10 April, 2007

SHETLAND'S Fishermen's Mission yesterday (Monday) confirmed its centenary celebrations programme to take place later this month.

The weekend activities will culminate in a wreath laying ceremony at sea following a service in St Columba's Church in Lerwick, on Sunday 22 April.

A number of vessels, including the Lerwick lifeboat, the Lerwick pilot boats Knab and Kebister, as well as the coastguard emergency towing vessel and some white fish trawlers will take part in the wreath laying.

A mission spokesman said yesterday that the ceremony would be viewable from the top of the Knab, in Lerwick.

The weekend also includes a concert in the Lerwick Town Hall, at 7.30pm, and a service in the Garthspool Evangelical Church, on Sunday at 8pm.

An exhibition with pictures of 100 years of the Fishermen's Mission's involvement in the Shetland fishing community is on show in the Islesburgh Community Centre throughout April.