by Lyndsay Cameron-Ross | 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 Lyndsay Cameron-Ross | 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 Lyndsay Cameron-Ross | 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...
by Lyndsay Cameron-Ross | Nov 4, 2021 | eConnect, News
Written by Cara Wightman and the Renew Wellbeing Team at Cathcart. Renew Wellbeing Cathcart was just launched on Thursday 28th October 2021! Before the launch there has been significant journey and a stirring of the Holy Spirit amongst several people about the need to...
by Lyndsay Cameron-Ross | Nov 4, 2021 | eConnect
Ruth Rice, Director of Renew Wellbeing and Coordinator for Scotland, shares the incredible springboard our BUS conference, Canopy 2020, provided as 20 new centres are launched around Scotland! Renew Wellbeing helps churches open spaces of welcome and inclusion in...
by Lyndsay Cameron-Ross | Nov 2, 2021 | eConnect
COP26 is a massive opportunity for churches around Scotland to really engage with the issues of climate change and there are plenty of insightful and creative resources around for you and your churches to engage with. On the BUS website we have a whole section with...
by Jenny Wilson | Oct 6, 2021 | eConnect, News
It’s good to talk! By Jenny Wilson and Lyndsay Cameron-Ross Those of us of a certain vintage will remember the TV adverts from the mid-90s for a telecommunications company with actor Bob Hoskins saying ‘It’s good to talk!’ And so it is! I am sure in this last season,...
by Jenny Wilson | Oct 6, 2021 | eConnect, News
Finding a Home in Jesus By Rev Charles Maasz BSc Hons BD Hons, CEO Glasgow City Mission Some will have noticed that I have rather embarrassingly written a load of incidental prefix and postfixes along with my name and job title. I have never done that before and I may...
by Lyndsay Cameron-Ross | Oct 6, 2021 | Canopy, eConnect, News
5 Simple Steps to Sustainability: As Individuals By Laura Young Tearfund COP26 Advocacy Events Coordinator, member of the Baptist Union of Scotland Public Theology Group, and also famously known on social media as environmental influencer, ‘LessWasteLaura’ COP26, the...
by Jenny Wilson | Oct 6, 2021 | eConnect, News
5 Simple Steps To Sustainability: For Churches By Dave Lazonby, Assistant Pastor at Newton Mearns Baptist Church Sometimes the climate crisis makes me want to go “off grid”. It seems like the only sustainable option is a hermit-like existence where I forage for...
