About Us

Minister:

Rev. George R. Fiddes was born in 1953 and raised in Dundee, educated at the Morgan Academy and started his working life as an apprentice engineer with the National Cash Register company, a very large employer in Dundee at that time.
His involvement in the church really took on any meaning when he was drawn to the Wishart Memorial Church where, after attending a Heralds Rally, he gave his life to Christ. Feeling the call to the ministry George left the employ of the N.C.R. and started a divinity degree at Glasgow University just before his eighteenth birthday.

Having successfully achieved his Bachelor of Divinity and a Diploma in Pastoral Studies, George was assistant minister in Armadale, West Lothian for a year, having married Carol in June 1978.

George was ordained and inducted to the parish of Auchterless in the Presbytery of Buchan. There with Carol, he spent six happy years learning something of the Doric tongue and farming ways. It was also in Auchterless that their two children, George and Jennifer were born.

In 1985 he received a call to be minister of St. Nicholas, Prestwick where he continues ministering to the congregation and parish.

Choir:

The Church Choir currently consists of 20 members (7 sopranos, 8 contraltos, 2 tenors and 3 basses) whose prime function it is to lead the praise at Services of Worship.

The Choir meets weekly on Friday evenings from 7.45pm until 9.3Opm for practice and on Sunday mornings for a brief “warm-up” prior to the Service.

Choir practices - under the direction of the Organist - consist of learning and preparing choral items for use in church, singing hymns and anthems, and working hard to ensure that the music sung in church continues to achieve its already high standard.

Choir members are good friends and, as well as showing considerable dedication and commitment, enjoy a great deal of fun and good-natured banter.

In addition to the congregational hymns, the Choir sings two items - a short interlude or Introit and a slightly longer Anthem - at almost every Service. Perhaps the Choir’s most significant contribution is at the annual Service of Lessons and Carols at Christmas which consists of about a dozen choral items.

At a time when many churches struggle to maintain a choir, we in St. Nicholas are fortunate to have these talented people so willing to share their gifts in Praise of God.