Archive | October, 2008

St Andrew's Gift Day

ST ANDREW’S DAY IS GIFT DAY! Over the years as a congregation we have been given some wonderful opportunities to serve God and this year has been no exception. Our work at a local national and international level continues to grow. I’m going to ask every member of the congregation to make a special effort [...]

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Will Your Anchor Hold?

Today we are celebrating at church the 125th Anniversary of the Boys Brigade. We are fortunate that the 2nd Bo’ness is still a successful BB Company. Today we will be using the famous BB Anthem ” Will Your Anchor Hold” to reflect upon the importance of being rooted in Jesus Christ. When the storms of [...]

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Forgive us our debts?

The Lord’s Prayer has much to teach us about the character and nature of God. Recently I’ve been thinking how relevant the phrase “forgive us our debts’ is for all of us as we approach Christmas. Here’s a video we made a couple of years ago. It has something to say to us in the [...]

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Plant a cross and say a prayer

A few weeks ago I made a post about our Remembrance Garden. Well its beginning to take shape. We’re going to have a little service to start the proceedings. Please note the remembrance theme will run for a week. then it will revert back to being a flower garden. On Tuesday 4th November at 11.00am [...]

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A Fiver and the Bible and a Spoonful of Syrup

We had an interesting service at church today. A promise of a fiver, a taste of honey, and a lion or a “Sunday lie in” made the scripture reading interesting this morning. We were reflecting on the power of the Word of God not only to change the heart of an individual but also the [...]

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Welcome Home Soultouch

I’m hoping for a great evening this coming Sunday. Having completing over 15 months of world travel Lorna Main and Erica Bonnar, known as Soultouch. have returned home after visiting a good number of our World Without Walls Projects. Sunday will be an opportunity to hear a little about their trip and also to be [...]

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Church Without Walls connects with "The Homecoming"

Check the picture out. Thought it was cool the way the light has reflected off the poster. Pray for the light of the world to touch Scotland. Please get your friends in the various congregations around Scotland to book up for the 4th Re-Energise Conference coming up this 11-13 January in Aviemore. This conference has [...]

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Faith offers an alternative economics

I hope you enjoy this video. I came across a reference to it on the Jim Wallis blog. Its really topical when we think of the fact that the Prime Minster here in the UK has been floating the idea that the whole world banking system need to be reformed. I’m sure this idea of [...]

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Homecoming a moral dilemma?

Going home isn’t always an easy thing. For many there are too many sad memories. Using this theme as a mission statement for the churches may be more challenging that I first thought. However it may do us all the world of good to reflect on the idea of home.

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Prayer at Alpha

We had a most interesting meeting tonight at Alpha in the Inchyra Hotel. We were considering the topic of prayer. We all agreed that we’d try and support each other over the next two weeks as we explore the purpose and meaning of prayer in our personal lives. The group will not meet next week [...]

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