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The last month has been a bit of a shambles for me. I came back from holiday thinking I might decorate the study. I thought I'll get a new carpet and paint the walls. Well when I started I discovered there was a damp patch behind the book shelves and some of my books had been damaged by the damp. The joiner noticed the floor boards were saging and before long carpets were up, book cases where being taken off the walls and in a short space of time the garage was a store...
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29 Aug 2010 comments:
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We had a geat turn out at the Sanctuary First Service in east kilbride tonight well over 120 people turnrd up to take part in the 'Cross Shape Space. This service has once again proved to have a unique significance for ll who attend.
One man came up at the end of the service and said it had made him think about his faith ina different way. He continued saying that often in church he didn't feel challenged and stretched. It was the opportunity to be in silence and to...
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29 Aug 2010 comments:
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At last after nearly a month of sorting out the issues in my study I'll soon be back to normal again and begin to start writing a bit more regularly on the blog again. One of the things that has been taking up my energy apart from all the painting and rearranging of book shelves, is the planning that we're starting to do for our Church without Walls Open Week. We hope to be able to attract people who walk past our church daily to come in and see some of the work we are...
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25 Aug 2010 comments:
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I had an interesting day today apart from trying to finish off the work in the study after the outbreak of wet rot. I had the privelege of meeting three ministers from Sweden who were interested in the work we're doing here in Bo'ness. they are especially interested in the Church Without Walls Agenda. It was good to catch up from ian Gilmour another collegue who has been a champion for Church Without Walls. St Andrew's was a a bit like afair ground today. The church...
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18 Aug 2010 comments:
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I've been writing material for the next sanctuary first. We're exploring the sense of loss when the gospel is stolen from a person's life. Often people don't know what s happening to them. they have been touched by the eternal engaged with spiritual things, then something happens. A new job, a new house, a new set of friends and it all disappears. I mean the godly stuff the good seed is stolen
Its a lost and there is always a sense of bereavement when a godly person...
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