Archive for April, 2009

April Preaching Workshop

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Our recent workshop took place recently on Thursday 2nd April when Rev Peter Granger of Charlotte Chapel Edinburgh was the speaker – he spoke on the subhect matter of “Style & Structure”. You can download the Notes & Powerpoint from here. Please feel free to read the notes and use the examples. Jim Ewing (Bearsden) [...]

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Congratulations to Jim Edmiston

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Congratulations to…
to Jim Edmiston who has recently been accepted Board of Ministry of the Baptist Union of Scotland as a candidate for pastoral ministry. Our prayers go with him as he and his wife Gina explore this call together.

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Islay Baptist Church

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Pulpit Supply – Islay Baptist Church…
Any SBLPA lay preachers who can help should contact their church Secretary, David Formby or SBLPA General Secretary for more information – opportunity for a long weekend in Islay -accomodation provided!

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President’s Easter Message

Saturday, April 4th, 2009

Jim McFarlane, Active Member, Kirkintilloch
At this time of the year we see plants you thought might not make it through the winter months pushing their way out of the soil, buds are appearing on branches, daffodils, snowdrops and other spring flowers are flowering. Animals are coming out of hibernation back into the land of the [...]

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Meet a Lay Preacher Florence Mackenzie

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

In a paragraph, tell us a bit about yourself
My name is Florence MacKenzie and I work part-time as a Teaching Fellow in the School of Psychology at Aberdeen University. My “spare” time is largely taken up with writing and recording for our internet-based ministry, Equipped for Living (http://www.equippedforliving.org). Another area of interest for me [...]

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