How to join our service in church
Our Sunday services are in church and on Zoom at 11 am. Our prayer meeting is every Sunday morning at 10 am. To join the service or prayer meeting on Zoom, please contact Gordon for the link.
Our church hall address is 32A High Street Dunbar.
Dunbar Parish Church will be open to visitors every Sunday from 2pm to 4pm, Church members will be present to welcome visitors and to answer questions. Information boards are placed around the church at areas of special interest with more detailed folders available for reference if required.
Who we are
Our minister and his family
The Rev. Gordon Stevenson was called here in 2010 and lives in Dunbar with his family. His wife was called to glory in 2020. During this ministry, our church has seen God at work in many different ways; lives transformed, people called into full time ministry, others helped etc. We are a family learning and serving Jesus together so that we might discover God's vision for the church and share it with everyone.
Our core values
GROW
Help people to develop a personal relationship with Christ by studying and being transformed by God's word praying to and worshipping God the Father being empowered by the Holy Spirit.
GATHER
Build and sustain a vibrant worshipping community by being a welcoming fellowship of believers growing together as disciples servicing God by using our gifts and talents.
GO
Fulfil Christ's Great Commission by sharing the Good News to make mature disciples working with our local community to transform it engaging with and supporting world mission.
Date for your diary
Special events
We will hold our Back to School with God service on Sunday 3 September. The service begins in church at 11 am.
Coffee Plus is celebrating Harvest in the church on Friday 8 September from 1 pm. Please let Moyra or Alison know if you would like to come along.
If you enjoy singing and listening to contemporary and traditional worship songs why not come along to Praise Gathering on 16 September in the Usher Hall from 7 pm until 9.30 pm. Graham Kendrick is the special guest. Tickets from www.usherhall.co.uk
Weekly activities
Weekly fellowship
The weekly Bible fellowship is restarting on Thursday 7 September on Zoom. The study will be the book of Ecclesiastes. Please contact the Idles for more information.
Food Share
We aim to offer our clients dignity of choice, so we are now gradually moving away from the limiting concept of offering pre-packed bags of food to clients. We help our clients to access food and essential toiletries; this can be done through providing them with store cards and high street
vouchers as well as still offering clients the opportunity to visit our stocked cabinets of food, toiletries, and cleaning products to choose what they need. We also run a social café, providing a safe space of support and community, as well as offering food, drinks and snacks every Wednesday lunchtime. Clients then have the opportunity to shop from our mobile cabinets if they choose.
Little Fishes Parent and Toddler Group
We meet on Thursday mornings during term-time from 9.30 am until 11.30 am in the church hall (32A High Street).
Anyone is welcome to come along with their pre-school children (0-4 years). Parents and carers must stay throughout the session with their children and are responsible for them. We would welcome a donation for the session. If you would like more specific details either go to the Little Fishes web site page Little Fishes or email the web administrator. Dunbarpcweb@gmail.com
Coffee Plus
We meet every Friday afternoon in church from 2 pm - 3.30 pm for a cuppa and blether. Everyone is welcome.
Book Club (monthly)
If you enjoy reading and then sharing your thoughts and ideas with others then this could be for you. The book club meets on in Catherine's house. For more information contact Lorna at lornamcleod8@outlook.com They are reading Identity Theft, edited by Melissa Kruger.
Church of Scotland safeguarding handbook
'Safeguarding underpins the theological imperative to care for the most vulnerable people that we engage with in our life and work. It is a permanent and necessary part of Church life. Everyone has the right to feel safe and cared for in the Church and it is also the responsibility of everyone in the Church'.
The Church of Scotland have prepared a Safeguarding Handbook with relevant policies, procedures and guidelines. A downloadable version of this introduction is available to view or print.
Recent sermons
Sunday 23rd July
https://youtu.be/Jtd3w7Makl8
Sunday 16th July
https://youtu.be/l12TcZzAGeU
Sunday 25 June
https://youtu.be/F7gpx9H_T5M
Sunday 11 June
https://youtu.be/wK8ntkYBs_A
Sunday 4 June
https://youtu.be/bUTQPSLxFkY
Sunday 28 May
https://youtu.be/CqsOF7jbuIE
Sunday 21 May
https://youtu.be/MTpr4_hTBkg
Sunday 14 May
https://youtu.be/1BrxGVVTs1sj
Sunday 7 May
https://youtu.be/VKGCZ3frd_w
Sunday 30 April
https://youtu.be/tnq4uwsAzqI
Sunday 23 April
https://youtu.be/Ac17hooMz9g
Sunday 16 April
https://youtu.be/X_OY4F9PoyU
Sunday 26 March
https://youtu.be/QHiLmD-kUmg
Sunday 19 March
https://youtu.be/WZPZ0EBT20U
Sunday 12 March
https://youtu.be/NOZyREXgjuw
Sunday 5 March
https://youtu.be/HL60I5HCr6w
Sunday 26 February
https://youtu.be/2Q_F91s3RYI
Part of the Book of Revelations
Sunday 19 February
https://youtu.be/Z9QDTW55nxY
Sunday 12 February
https://youtu.be/kUEqZ1Sv1V8
Sunday 5 February
https://youtu.be/_7YT2scgCO0
Sunday 29 January
https://youtu.be/soFqhFdGo8U
Our sermon from 22 January
https://youtu.be/JNu_wXk9gUM
A new year message
youtu.be/02tbstaw6TU
Our sermon from 15 January
https://youtu.be/nUe9BkHpzi0
Our sermon from 8 January
https://youtu.be/MpxI1o_Swa8
https://youtu.be/wK8ntkYBs_A
https://youtu.be/bUTQPSLxFkY
Special events
We will hold our Back to School with God service on Sunday 3 September. The service begins in church at 11 am.
