Archive for October, 2009

Need some training in preaching?

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Once again Scottish Baptist College are providing a level 1 Preaching Course which will give you an introduction to Preaching over the course of 2 Saturday mornings (10-1.00pm) and 5 Monday Evenings 7.30- 9.15pm. It will be held at Resource House, Aytoun Road, Glasgow. The cost for this short course is £90.  The sessions will [...]

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Meet a Lay Preacher – Jim Sutherland

Monday, October 26th, 2009

In a paragraph, tell us a bit about yourself
My name is Jim Sutherland I was born in 1951 in the south side of Glasgow. How ever for the last 25 years I have lived on the lovely Island of Islay.
Although I attended church and believed in God when younger I never pursued this in later [...]

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Pulpit Supply Next Sunday?

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Looking for someone to preach next sunday.  Our directory is updated regulary giving contact details and a profile about members to give you a bit of a flavour. It can be downloaded here.

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Monday Classes for interest

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

ICC (Glasgow) would like to extend a warm invitation to attend their Monday classes which begin on Monday (26th October).
International Christian College Monday Classes
Our interest level Monday classes begin again on Monday 26 October for six Mondays. These classes have no minimum entry requirements and are for anyone who wants to explore a particular topic.
Monday [...]

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In Memoriam: Arthur Miles

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Arthur Miles (Mosspark) died on Sunday 27th September 2009. He was one of our longest serving members. He joined the Association in October 1977 when a member at Harper Memorial Baptist Church under the ministry of the then Pastor, Rev Peter Donald, who wrote a most warm letter of commendation in respect of [...]

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Scottish Baptist History Project Event

Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

There is to be a meeting of the Scottish Baptist History Project on Saturday 14 November at Bearsden Baptist Church, Glasgow and once again an opportunity to explore and learn from Baptist History.  The programme which features papers on a variety of topics is as follows:

  Finlay Memorial Church (George McNair) 
 The Eadies in India (Muriel [...]

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Downloads available

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

On our new website we have a page dedicated for these key downloads such as our new promotion video clip which will be presented at this years assembly at our promotional slot on Thursday 29th October. The page includes report being presented in this year’s Assembly handbook. It also includes a downloadable Membership list (which [...]

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Welcome to our new Website

Saturday, October 10th, 2009

Welcome to our new and freshly designed website. We hope with this new design you will be able to find the information you are looking for. Whether it is a lay preacher to preach or something to encourage you in your preaching ministry. The articles from the previous website have been transferred over [...]

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Connect Four – 1st Workshop

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

On Saturday 3rd October 14 members and friends of the Assocation gathered at Stirling Baptist Church for the first of the Connect Four Workshops. An excellent day was held as the following subjects were covered:-

From Text to Sermon – Ian Birch
Spiritual Development – Deans Buchanan
Pastoral Care – Isobel Neal
Evangelism & Mission – Lynn [...]

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Committee Meeting – 26th September 2009

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

The SBLPA Commitee met on 26th September and the minutes are available here.

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