Photo by Peter Teago AN CARRANNACH The General Interest Magazine of Lochcarron, Shieldaig, Applecross, Kishorn, Torridon & Kinlochewe Districts. Kayleigh Maclean Aged 15 NO: 387 JUNE 2020 COMPLIMENTARY Lochcarron Area Covid19 Community Support coupled with a variety of unknown outcomes, it is very Fund. difficult to plan ahead. The funding awarded to us has made a massive difference to so many people, By now most of you will be aware that Lochcarron volunteers have been able to deal with a variety of Community Development Company has received issues at a local level and as the lockdown continues, funding to help and assist people residing in the we are aware that the number of people requiring Lochcarron and Kishorn area through the Covid19 support will increase. pandemic. Each community has their own way of working and the level of funding differs in each area, in This is the area covered. our case assistance came via The Supporting Communities Fund which is administered by Highlands and Islands Enterprise and from the North Highland Initiative, TRADEBE and The Highland Council. The programme is managed by Lochcarron Community Development Company and covers a range of projects, aimed at assisting the community through the Covid19 crisis. Covid19 affects every single person on the planet to varying degrees. In our area, we focussed our support package on those who are self-isolating, the more vulnerable, people with young families and those whose income has been reduced due to the pandemic. In order to best understand the level of need and the What’s the funding for? value of matching support required, we engaged in conversation with a number of local businesses, The overall package includes the setting up and members of the community, other local organisations, delivery of the following outputs: The Howard Doris Centre, The Ferguson Medical Practice, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and other Essential services provision including food Development Officer-supported organisations known to • be submitting applications to the SCF. deliveries. • Resources for growing your own food – Plant and The newly formed volunteer group, the Community seed exchange located at the Rockvilla Hotel Car Support Network responded quickly to the pandemic park. and set up a network of volunteers to support their Green/Red Flag initiative, an alert system put in place • Volunteer Co-ordinator service established and to assist anyone in need of medical assistance or help. operated, Elaine Porritt and Vicky Stonebridge Other volunteers took to their sewing machines to jointly filling the role. make face masks which are available to anyone and Households have access to basic food provisions. can be picked up from The Bistro or by contacting • Lochcarron Community Development Company. • Signposting service and chatline to direct you to Given the unusual circumstances created by the virus, (Continued on page 2) 1 (Continued from page 1) the help you need. AN CARRANNACH • Assistance with equipment for home schooling. Published by An Carrannach Society, Lochcarron. • Expenses for homeworker volunteers making PPE. Chairperson: Joanna Macpherson • Hand sanitiser and gloves made available for key Deputy Chair Roger Cundiff workers. Editorial Content Material for publication must be emailed to Michelle Teago at • Small discretionary budget to help ease the [email protected] or a phone burdens imposed by Covid19. call to 01520 722688 Delivering the project was quite an undertaking and we Sub Editor Joanna Macpherson owe our thanks to the team of hardworking inspirational, volunteer food packers, mask makers, Area Representatives: local food providers, delivery drivers, the Community Network Group volunteers, Ryan and Lauren (The Applecross: Rockvilla Hotel) and Marek Dziezok. The contents of Kishorn: Carol Cocks 01520 733 213 Shieldaig: Helen Collins [email protected] the food boxes delivered were locally sourced and we Torridon: owe a massive THANK YOU to Emma, Hector and the Team (Lochcarron Food Store), to Chrissie and Features: A Word from the Church/On Reflection Duncan (Lochcarron Garage), Shaun and Hazel (Lochcarron Bistro) and to Pnut and Lisa (The Gardening – To be confirmed Albatross) for their hard work. Nature Notes – Hatty Arthur – 01520 722 551 At the time of writing, funding continues to be available, Email: [email protected] please get in touch with us if you need assistance, we Advertising: [email protected] are here to help. 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However, this does not mean that the available either online or phone church is on a break! We are still here to Please contact Rev Marcos Florit serve our communities in whatever way on 01520722999 or email we can. We produce a newsletter every [email protected] week to encourage each other and to for directions on how to get ensure that we feel connected and united connected. in our faith. We welcome you to join in. The service length is approximately If you would like to talk to someone or 1 hour. would like a prayer, please feel free to You may join by video or just audio. contact our Minister, Rev. Anita Stutter on 01520 722783 0r 07469759457. “The LORD is near to all who call on Email [email protected] him, to all who call on him in truth “ Psalm 145:18” ALL ARE WELCOME www.freechurch.org 3 I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that ON you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. (John 17:24) This means that our flesh is above. He is the first fruits; and if there is such thing as the first fruits, it REFLECTION obviously means that there are to be more. This body of which the Psalmist said that it is “fearfully It is a matter of fact that when we think about special and wonderfully made” is there! William Barclay, a dates in the year it’s probably Christmas and Easter Church of Scotland minister expressed it like this: In that come immediately to our minds, especially in a the Ascension the manhood of Jesus was taken up culture that is rooted in Christianity. We may also into the heavenly places, and, therefore, our add, if we think hard, Pentecost. But quite often manhood will also be so taken up. … Here is the there is one occasion that is simply overlooked: The answer to the hope which Tennyson expressed: Ascension of our Lord. “Thou wilt not leave us in the dust; Thou madest For the past month of May, the Christian Church man, he knows not why; He thinks he was not made calendar includes both occasions. Yes, I know that to die; And Thou hast made him; Thou art just.” this issue of the “An Carrannach” is the June issue, Those that set their hope in Jesus, can live with this but you’ll see, I hope, that it makes sense to keep assurance, with this hope, knowing that this hope thinking about, especially the Ascension. Because it will not lead to disappointment (Romans 5:5). is the Ascension of Jesus that, in a way, makes real Fourthly, it means that there are some things we for us everything that Jesus came to do, and it keeps can bank on. Since by means of the Ascension making it real as time goes on. Let me share a few Jesus Christ has been enthroned, He rules over all thoughts about it. things! And because He rules, and He rules with us The apostle Paul, writing to the church at Ephesus, in His heart, there are some essential things that said: But grace was given to each one of us take place: He intercedes for us (Romans 8:34). He according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore, always lives to make intercession for us (Hebrews it says, “When he ascended on high, he led a host of 7:25). He appears in the presence of God on our captives, and he gave gifts to men.” (Ephesians 4:7- behalf (Hebrews 9:24).