Coffee Plus is celebrating Harvest in the church on Friday 8 September from 1 pm. Please let Moyra or Alison know if you would like to come along.
If you enjoy singing and listening to contemporary and traditional worship songs why not come along to Praise Gathering on 16 September in the Usher Hall from 7 pm until 9.30 pm. Graham Kendrick is the special guest. Tickets from www.usherhall.co.uk
Weekly activities
Weekly fellowship
The weekly Bible fellowship is restarting on Thursday 7 September on Zoom. The study will be the book of Ecclesiastes. Please contact the Idles for more information.
Food Share
We aim to offer our clients dignity of choice, so we are now gradually moving away from the limiting concept of offering pre-packed bags of food to clients. We help our clients to access food and essential toiletries; this can be done through providing them with store cards and high street
vouchers as well as still offering clients the opportunity to visit our stocked cabinets of food, toiletries, and cleaning products to choose what they need. We also run a social café, providing a safe space of support and community, as well as offering food, drinks and snacks every Wednesday lunchtime. Clients then have the opportunity to shop from our mobile cabinets if they choose.
Little Fishes Parent and Toddler Group
We meet on Thursday mornings during term-time from 9.30 am until 11.30 am in the church hall (32A High Street).
Anyone is welcome to come along with their pre-school children (0-4 years). Parents and carers must stay throughout the session with their children and are responsible for them. We would welcome a donation for the session. If you would like more specific details either go to the Little Fishes web site page Little Fishes or email the web administrator. Dunbarpcweb@gmail.com
Coffee Plus
We meet every Friday afternoon in church from 2 pm - 3.30 pm for a cuppa and blether. Everyone is welcome.
Book Club (monthly)
If you enjoy reading and then sharing your thoughts and ideas with others then this could be for you. The book club meets on in Catherine's house. For more information contact Lorna at lornamcleod8@outlook.com They are reading Identity Theft, edited by Melissa Kruger.
Church of Scotland safeguarding handbook
'Safeguarding underpins the theological imperative to care for the most vulnerable people that we engage with in our life and work. It is a permanent and necessary part of Church life. Everyone has the right to feel safe and cared for in the Church and it is also the responsibility of everyone in the Church'.
The Church of Scotland have prepared a Safeguarding Handbook with relevant policies, procedures and guidelines. A downloadable version of this introduction is available to view or print.
Recent sermons
Sunday 23rd July
https://youtu.be/Jtd3w7Makl8
Sunday 16th July
https://youtu.be/l12TcZzAGeU
Sunday 25 June
https://youtu.be/F7gpx9H_T5M
Sunday 11 June
https://youtu.be/wK8ntkYBs_A
Sunday 4 June
https://youtu.be/bUTQPSLxFkY
Sunday 28 May
https://youtu.be/CqsOF7jbuIE
Sunday 21 May
https://youtu.be/MTpr4_hTBkg
Sunday 14 May
https://youtu.be/1BrxGVVTs1sj
Sunday 7 May
https://youtu.be/VKGCZ3frd_w
Sunday 30 April
https://youtu.be/tnq4uwsAzqI
Sunday 23 April
https://youtu.be/Ac17hooMz9g
Sunday 16 April
https://youtu.be/X_OY4F9PoyU
Sunday 26 March
https://youtu.be/QHiLmD-kUmg
Sunday 19 March
https://youtu.be/WZPZ0EBT20U
Sunday 12 March
https://youtu.be/NOZyREXgjuw
Sunday 5 March
https://youtu.be/HL60I5HCr6w
Sunday 26 February
https://youtu.be/2Q_F91s3RYI
Part of the Book of Revelations
Sunday 19 February
https://youtu.be/Z9QDTW55nxY
Sunday 12 February
https://youtu.be/kUEqZ1Sv1V8
Sunday 5 February
https://youtu.be/_7YT2scgCO0
Sunday 29 January
https://youtu.be/soFqhFdGo8U
Our sermon from 22 January
https://youtu.be/JNu_wXk9gUM
A new year message
youtu.be/02tbstaw6TU
Our sermon from 15 January
https://youtu.be/nUe9BkHpzi0
Our sermon from 8 January
https://youtu.be/MpxI1o_Swa8
https://youtu.be/wK8ntkYBs_A
https://youtu.be/bUTQPSLxFkY