a civic reception in Wick Town Hall by civic leader Councillor Willie Mackay and young pipers Glenn and Morven Miller, from Watten. Picture: Robert MacDonald / Northern Studios
The Rt Rev Colin Sinclair and his wife Ruth are welcomed to a civic reception in Wick Town Hall by civic leader Councillor Willie Mackay and young pipers Glenn and Morven Miller, from Watten. Picture: Robert MacDonald / Northern Studios

Thursday will see the Moderator visit Pentland Parish, and on Friday he will go to Newton Park Primary School and Wick High before visiting Wick harbour and the town’s RNLI station, and then the Lybster Friday Club.

Saturday's event is a tea dance in Caithness with Enable Scotland, while on Sunday (September 29) he will lead services at Halladale Parish Church and Pulteneytown Parish Church.


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