Category: News

On Wednesday the Church Council:

• looked for the first time at the architect’s plans, and agreed to commission  a structural survey of the building;
• discussed the renewal of the contract for electricity supply;
• heard about the work of the Link Club and ClothesBank;
• agreed to the  appointment of Sue Marshall-Jennings as a Pastoral Visitor;
• considered Data Protection and Safeguarding;

The proposed date of the General Church Meeting is Sunday 3^rd June.

The next Church Council meeting is on  Wednesday 24^th October at 7pm.

3 explorations of our Methodist heritage and identity will be led by the Rev Nick Baker in Marketgait at 7pm on

• Wednesday 21^st February
• Wednesday 7^th March and
• Wednesday 21^st March

Everyone is warmly welcomed to share in all or any of these.

We have been told that people pretending to be from the Methodist Church may be working in Scotland, trying to obtain money by fraudulent means.

They appear to be offering to supply household goods, but asking for payment before the goods are seen. Once the money has been paid, no goods are delivered, and the victim has no means of contacting those to whom they have paid the money.

These fraudsters are not acting on behalf of the Methodist Church, which clearly does not condone actions of this kind.

If you or a vulnerable person you know has suffered in this way, or appears to be at risk,  please contact Police Scotland.

The President of the Methodist Conference, the Rev Loraine Mellor, and the Vice President, Jill Baker, will be based in Strathclyde and Paisley for their visit to the Scotland District this year. They will visit churches in the area during the two days they are with us in the District.

On Tuesday 24^th April at 7pm members of the District are invited to join them at Pollokshaws Methodist Church G43 1NY for a celebration service.

The meetings on ‘Why Methodism?’ have now been scheduled for Wednesdays 21st February, 7th March and 21st March, all at 7pm. Rev Nick Baker will lead us in exploring together what is distinctive about Methodism in the Christian tradition and what we enjoy (and don’t enjoy!) about being Methodist. Each meeting will last an hour and a half.

All are very welcome to attend, even if you can make only some of the dates. You do not need to be a member of the Methodist church, or of any church!

Please email by 9th February 2018 to let Christian Aid you are going .

John Wesley

You are invited to a series of 3 meetings to be held at the church during Lent on the subject ‘Why Methodism?’. Rev Nick Baker will lead us in exploring together what is distinctive about Methodism in the Christian tradition and what we enjoy (and don’t enjoy!) about being Methodist. Each meeting will last an hour and a half.

We hope to hold these meetings at a time that will maximise the number of interested participants. All are very welcome.

If you would like to come, please go to the Doodle poll, where you can indicate when you are free to attend. Alternatively, just email. This would be especially useful if two of you share an email but have different time preferences.

Lent starts on 14th February, so we need to make arrangements quite quickly. Please indicate your availability as soon as possible, but definitely by Friday 2nd February.