Working and supporting doctors and nurses on the coalface at the beginning of the pandemic was incredibly inspirational. They talked about compassion, care, dignity in tones that stirred the heart and made you feel proud and privileged to share that space with them. They had resolved to be everything they needed to be to get through the day and they displayed no outward sign of fear or hesitation and during those first months, for that moment in time, they were one.
Archives: COVID-19
High Blantyre Baptist Re-opens after Lockdown
High Blantyre Baptist Re-opens after Lockdown By Steve Younger, Minister at High Blantyre BC High Blantyre Baptist Church re-opened for a physical Sunday service on 19th July and has met each Sunday since then, with our Sunday Club also meeting at the same time. The...
How Covid-19 is affecting Bangladesh
By Louise & Phil Proctor, Dumfries BC and BMS World Mission We are mission workers serving in Bangladesh with BMS World Mission. We took the very difficult decision to return to Scotland in March just as the UK went into lockdown and as Bangladesh was heading in...
Corporate worship through a video medium by Andrew Clarke
Guidance for churches coming out of lockdown
Approaching Phases 2 and 3 of Scotland’s Route Map Through and Out of the Crisis We are currently in Phase 1 of the Route Map. At this stage we are permitted to meet outdoors once a day with members of another household, in a maximum gathering of 8 people, maintaining...
How is God leading us?
By Martin Hodson A sentence in Joshua 3 has been going round in my mind: Then you will know which way to go, since you have never been this way before. (Joshua 3:4) The second phrase resonates with our experience of living in the present crisis. We want to be God’s...
The New Normal and the New Future
The habits of lockdown have become the new normal: staying home; social distancing if we need to venture out; meeting family and friends on screen rather than face to face; taking special care of people who are shielding. Lockdown culture has generated a renewed...
Guidance on church meetings during lockdown
Some churches have enquired whether it is possible to hold formal members’ meetings using Zoom or other digital means during lockdown. Having reflected on this and taken legal advice, our guidance is as follows: In church meetings we seek to discern communally the...
How will God use the Covid-19 lockdown to change our church?
Introduction Across society people are repeatedly saying things like: ‘Life will never be the same again after the Coronavirus pandemic.’ ‘If things just return to how they used to be after this we will have missed an opportunity.’ ‘We must learn the lessons from...