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Structures Can’t Change Decline

Here we are talking about structures again. However the right structures can give to everyone a sense of freedom as well as security. I just wish the way we ordered Church in the Church of Scotland released us into freedom and community. Too much of our structures are centred around business meetings rather than the [...]

The Servant Leader.

I’ve been thinking about the role of leadership , in the light of Nehemiah and especially, when an organisation, like St Andrew’s is in the middle of restructuring. One of the differences between the church leader today and Nehemiah’s time is that we have the encouragement of the scriptures and perhaps a greater awareness [...]

Reform Should Effect Structure

We had a very interesting weekend at church. The Must Be More Festival turned out to be an interesting start to the coming church session. I pray that we are on the right tracks. At present we’re in the midst of a capacity building exercise. This calls us to look at the way we [...]

Bogle Band On The Waverley

Well you may recall that I mentioned a few weeks ago that the Bogle Band had started gigging again after having a few years off,or as they say in the business “resting”. Well here is a short video of the trip we made “doon the watter” and the music [...]

When Olympia meet Omega

It won’t belong before the children are all back at school. On Monday our Holiday Club for children starts. The theme is very topical this year, we are looking at the Olympics. you know what it could get complicated. Like thousands of others throughout the UK we are using Scripture Union Holiday Club [...]

Bogle Band Vine Trust And Waverley

Well can you believe it the Bogle Band is out on he road for the second time this Summer. Carberry Featival last month and ” Doon the Watter” this month. Tomorrow evening Iain and I will be performing on the world famous Waverley Paddle Steamer. Have a look at the picture above. She really [...]

Church Within and Without Walls - A Place to Hang Out!

You never know who is hanging around the church. Especially if the church is St Andrew’s Bo’ness. It could be a group of teenagers preparing for the Children’s Holiday Club. You might even meet the phantom gardeners who turn up unannounced and have turned a wilderness into a garden. If you stay long enough you are [...]

Mamma Mia

Talking with the script writer I went to see the movie “Mamma Mia” last night. I really didn’t know what it was all about. I thought it was the story of ABBA, instead it was really a Chic flick. I realised I should have taken a rain check when I had the opportunity. So all I could do [...]

The Church outside always open!

We went for a walk through the Queen Elizabeth Forrest Park the other day starting at Kinlochard. It was a brillant day for walking, the sun was out but there was also a breeze blowing. We walked for about three hours. At one part of the walk we reached a summit which [...]

Mission ? - When some thing is missing!

I came across a fellow blogger while on holiday in Orkney. Andrew Jones is quite a well known writer especially on the topic of the Emerging Church . He was telling me that he set Jonny Baker up with his first blog Anyway I looked up the Skinny Kiwi and found he was writing this week [...]