More faith on the Street than in the Church!
When we started out on this whole adventure of taking the message to the streets I never thought it would end up back here in Bo'ness. Yesterday was Good Friday, we took to the street with our Labyrinth and it was an amazing success just listen to how people in the streets of Bo'ness responded to the event. We were asking the question, 'Is Easter Fact or Fairytale?' 'Is Easter Fact or Fairytale?'
This will be the topic that I plan to speak about tomorrow in church....
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This has been an interesting day. I passed from being a BBC conttributor, to being a pastor visiting a widow who just lost her husband last week, to sorting out contents for the Easter services in the midst of fielding at least 10 phone calls. Finally to end up experiencing a Passover Supper as a teaching experience. All in a days work.
The BBC interview regarding church attendance was a bit of a damp squib. The release of the hostages took up the headlines and...
A poll, conducted last year among people aged 16 and over, suggests that one in four UK adults attends church at least once a year.
REGULAR UK CHURCHGOERS
Northern Ireland: 45%
Scotland: 18%
England: 14%
Wales: 12%
Source: Tearfund
Tearfund said 53% of people identified themselves as Christian, compared with almost three-quarters who had in the last census in 2001.
But it said that its survey indicated that three million people who had stopped going to church,...
We're planning to show the "Passion" on Good Friday afternoon in the church at 2.00pm. We decided to do this because we felt that some people might find it helpful to come and sit in the quiet of the church and reflect upon the reality of Calvary.
However this film is not for the faint hearted. I can well understand why it has been described by some critics as ‘religious pornography'. To the uninitiated, it could appear to be yet another piece of...
Lord,
I was just wondering -
which church you'd attend
if you visited our town?
Would you still want to go to the Synagogue?
Would you be a Presbyterian?
A Roman Catholic?
A Baptist perhaps?
Maybe you'd be a Charismatic?
I mean, after all,
you are really into healing and miracles!
Lord I'm asking this because,
I'm not sure you'd fit into our church.
We like things to be predictable,
respectable and dignified.
We're serious,
but not too serious.
You...