Getting Ready
Tomorrow at Together@MCT we’ll walk a labyrinth to help prepare us for Lent. Come and join us if you’re in Edinburgh for 5.30pm-7pm at Saughtonhall United Reformed Church.
Category: United Reformed Church
Exile
It’s almost Christmas. For many churches that means nativity plays and carol services. For Dunfermline URC those will come later so this morning presented a bit of a challenge. How to preach on Christmas… before it’s Christmas. This is what I came up with. Your thoughts and comments are very welcome. Sermon Text (for those Read More …
Disclosing New Worlds is Back!
Lawrence Moore’s brilliant lectionary blog Disclosing New Worlds is back! A superb resource for anyone who preaches or who wants to get some great insights and commentary on the weekly lectionary passages.
Podcast and Tribes
This evening I’m meeting up with Thomas aka Headphonaught for a chat about Tribes (book or audio), the new book by Seth Godin. Our chat is being recorded as part of the Something Beautiful podcasts so I’ll try to speak clearly and even make sense. All I’ll say for now is that I liked the Read More …
URConnected 1.1
Not so much an upgrade as an add on… Two chances for you to explore some nice tools for getting your church / group / self online. We’ll explore WordPress, the power behind this site and iChurch, as well as some social media tools. Both the Glasgow and Edinburgh workshops are limited to 8 people Read More …
URC General Assembly Day 1
Today was the end of What Do You Think? (WDYT?) and the beginning of General Assembly. At WDYT? this morning we had a look through the report of the Youth And Children’s Work Committee and had a mock debate to see how the General Assembly works. A coat stand was employed as the microphone and Read More …
general assembly of the URC
Tomorrow sees the start of the URC General Assembly. This year’s venue is nice and close for me! It’s Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh so I get to come home and night and sleep on my own bed which is always a bonus. Assembly will debate 45 resolutions including a chance on Saturday morning to affirm Read More …