Catch up with highlights from mbc news
November 2008

The Baptist Union of Scotland

Growing Healthy Churches

 
Encourage each other through prayer

Each month there is a systematic journey through the alphabet listing prayer points for thanksgiving and support for Scottish Baptist Churces.

Our mbc bulletin lists the names of the churches. More details can be found on the web-site www.scottishbaptist.org.uk . November yields a lot of interest and encouragement that we are not alone.

Sunday 2nd Dumfries Baptist Church:
Rev Alan Donaldson, Mr Marcus Scotney. Pray
for the Christianity Explored course which started on
29th Sept.

Remember the Church as they look for bigger premises to renovate or land to build on. Pray for wisdom and patience as they decide where and when to concentrate resources. Give thanks for an encouraging first church Weekend Away in Keswick.

Dundee - Broughty Ferry:

Please pray for the church and its pastor, Rev Brian Talbot. Sunday 9th Dundee - Central Baptist Church: Revs Jim Turrent and Angus Morrison.

Due to our building project, the decant of both Sunday services to Abertay University auditorium commenced on September 21st for approximately three months.

The builders are now linking our Ward Road Sanctuary to a new, purpose built, facility next door to serve the community in Dundee. We hope to re-enter the premises debt-free, but still have some finance outstanding.

Pray particularly for the work with students from Dundee University, Abertay University, and Dundee College - that we maintain the good relationship we currently have with them. Please pray too for our nightclub work as it continues from its base in the Church Office in Ward Road.

You will be aware that we have a new lead pastor, Rev J D Turrent, who is settling in. Pray for these first few months, as we all adjust to a new era in the life of CBC, and also for our other pastor, Rev Angus Morrison. Thank you in anticipation of your prayers.

Dundee - St Kilda Road Baptist Church:

Mr Richard Toller. We have built up good relationships in the community through the twiceweekly cafe, toddler group, summer kids’ club and barbecue and other activities and casual contacts. Pray that these will bear fruit in lost people finding salvation.

We are making slow but steady progress in planning and fund raising for an extension to our building, to enable us to serve the community more effectively. We have great opportunities but few people, and some of our active younger members have left for other larger churches.

“The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Sunday 16th

Dunfermline -Viewfield:

Rev Michael Bonser. We used the "Back to Church Sunday" initiative and were encouraged both by the way the church embraced this and by a positive response when many who have drifted away from church were prayed for and invited back. Contacts have been renewed and a number came back to a morning service.

A wide range of people have expressed an interest in attending our Alpha Course which begins this month. Please pray that we will see people coming to faith for the first time. We are currently working on a Community Audit and a Church Audit.

Please pray that God will guide us through these audits, and that we will know how to develop our ministries as we seek to serve the Lord in our community.

Praise God for an increasing sense of unity and purpose.

Dunfermline - West:

Please pray for the church and its pastor, Rev Douglas Whyte.
Sunday 23rd

Dunoon:

Please pray for the church - currently in vacancy.

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