An Update from our Minister – 2
A second brief update from Roy Henderson, Interim Minister. From the Steering Group Name of United Charge – YOUR CHURCH NEEDS YOUR VOTE! At the moment the name of the linked charge is: ‘Balerno linked with Currie’. A new name is required for the united charge. The Steering Group, which meets fortnightly, is systematically working […]
An Update from our Minister
A brief update from Roy Henderson, Interim Minister. Weekly Worship Sunday services will continue to be held at 09.30 a.m. in Balerno and 11.15 a.m. at Currie. Joint services are on the third Sunday of the month at 10.00 a.m. and on special occasions (e.g. Easter Sunday) also at 10.00 a.m. This will continue until […]
Christmas Message from the Manse
A Short Christmas Message and an invitation Hello and greetings to you all for the impending Christmas season. As I write, I am listening back to a Radio 6 Music programme featuring intriguing arrangements of Christmas carols, pop, folk, jazz ,rock and some more ’out there’ arrangements. This reminds me that despite seasonal talk of […]
Thought for the day 15 March 2021
Bible reading Isaiah 14:1-3 14 The Lord will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land.Foreigners will join them and unite with the descendants of Jacob.2 Nations will take them and bring them to their own place.And Israel will take possession of the nations and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land.They will make captives of […]
Thought for the day 13 March 2021
Bible reading Isaiah 40:9-11 You who bring good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain.You who bring good news to Jerusalem,[c] lift up your voice with a shout,lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, “Here is your God!”10 See, the Sovereign Lord comes with power, and he rules with a mighty arm.See, his reward is with him, and his […]
Thought for the day 12 March 2021
Bible reading John 6:35-40 35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I […]
Thought for the day 11 March 2021
Bible reading John 3 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not […]
Thought for the day 10 March 2021
Bible reading Psalm 147:3 Psalm 147 1 Praise the Lord.[a] How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him! 2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the exiles of Israel.3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.4 He determines the number of the stars and calls them each by name.5 Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his […]
Thought for the day 4 March 2021
Bible reading Matthew 6:25-34 Do not worry 25 ‘Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or […]
Thought for the day 3 March 2021
Bible reading Galatians 6:1-10 Doing good to all 6 Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. 2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ. 3 If anyone thinks […]