Maggie Dickson, a fishwife from Musselburgh, was hanged in Edinburgh in 1724, and pronounced dead at the scene. But on the way to burial, the coffin started banging; when it was opened, Maggie was alive. Under Scots law she could not be hanged again, and she lived another forty years – known locally as “Half-hangit Maggie.”
She must have been very grateful for the erroneous post-mortem! But imagine if someone really died – life utterly extinct – then were seen alive again. This week, millions of Christians worldwide will be celebrating our belief that this impossible thing happened by God’s supernatural power. We’ll be celebrating the triumph of hope over fear; of life over death; of an act of sacrificial love so overwhelming that it still touches us 2000 years later.
Join us, Easter Sunday, 5th April, at 10:30am. St Andrews Church, High St, Auchterarder PH3 1BN; or via Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7209731710
Wednesday Evenings
Our midweek Wednesday evening Zoom gathering is back for 2026, and we’re following a new series, Discipleship Explored – based on on the book of Philippians.
Every Wednesday evening at 8pm. It’s a chance to catch up, learn together, share our news, and pray. Everybody welcome!
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