A place of welcome to all in Dumfries, Scotland
The congregation of Maxwelltown West invites you to visit us, or to call upon us if we can help you.
Belated New Year greetings to you all. May God Bless you with good health and good cheer throughout 2019. As I write this article on a Mid-January day, the temperature is well above what it should be. Indeed, on New Year’s Day we had snowdrops showing their white heads and all Spring bulbs are well through. Meanwhile I spoke to…
The Session Clerk’s birthday was made complete by witnessing our talented and dedicated Locum emulating our Lord and Saviour by ‘turning water into wine’ in front of 2 helpful young visitors to our Church and Sunday School. It is also heartening to see Anita Stott stepping in to lead the Sunday School whilst Dawn McLeod is unwell. We all wish…
Henry Glen Alexander Simmons 1944-1983 The Eleventh Minister of our Church. Part One-The Early Days Henry Glen Alexander Simmons the younger of two sons born to John Glen Simpson, a grocer and Agnes Alexander, was born on the 10th September 1910 in Cambuslang in the county of Lanark. The family name Glen had been missed from his original birth certificate…