By Graham Meiklejohn, Lecturer and Communications Officer at Scottish Baptist College & UWS If you’re in the west of Scotland as we are, you’ve probably noticed a lot of activity in the garden over the past couple of months. With a combination of typical Scottish...
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ESOL Reaches Over 20 Nationalities at Dennistoun Baptist
As many Baptist churches around Scotland are hosting summer outreach programmes and holiday clubs we hear what God has been doing through Dennistoun Baptist Church... 'Dennistoun Baptist Church took the gospel to its local community through a packed week of summer...
Training Hub Says Goodbye to 21/22 cohort… and Hello to ???
By Mae Moore, BUS Training Hub and Comms Support We have reached the end of our Training Hub course for 2021-2022 and what a year it has been! Despite the fact that the cohort has been scattered between Edinburgh, Glasgow and Broughty Ferry, plus the challenges of...
Canopy Online- SAVE THE DATE!
WHEN: October 28/ 29/ 30 WHERE: Online We are absolutely delighted to announce after the success of Canopy Summer, that this October 28/ 29/ 30 we will be hosting Canopy Online, an opportunity to gather virtually from every nook and cranny of Scotland! This weekend...
Making All Things New
Wild flowers are one of my favourite things about summer; the variety of colours, shapes, sizes and scents remind me of the beauty in diversity, and the ways in which we are all so unique. Recently our National team spent 24 hours away together on a retreat. During...
Increase Vision; a word from Martin Hodson
At Canopy Summer, Martin Hodson, General Director of the Baptist Union of Scotland, shared passionately the vision for Increase that God has placed on his heart. Along with the National team and BUS Council we are really excited and hopeful in this new season, and...
Cost of living crisis: the hidden cost
Cost of living crisis: the hidden cost By Charis Scott, Christians Against Poverty, Scotland Promotion and Engagement Manager Over the last couple of years many of us have experienced what it’s like to feel trapped and lonely. Through lockdowns and periods of self...
Hybrid Baptism at Hillhead
We are a church based in the West end of Glasgow, of over 15 nationalities who, after two full years of worshipping on Zoom, began Hybrid Church at Easter 2022. Around equal numbers meet at a hotel and on Zoom, and we delight in how that is working out. Earlier this...
Gather
Over the last few months we have been prayerfully planning ahead for our Canopy Summer gathering, on Sat 11th June, at Dunblane High School. When we were preparing the content and considering what this gathering space could look like we felt a real sense of God...
Training Hub: Applications now OPEN!
TRAINING HUB This exciting opportunity is a discipleship and leadership programme designed to enable you to become more transformed into the person God created you to be. It runs over 10 months and is built on 3 key areas: discipleship, mission and leadership. We want...