We've got a house guest staying with us. It's Ben he's quite a character. He's always hungry, and if you're not careful, he'll even eat food out of the bin. He's a big hit with the staff in the church. He knows that chocolate Labradors can wrap most Scottish people round their paws. However I do think he is missing his master, but if he has a bone he's happy. Ben, See you. Your a big chocolate blobby A gormless and harmless beastie. Yur a dug, Yur no...
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Bo'ness Town Hall was the scene of a christian conference today. It was attended by people from all over Scotland. Kenny Borthwick , the minister at Wester Hailes, Edinburgh, spoke powerfully tonight. He said that he believed one of the things that held back revival was the lack of grace in the Christian Church among Christians and Christian Leaders.He spoke of the danger of a judgemental spirit, and called for Christians to do three things when thinking about...
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Later on today hundreds of people will be descending upon our little town for the "Father's Heart Conference". Ken Whitelaw the local Apostolic Church Pastor has worked hard to bring this event to the town. I wish him well and hope that the whole day is a great success. Last year I visited the Clan Gathering in St Andrew's and heard Dr Mark Stibbe, the day before I took a group from the church over to India to visit our partner churches. He is an excellent communicator...
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it was good to see a whole new Alpha Group start tonight, at the Inchyra Hotel near Polmont. I think this is going to be a really good group. Everyone who came along seemed really interested. Its such a relaxing venue with everyone seated around the table. I've often likened it to Martin Luther's table talk. Although we use the themes of Alpha we don't use their material exclusively,and we certainly don't use the video. It is over dinner that many people share with...
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Just wanted to say thank you to everyone who helped tonight down at the church. Great to see all the comments on the blog about the service. It was also encouraging to see Stuart Sharp the minister of St John's Camelon with us tonight. Stuart is interested in finding ways where we can work together. I do hope that we will be able to attract the support of more churches as we develop Sanctuary First. The video we used got a very good crit as did the prayers of...
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