We are posting a short reflective service (about half an hour) to our YouTube channel each day in Holy Week, so we can travel together towards Easter despite still being apart. It will be available from 9 am, so you can watch whenever is convenient for you.
Register for the Kiltwalk
All you need to do is register on the Kiltwalk website. Then, choose a local walk, run or cycle and ask friends and family to sponsor you. On the day, simply pull on your Christian Aid t-shirt – and perhaps something tartan – and get going!
Once you register, a JustGiving page will automatically be set up for you. You will be able to personalise it and share it far and wide. Our Events Officer, Lauren, will be delighted to support you to register or to answer any questions you might have. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch – lmcfarland@christian-aid.org
If your boots are made for walking, sign up now!
The Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) is made up of the Baptist Union, the Church of Scotland, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church, working together for peace and justice.
It has produced non-partisan briefings on key issues facing the Scottish electorate in the forthcoming Scottish Parliamentary elections.
See their briefings on
Alcohol, drugs and substance abuse
Constitution and independence referendum
There are times in the Gospels when it is clear that the disciples of Jesus have real difficulty in understanding his teaching. On one such occasion, Jesus speaks openly about what lies before him and afterwards Peter ‘took him aside and began to rebuke him’. (Mark 8: 31-32) Peter is clear that death and resurrection are not part of that future and, as he speaks, it is equally clear that he has not yet understood the way that Jesus must take.
There are times in the past months when all of us have had real difficulty in understanding the challenges faced within our society and across the globe. We have been unclear as to what the future holds and the path to be taken. In all of this, we have not been alone.
As the Gospel account unfolds, Jesus gathers the crowd around him and invites them to ‘take up their cross and follow me’. (Mark 8: 34) As we journey into the future and follow the path taken by Jesus, we know that we are not alone. We journey in the way of the cross and in the hope of the resurrection. We pray:
God of hope,
Be with us as we journey into the future that lies before us.
Be with us through your Son
Who has journeyed in the way of the Cross.
Grant to us grace and faith that we might follow him.
Lord, in your mercy,
Hear our prayer.
God of hope,
Be with us as we journey into the future that lies before us.
In all we face,
Be near to us, and all whom we love,
And guard us safe in your presence.
Lord, in your mercy,
Hear our prayer.
God of hope,
Be with us as we journey into the future that lies before us.
Be with those who fear this day
And who struggle to see the future.
Lead us from the darkness into your light.
Lord, in your mercy,
Hear our prayer.
God of hope,
Be with us as we journey into the future that lies before us.
Be with those who grieve this day
And who feel bereft of comfort.
In your compassion, be near to them.
Lord, in your mercy,
Hear our prayer.
God of hope,
Be with us as we journey into the future that lies before us.
In all that is faced by our society today,
Grant wisdom, insight and understanding
To those who are called to govern our nation and act on our behalf.
Lord, in your mercy,
Hear our prayer.
God of hope,
Be with us as we journey into the future that lies before us.
Be with us through your Son
Whose journey in the way of the Cross
Yields the hope of the Resurrection.
Lord, in your mercy,
Hear our prayer.
Signed by:
On Sunday 28th February Strathclyde are hosting a special zoom service at 7pm ‘An evening with Phil Cotton’
Phil is a Local Preacher in the Strathclyde Circuit who many of you will know who has been out in Rwanda for the last eight years helping to set up Rwanda’s first medical school.
He was a popular preacher around the District, and I am sure it will prove to be a very interesting evening. Please let folk know who are unable to join online that they can connect by phone as well.
Attached is a short insight to Phil and what he has been doing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oEjGqYjQuqI5Y4lxppWsF5c5lJw-c9OU/view
For zoom details, please contact strathclyde.circuit@gmail.com
Fairtrade Fortnight runs from 22 February to 7 March.
Read about campaigns, and sign up for the festival.
This year’s theme is Mark.
A variety of activities is planned, throughout the year.
Taketime – a passage from Mark is posted on the Bible Month Facebook pageeach Friday. On the last Friday of February, March and April, there is a facilitated session. Book a free place at a facilitated session via Eventbrite.
The study guide may be purchased – hard copies – from Preachweb or downloaded, (Black and White pdf).
For more information, see the Bible Month page on the Methodist Church website and the Bible Month Facebook page.
Broughty Ferry Churches Group are again holding an ecumenical Bible Study by Zoom on Wednesdays. For information, contact Jenny or David Easson.
Angus Dundee and Perthshire Circuit is joining with Strathclyde Circuit for a series of four Zoom meetings, looking at the Methodist Way of Life. The meetings will take place at 7pm each Wednesday in March, excluding 17th (when the Circuit Meetings will be held in both Circuits).
You will find the Brief Guide a good introduction to the subject
and you will prompted to look at the material in Finding the Way as we progress through the weeks of study.
We are hoping that we shall all find this to be a refreshing experience, renewing us in our Christian lives.
To get the zoom link please register your interest with Nick or Nik.
