The Best Flyers or Fryers in Town ?
Dispite the weather yesterday, we had a brilliant church barbecue at Beecraigs Country Park Linlithgow. I'm glad that so manyof the congregation put on their wellies and headed out for the park. its true what they say the best barbecues and the most memorable ones are always those that can survive the rain.
We had some rain but for most of the time everyone enjoyed the opportunity to be out in the fresh air getting to know each other and eating some fantatstic burgers. big thank you to the Discipleship group for organising the event. Douglas and Andrew and Martha all did a wonderful job. i was especially pleased to see such a good cross section of the congregation involved.
So it appears like everyone is looking forward to the next one. When will it take place? Maybe next Sunday if the weather's good we could have a barbie in the church garden. What do you think Lilias? a great way to elcome our visitors from India. i believe they arrive with us on Saturday.
Talking of which if your around in the Church garden you may see one or two flags flying. In reality they are prayer flags from Sanctuary First. If you want to know more about them you'll need to check out www.sanctuaryfirst.org.uk Sanctuary First is an exciting online worship experience which we at St Andrew's Bo'ness are developing in partnership with other congregations around the Scotland. There are literally hundreds of prayers on the site and numerous videos that I'm sure could be used by various groups in different settings.
We're looking at the present moment for more people to join with us in the partnership and put on the Sanctuary First service in their area. The venue needn't be a church in fact it would be great if it was some place other than a church. We're also hoping that eventually we'll be able to connect with some congregations from around the globe.
Meanwhile we'll keep pressing on and once again a huge thank to all who worked so hard last night to make Sanctuary First so special.
