Nick Blair is in a unique position having been Chaplain at Merchiston Castle, a boarding and day school for boys age 7- 18, Edinburgh for the last 18 years. Here he shares with us why helping pupils ask questions rather than telling them what they should think is they...
Canopy 2022: Having Our Cake and Eating It by Martin Hodson, General Director We are delighted to announce that this year there will be two Canopy events. Canopy Summer on Saturday 11 June in Dunblane and Canopy Online on the weekend of 28-30 October. Let me explain....
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 write,...
Keep Fishing By Martin Hodson, General Director ‘Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.’ (Luke 5:4). Simon Peter and his crew have been ‘working all night.’ They must have been physically worn out by their exertions. Despite their hard work they...
Unlocking the secret pain of problem debt – now is the time The credit card bills arriving in January can be a worrying time for many people and spiralling debt can cause anxiety, depression, relationship strain and even suicide. This month we are featuring a guest...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...