Scottish Baptist Lay Preachers Association

Glen Cartwright as a part of his responsibilities will be representing the SBLPA the Baptist Union Council Meeting Tommorrow.

In the September Connect alongside other news articles, Alan Donaldson calls the Baptist family to praying setting aside the weekend (24th-26th October) prayer for the future ministry of the union. Alan says:
“The Trustees and Core Leaders are encouraging churches to set aside the weekend of 22-24th October for a concerted time of prayer prior to [...]

Lifesize conference is day conference taking place in Granton Baptist Church Edinburgh on Saturday 20th November. It aims to encourage small churches to recognise their strengths, develop their relationships and serve their communities. This is a conference organised by the Baptist Union of Scotland and Baptist Union of Great Britain.
See the Booking form for [...]

An Opportunity to view Alan Donaldson’s Blog post on Holiday clubs.

We previously posted about the event taking place on August 14th 2010 10am-4pm at Bristo Baptist Church , Edinburgh.  It a special day looking at Baptist identity and practice in the light of ‘building missional relationships’ (the key phrase used by our new General Director at the Residential Council.) It will be a [...]

In The August Connect Jillian Ferguson (BUS Youth co-ordinator) introduces us to the Step out Plus team members. They are a summer team of the Baptist Union of Scotland. They train for 3 weeks then do 6 weeks of mission – with a week off in the middle – then 2 weeks of debriefing [...]

If you read the Conudrum post last week
It has beeen confirm that the picture is indeed Rev J. Martin who pastored in Lossiemouth, Leven, Springburn, Cumnock and Easterhouse during the period 1950 to 1979. Lossiemouth Baptist Church is writing a church history and had found the picture during research. However, it was unlabelled and are [...]

From the Baptist Union “Connect” is a conundrum. Do you or anyone in your church recognise this minister. He may be the Rev J. Martin who pastored in Lossiemouth, Leven, Springburn, Cumnock and Easterhouse during the period 1950 to 1979 but it would be helpful to have confirmation of this.  If you can put a [...]

Hugh Tannock (Drumchapel)

In June General Director hosted 5 meetings with gave people in various locations an oppportunity to meeet the new Director and discern the vision for the future. Hugh Tannock (Drumchapel) attended the Bearsden event and reports on it here.
The tour bus rolled into Bearsden on Friday 25 June, and I went along to [...]

In June there was an opportunity in five various locations throughout Scotland to meet the new General Director giving people an opportunity to discuss the future vision of the Baptist Union of Scotland. Alan Donaldson reports on this in his blog