by Alan Milnes | Dec 23, 2021 | eConnect, News
Veterans Chaplaincy, Supporting across Scotland By Rev Ian Millar, Pastor at Gourock Baptist Community Church, and Veterans Chaplain Veterans’ Chaplaincy Scotland (VCS) has recently been established under the umbrella of Workplace Chaplaincy Scotland. As I...
by Alan Milnes | Dec 22, 2021 | News
Christmas Interrupted By Lisa Holmes, Deeper Church Lead at Baptist Union of Scotland So I’m thinking quite a bit about disruption during this Christmas and New Year period … Nothing is certain and everything is open to unwelcomed interruption and as a result there is...
by Alan Milnes | Dec 2, 2021 | eConnect, News, Online Advent
Advent is here and for many brings with it a sense of excitement and reflection as we open doors to see what treasure is hiding behind. So this year we thought, what better way to celebrate than to open the doors to our Baptist churches across Scotland! For each of...
by Alan Milnes | Dec 2, 2021 | eConnect, News
Recently the Scottish Government have made a video available to us to use and share widely. In light of the Covid 19 restrictions and the impact on churches gathering in person, you may want to share it with church members and your communities, perhaps online via...
by Alan Milnes | Dec 2, 2021 | eConnect, News
Martin Hodson says ‘goodbye’ to one Convenor and ‘hello’ to another One of the less prominent but critically important roles within BUS is the Convenor. This is the person who serves as Chair of the Trustee Board, who chairs the Council and the AGM, and who generally...
by Alan Milnes | Dec 2, 2021 | eConnect, News
Written By Martyn Link As the eyes of the world turned to Glasgow for the 26th Conference of Parties (COP) the question on the world’s lips was “can we keep 1.5 alive?” For some of us this cryptic question may well leave us cold, I have heard some ask “why bother with...
by Alan Milnes | Dec 2, 2021 | eConnect, News, Online Advent
I want to open a door…! Welcome to the first ever Scottish Baptist Online Advent Calendar 2021! This year Baptist churches from around the country will be surprising us from behind our daily doors! Click to open a door every day of Advent to hear about...
by Alan Milnes | Dec 2, 2021 | eConnect, News
By Mark & Irene, Westwood Baptist Church, East Kilbride “It required a wholesale change in the DNA of the church…” Prior to lockdown we, as a church, had been re-considering our Church Mission Statement and then working through together what...
by Alan Milnes | Nov 5, 2021 | Canopy, eConnect, News, Prayer
‘A problem only exists in the absence of the right conversation…’ I first heard this quote from a good friend of mine, Jim McNeish, and whenever I feel things are going round in circles or the same perceived problem keeps being revisited it often springs to mind. As...
by Alan Milnes | Nov 4, 2021 | eConnect
Alan Donaldson, General Secretary of EBF, shares about both the growth and challenges from across Europe, and how our Scottish churches can play a significant role in God’s kingdom. “The Lord gave me a picture of you and Ruth travelling together with just a few...
