SOUND OF BARRA LINK

After travelling up to fifteen miles for early morning worship on the island of South Uist, members of the congregation then embarked on a further fifteen miles on the road before embarking on the Sound of Barra ferry to cross over to Barra for a joint morning service followed by a leisurely lunch, conversation and exploration of the island.

And then at the end of the day there was the same long journey home! Friendships that had begun when the congregation of Barra undertook the same journey last year to South Uist were airmed and new ones formed. For a number of years the two congregations have been a linked charge and there is a clear determination to let the waters of the Sound of Barra not be a barrier but a link between the two congregations and to develop closer relationships.

This article appears in the November 2018 Issue of Life and Work

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