Being Hillhead Baptist: An International, Glaswegian Baptist community
By Rev Catriona Gorton Being Hillhead Baptist Church … a Personal Reflection It’s 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, I launch the Zoom meeting, and am joined by Tamara, in Germany, who will read scripture, Paul who will play in the hymns, Leo who is today’s ‘door steward’, E****...
Over 150 Baptist and Ukrainian Church members join together for prayer vigil
On Sunday night Simon Schofield, Minister at Abbeyhill Baptist Church in Edinburgh, organised a prayer vigil for Ukraine. Churches around the country are gathering to pray and support the Ukrainian people this week after the devastating news that Russian...
Roman Roads & Digital Highways at Selkirk Baptist
Re-discovering Local and Trans-local Ministry By Andrew Rollinson, Selkirk Baptist I am instinctively wary of the rhetoric of the surprising blessings that have flowed from the pandemic. For too many of us it has been a period of frustration, pain, sadness and...
What’s Happening in Training Hub?
Each month we have the pleasure of hearing from the lovely Mae, our Training Hub and Comms Assistant, sharing what is going on inside the realm of Training Hub and what they have been learning and doing over the last few weeks.... 'I am delighted to be back...
One Body, Many Parts
Over the last few months one of the key things I have come to appreciate most about being part of the Baptist Union of Scotland is that we are one body but with many members. We each have different gifts, different functions, we come from different areas around...
New Podcast: RECAST with Glenn & Lisa
Welcome to our new podcast RECAST … some of you will have tuned into MiGCAST but all the best things need a re-launch and so here it is! Jesus told his disciples to cast their nets back into the sea on 2 occasions in the Gospels – he asked them to re-cast their nets...
Finishing Well
Finishing Well In this encouraging piece by Anthony Luxton we are challenged to consider what it takes to persevere through challenging seasons; how focusing on God rather than our circumstances can make all the difference, and why Trypraying provides a conversation...
MAGNITUDE 2022: for your 11-18 year olds
23-27 JULY , Lendrick Muir Magnitude is a five-day annual Christian youth festival for young people aged 11-18. Based in the breathtaking Lendrick Muir, near Kinross, it is a week like no other: a space to encounter God, enjoy community and experience nature together....
Scottish Baptist College: Vacancy Opportunity
Our friends at the Scottish Baptist College are looking for a new Administrator for a part time role. Could it be you or someone you know? Graham Meiklejohn, Senior Lecturer and Communications Coordinator is here with more info: ‘At the beginning of the year our...
What’s Happening in Training Hub?
Training Hub is a leadership and discipleship programme, facilitated by the Baptist Union, 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...
School Chaplaincy: the Unseen Glue
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
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
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
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
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
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...