[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDLKYSCYP4k[/youtube]An emergency appeal for Haiti has been launched by Christian Aid . A major earthquake struck the country a couple of days ago. Thousands of people are dead, or buried alive and some have said there could be hundreds of thousands left homeless. No one really knows the extent of the damage but it looks extensive. Major damage to key water, electricity and road systems will make the need for outside help all...
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I was listening to the Janice Forsyth Show on Radio Scotland last Saturday. i'm a bit of a fan of Janice. I like her style and her selection of music. Anyway she played a Paul Simon number called "Slip Slidin' Away" I hadn't heard it in a long time, but it sure describes all our antics in this weather. I was out visiting round the parish yesterday and before long I was slip slidin'away. However i must say a big thank you to the gritters for dropping past the church...
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[caption id="attachment_1866" align="alignleft" width="275"] iTalker[/caption] This blog is written by Rt.Rev Albert Bogle. At present he is Moderator of the General Assembly of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. He is a singer songwriter.You can check out some of his back catalogue on iTunes under Bogle Band iTalker was born in Glasgow has Irish connections. is married to Martha has two grown up children. "Grace" is his favourite word. U2 his...
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For those of you who were looking forward to Sanctuary First on 10 January in Bo'ness I hope you'll be able to attend the next one. Perhaps the poor weather will give us an opportunity to develop the theme and make it even more interesting. The theme that we've chosen for Sanctuary First is based on the message of Jesus to the church at Sardis. It was a wake up call. Here's a wee poem I wrote for the service . Its entitled " Dead men Walking dead men Walking I hope...
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Sunday coming is "Discipleship Sunday" just hope that the icy weather doesn't prevent people from coming to church on Sunday morning. The Kirk Session are encouraging everyone in the congregation to "Get Connected" The idea is members of the congregation be encouraged to join a group that has a special interest for them. For example young mothers and fathers might get together to form a groups to look at how we nurture faith in the young. There might be an interest for...
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[caption id="attachment_1836" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Two young woman with a passion to serve the People of God"][/caption] Meet Jenn Ewing and Laura Taylor our latest Soultouch team. have a listen to Laura as she asks for your prayers and support. Laura It was great to see another two of our young people in their mid twenties moving out to take risks in the service of the gospel. Yes Soultouch is on the road again. ( I can hear Erica squeal with...
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[gallery]I just felt there was a touch of arrogance in the actions of Hoon and Hewitt as they stepped out into the light of the media. Here were two MPs full of their own importance. They were going to be the saviours of the Labour Party. It was their plan to have a leadership contests and remove the Prime Minister. They obviously thought they had more influence than they had in reality. In the end was it six MPs who gave them their support. These two politicans who take...
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