St Vigeans is registered as Scottish Charity number SC 003049
Welcome to St Vigeans Church, we are happy that you have decided to come and look at our site. Services every Sunday are at 11.30 am and in the hall on the third Sunday of every month at 3 pm.
Interior View of Church
The following link provides interior view of the Church:
http://www.aoken.com/virtualtours/stvigeans/com_table.html
Arbroath Piano Club
The next meeting is on May 3th at 3 pm. All welcome.
Rev Dr Ian G Gough
The minister has announced his intention to retire on August 7th 2009. This is the 35th anniversary of his ordination and he will have been in Arbroath for 19 years by then. Weddings which are booked for dates after August 7th and any funeralswhich occur will, of course, be conducted by whomever is in charge, either temporarily or permanently. The interim moderator is the Rev Dr Iain McLean from Montrose Old and St Andrew's
Election of Nominating Committee
Following the morning service on April 19th, there will be a congregational meeting presided over by the Interim Moderator, Dr McLean, when eight members of the congregation will be elected to serve on the nominating committee with a view to finding a minister to succeed Dr Gough. All whose names are on the electoral register are eligible to serve on this committee. A further five members will be on the committee from Knox's Church.
Genealogy
We receive many requests from people at home and overseas who are trying to trace their ancestors. Unfortunately we are rarely able to offer any help as the law of the Church of Scotland is that all documents prior to 1900 must be lodged with Register House, Princes Street, Edinburgh. On payment of a fee, interested parties may reserve a place there for one day to research their family tree and staff members may offer assistance. The only help we may give enquirers is in the form of an alphabetical list of the tombstones in St Vigeans. Although this book may not be borrowed, we do our best to help. However, if there is no record of a person on a tombstone, then, as stated above, we have no other records prior to the 20th century.
