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Exploring Sustainable Fashion Event at Portobello Baptist Church By Archie Catchpole Community Outreach Worker What do you get when you put African shirts, Malay dresses, baptism gowns, thousands of shoes and a couple of kilts in the same room together? An event...

By Lyndsay Cameron-Ross, Connect Editor & Communications Lead It's that classic moment when the seasons change; we transition into autumn and the coffee shops update their menus (hello pumpkin spiced latte, old friend). Yet this year there is a definite sense of...

Churches Responding to the Cost of Living Crisis By Martin Hodson, General Director, BUS A question facing us all is, How do we love our neighbours in this time of financial hardship?  When the BUS Council met on 28 September 2022 we spent some time considering how...

A summary of the main outcomes of the BUS Council meeting in Stirling on 28 September 2022 33 people gathered from across Scotland, joining in worship and reflecting on the biblical promise that God ‘is able to do immeasurably more than we can ask or imagine,...

Martin Hodson, our General Director, reflects on attending the Service of Thanksgiving for Queen Elizabeth at St Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh. "I paused for a moment as I passed the royal coffin, unsure what to do, conscious that the ubiquitous TV cameras might...

Peter Atkins, Pastor at Bute Baptist Church, reflects on the journey they have been on as a church during the transition from Ardbeg to Bute Baptist, and what that has meant for them as a community, an island and a congregation... "Church is a strange thing. Like Adam...

Made for Encounter is an intentional monthly training space where you will grow and learn as a disciple of Jesus, experience healing and equipping to share His Kingdom wherever you are. You can find out all the information here at Made for Encounter. It will be...

Mainly Music: Reaching Families at Burra Baptist Church Written by Sarah Adamson, Burra Baptist Church, Shetland ..."we never anticipated having a connection with over 50 families..." We are entering our 5th year at Burra Baptist church of using Mainly Music and it is...

Times and Seasons By Jenny Wilson, PA to the General Director, Sept 2022 ‘My times are in your hands’ Psalm 31:15 After over 14 and a half years serving God at the Baptist Union of Scotland, God is moving me on to a new job with the Scottish Bible Society in their...

"This isn't the future church, this IS the church"! Over a picnic bench at Magnitude festival this conversation with one of our Baptist church leaders got my attention. I had just come from the Hub tent, where over 150 young people age 11-18, from Baptist churches and...

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...