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As we all face the possibility of greater numbers of unemployed people due to the present economic downturn. Does this mean that work is defined simply by employment? As christians should we be encourageing more people to think about an intigrated life of service.
For the past couple of Sunday evenings I’ve been preaching about the [...]

Here is sanctuary
Gulls are singing praise to God
Stone and wood
Touch earth and sky with grace
The river laps the sand with ease
Ancient sounds of monks are heard in the breeze
Singing songs and chants of praise
Holy Holy is the Lord
Colm’s island speaks of God
Hermit prayers can still be heard
Saints and sinners voices cry
Amidst [...]

Robert Calvert, in an article written for the Lausanne Conversation entitled ” Secularity: Dogma meets Diversity in Europe”, makes the following comment,” The challenge of secularity is to make the case for the truth of Christ in societies that are pluralistic and globalized and to build the peace of Christ in [...]

I’m just back from having an interesting two days in London. A few of us from the Vine Trust had the honour of being invited to a Garden Party at Buckingham Palace as part of the celebrations surrounding Princess Anne’s 60th Birthday. It turned out to be an excellent day and the weather added to [...]

The Summer seems to have really arrived here in Bo’ness. everything is looking absolutely spectacular. The Bo’ness Fair has a great influenece on the way the town looks at this time of the year. Most people have put extra work into their gardens and it means that the whole town looks well cared for and [...]

I was speaking to a parent of one of our youth leader today. He told me he didn’t go to church however he was perfectly comfortable coming into St Andrew’s to work with his son on a joint radio programme. As we spoke he said to me. “Yeah this place is different its [...]

Hey can you believe it? Its that time of the year. Yes today ValleyFM goes live on air right up to the the Saturday of Bo’ness Fair. iIf you live in the Bo’ness area you’ll find them on the radio at 87.7FM otherwise you can click here and find the radio station. [...]

My colleague Neil MacLennan who heads up Sanctus Media the production company that has grown out of the ministry here in St Andrew’s Bo’ness has worked his magic yet again and has figured out a way to allow our weekly streamed service to now be streamed on an iphone or an ipad. How cool [...]

Looking through the photograohs on my iphone this weekend just reminded me of all the excellent experiences that I was able to enjoy over the past few days. It was a real privelege to be able to attend the 2010 Edinburgh Missionary Conference and begin to write about some of the important issues that still [...]

This is a post highlighting the courage and tenasity of the congregation of St Andrew’s Bo’ness. Moving on to discuss the merrits of the Sanctuary First Alternative Service being pioneered out of Bo’ness.