June 29th, 2010 by Noel Slevin
So, Step Out 2010 has finally started! Our young people are in two places in the central belt this week. There is one team at Allander Evangelical Church in Milngavie, who are running a children’s club using our “Heaven’s Kitchen” material last year. There is also a team in Coatbridge who are running a children’s club using our new “Tractor Tales” material. Please pray for our teams. Here are a few prayer points:
- Pray for unity amongst the teams, that they would work well together
- Pray for Claire Small and Gordon Stewart as they lead the Coatbridge team
- Pray for strength for the teams, especially for the people on the Step Out+ team, who have many more weeks of mission after this one
- Pray for the churches, that church members would be able to get alongside the children so they can follow up the work after the missions.
We will update you on how things are going as the week progresses, but in Coatbridge on Monday morning, there were forty-six children! Give praise to God for that, and pray they would have open hearts and minds, taking in the things they have been taught – and that they would come back for more!
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June 23rd, 2010 by Noel Slevin
This weekend marks the start of this summer’s Step Out missions. Over the summer, we will be posting up information about each mission, the teams and prayer points for each week. Make sure you check back regularly as we post prayer points for each mission, news about how each mission is going and maybe post the odd picture! Take a look at the Step Out 2010 page for all the information in one place.
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April 12th, 2010 by Noel Slevin
Onelife is an organisation with a vision to see the church, government, businesses, education and public services seasoned with strong, godly committed leaders. They run Young Leaders’ Conferences to train, equip and inspire young people, empowering the next generation of leaders to make a difference.
They are hosting a conference at Queen’s Park Baptist Church, aimed at those aged 14 – 20, although people aged 21 or 22 would also be welcome. Bed and breakfast is provided for a £5 fee (church hall or homes).
For more information, visit the Onelife website.
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March 31st, 2010 by Noel Slevin
Have you ever thought about going abroad to serve God? BMS World Mission would love to journey with you as you explore – even very tentatively – the possibility of going into overseas mission.
“Just Looking” could be part of that journey. Come and chat informally, ask questions, find out about the many different opportunities for serving with BMS. Whether you want to go by yourself, with your family, on a gap year, on a team, whatever – come along to Just Looking.
For more details, go to the “Journey” section of the BMS World Mission website, or contact Derek Clark on (0141) 7751201.
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March 22nd, 2010 by Noel Slevin
Many people have already returned their forms for this summer’s Step Out missions, but there are still spaces left on teams and we would love to have you involved, whether you have never been on Step Out before, are a regular member of Step Out teams, or have been on a Step Out mission before but haven’t been involved for a while.
If you are aged 14 or over, have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, want to share your faith with others, be part of a team doing that with a local Baptist church and grow in your own faith in the process, this is for you! Interested? Download the 2010 Step Out Application Form today!
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March 5th, 2010 by Noel Slevin
There is a vacancy for a children’s worker at Lochgilphead Baptist Church in Argyll.
The Church is looking to appoint someone on a part-time basis to work with it’s children and young people. This is a very important development within the life of the church and a wonderful opportunity for anyone who has the gifts and passion to further enhance God’s work among the young people.
The initial contract for this position is for 3 years.
If you are interested please contact Rev Derek Gibson on 01546 606696 for a full job description. The closing date for applying is Monday 22nd March.
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March 5th, 2010 by Noel Slevin
Are wqe one generation from extinction as a witnessing community? Mark Griffiths, author of One Generation from Extinction- how the church connects with the unchurched child, examines how the church reached the unchurched child in the past and details how many pioneering groups are seeking to do the same in the 21st Century.
The event is run by Children Matter and is hosted at International Christian College, Glasgow. Places should be booked in advance on the Children Matter website.
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March 4th, 2010 by Noel Slevin
As you should be able to see, there’s been a little change on the BUSY website recently. We’ve performed a little upgrade, with more changes along the way. Here are some of the changes already in place:
We have a new events section, where you can view events relevant to children, youth and their leaders;
We have a new system for emailing BUSY through the website, including to submit items for the events section;
We have included Twitter integration – follow us on Twitter and engage!
We have added support for mobile devices – you can comfortably access the website on your iPod, iPhone or BlackBerry, as well as on many other mobile devices too.
As part of the update, the forums have been moved - take a note of the new location. There are many other enhancements along the way, but we’ll keep you informed about those when they go up.
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February 20th, 2010 by Noel Slevin
The annual Baptist Union Young People’s Sports Day is on Saturday 5th June this year. The day is always great fun, with events including athletics, badminton, football, netball, swimming, table tennis and dance mats.
It’s always great to see so many people competing at the event, and you are now able to register for this year’s event. Please download the Sports Day Registration Form, along with the attached Sports Day Notes.
It is very important to read the notes before filling in the registration form. Registration forms must be returned by no later than noon on Wednesday 19th May.
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February 20th, 2010 by Noel Slevin
Originally part of Soul Survivor, the Imagine team moved to Scotland in 2004 to begin a new initiative. The team all serve in Leadership within local Aberdeen churches.
There are a load of reasons why you might want to come to Imagine.
But there’s only one reason why we do it: we hope that you would encounter Jesus, and that he would change your life. We hope He’ll leave you with:
- A Bigger Picture of God
- A Bigger Picture Of The World
- A Bigger Picture Of The Church
- A Bigger Picture of Yourself
For more information, visit the Imagine Scotland website.
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