A Merry Christmas everyone! We certainly have a white Christmas this year, no need to do any dreaming. For those who battled out against the elements last night to share in the Watchnight Service a huge thank you I hope it was meaningful for you. There were a few faces that I missed but it was also great to see some people I've no seen for a long time. There is something quite wonderful about Christmas Day, its an opportunity to reconnect with old friends and also to be...
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Will you spare a thought and perhaps a prayer for all those who suffer in silence this Christmas. We've set aside one of the transepts in the church this year to highlight the work of Amnesty International. We would like to invite people to drop in and pray for prisoners of conscience. A few years ago we made this little mediation. I think it is still very relevant. The music was composed by Colin Jamieson copies of this can be purchased through Sanctus...
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just got back this evening from a speaking engagement at Moffat. It was a wonderful opportunity to tell a whole new group of people about the work of the Vine Trust. I got back into Bo'ness just in time to catch up with Craig Hannah one of our church voluntary youth workers who does an amazing job drawing alongside young musicians and mentoring them. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V2ZUTlev_g[/youtube] Tonight he has 5 bands playing in the church hall....
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As we approach this time of Remembrance I'd like to encourage you if your reading the blog to take a moment and engage with our Sanctuary First Theme this month. I was at the service on Sunday evening and it was absolutely brilliant. The team made a first class job of the theme. It really is worth taking the time to engage with it. I hope to use some of the material this week in various situations. Take a moment and click here to enjoy our labyrinth service....
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I've started writing up my experience of the Lausanne Congress. The theme of the congress was " God in Christ reconciling the world to himself " this text is found in 2 Corinthians 5.19 . Its an amazing text for it gives us a great hint about the nature of God. God is in the business of reconciling, he is the great cosmic peacemaker. Yet so often religion is blamed for the cause of so much war and violence. The truth is God is able to do what none of us can do...
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