I was having a bit of fun with the children in church last Sunday morning. I reminded them of the party we're having on Sunday to celebrate St Andrew's Day. One of the cool things we're doing is raising a banner or a flag from our church tower. You've guessed it- the Saltire ! I've told the children they've got to look out for it going up. I didn't tell them the day or the time but I've promised a £5.00 prize to the child that gets closest to the time the flag...
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We had an interesting service at church today. A promise of a fiver, a taste of honey, and a lion or a "Sunday lie in" made the scripture reading interesting this morning. We were reflecting on the power of the Word of God not only to change the heart of an individual but also the heart of a nation. The story of Ezra reading from the Book of the Law and its effect on the people is a moving story. I was talking to the children about how the Word of God or the...
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Here is a simple little prayer I wrote earlier this week for the service tomorrow evening. At Sanctuary First our aim is to try and lead those who attend into a deeper experience of worship. The video clip was put together by Rae Manger who works as a staff member in our creative media team. Take time to see the close connection between words and music and how we have used the idea that less often can mean more. Broken1.mov Creating a worshipful atmosphere is...
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SANCTUARY FIRST This new project has the ability to become an amazing presence on the web. Will you pray for it as we begin to make onnection around our presbytery to begin with and then take it further afield. If you think this is something you'd like to know more about why not pop over and see us on Sunday . It starts at 7.00pm but we're serving food at 6.30pm. We're hoping to launch our Twitter Prayerline for the whole church at the Sanctuary First Service this...
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We had a very interesting weekend at church. The Must Be More Festival turned out to be an interesting start to the coming church session. I pray that we are on the right tracks. At present we're in the midst of a capacity building exercise. This calls us to look at the way we organise ourselves so that we can become more effective as an organisation. I'll tell you more about this in the coming weeks. We have come to the conclusion that we need to be...
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