As the Church of Scotland in Bellshill we extend a warm welcome to any of our activities. People have been coming to this building to worship God for over a hundred years. While our town has journeyed through many changes over those years, the constancy of the witness of the “Church at 346 Main Street” has remained uninterrupted. The mission of any Church is to reflect through its presence, its music, its fellowship and its beauty the greatness of God, and we seek to do that here in all that we share.
We hope that everyone who enters these doors will find an encouraging, friendly group of people. While we are far from perfect, we are regularly discovering truths that are changing us individually and enriching our lives as a church community. As we worship together, learn from the Bible, and pray for one another, we are strengthened in our commitment to Jesus Christ as well as to each other. If this is your first time here, we welcome you, and invite you to share the joy that we have found.
We gather for weekly worship beginning at 11am. We are now up to 4 hymns, with lovely organ music before and afterwards. We invite you to sit tight and listen to the closing music before you leave!
Our prayers and worship are led by Rev Kevin de Beer
If you can’t gather with us in person then here are the live stream links that you will need.
If you are coming, call Stanley before 10pm Saturday, or email bookings@bellshillcentral.church and Jane will add your details. Or, you can still give your name at the door, but we ask for your name in advance to keep the queues to a minimum.
Enjoy this weekend’s worship, however you take part.
Tonight (Sunday 31st October), Christians across the country – and further afield – will continue to join together in prayer and reflection at 7pm in response to the pandemic.
As with previous weeks during lockdown, 15 Christian churches and organisations across the country, including the Church of Scotland, have co-signed the letter calling for prayer.
Scottish Christians have been continuing to answer the call to pray at the same time each week, and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, Lord Wallace, is taking part alongside them.
“We should always be mindful for the wisdom handed down to us from past generations; much of it learned the hard way, from mistakes made and consequences suffered,” Lord Wallace said.
“So, too, we are grateful for the richness that comes to us from living alongside people of other traditions. In our day and generation we must surely allow our minds and hearts to be open so that we can risk getting to know them and learning from them.
“In this pandemic, our responsibility is to come together and offer our prayers for all the many diverse expressions of our Christian faith that enrich life, as we have done for many months now.
“Let us not forget that behind each death there will be grieving family and friends; behind each hospitalisation there will be a suffering patient, an anxious family and a caring and skilled medical team.
“And behind each vaccination, let us recognise, with thanks, the skill of the scientists’ research and those who make distribution and vaccination possible. Let us remember, too, those in countries who still wait anxiously for vaccines to arrive. May our leaders respond imaginatively and generously to that challenge.
“A pattern has been set for us, lived out in Jesus Christ, made possible by the Spirit. May we follow in His way, and be guided by the one over-riding rule of love in all that we say and do.”
“As the people of God embark on a journey that will take them to the threshold of the promised land, they hear proclaimed the commandment: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.’
“These ancient words take us to the very heart of what it is to live in the presence of God, where life will flourish, in ‘a land flowing with milk and honey’, as the people of God hear and fulfil the commandment of God. In turn, successive generations will flourish as the commandment is received and embraced. (Deuteronomy 6: 1-9)
“The generation of which we are a part has the responsibility of passing to those who come after us the commandment to love God with heart and soul and strength.
“In similar fashion, we have a responsibility entrusted to us to pass on a land that will sustain the flourishing of human life.
“As those so entrusted, we pray to the One God, who is ‘the Maker of heaven and earth’…”
We pray:
Lord our God, We turn to You as the maker of heaven and earth And as the One who sustains all human life: Hear us as we seek to love You With heart and soul and strength. Hear us and our prayer for all Creation. Lord, in Your mercy, Hear our prayer.
Lord our God, We turn to You as the maker of heaven and earth And as the One who sustains all human life: Hear us as we behold the beauty of the gift of Creation And give thanks to You for Your many blessings. Hear us as we sense the fragility of Your gift at this time. Lord, in Your mercy, Hear our prayer.
Lord our God, We turn to You as the maker of heaven and earth And as the One who sustains all human life: Hear the voices of those from North and South, And East and West, who cry out on behalf of a fragile creation. Hear the voice of all Your people and answer their cry. Lord, in Your mercy, Hear our prayer.
Lord our God, We turn to You as the maker of heaven and earth And as the One who sustains all human life: Hear the voices of those who journey as pilgrims And long to know a land flourishing with good gifts. Hear our voices as we share the pilgrim way. Lord, in Your mercy, Hear our prayer.
Lord our God, We turn to You as the maker of heaven and earth And as the One who sustains all human life: Hear our prayer that the creation may be set free And no longer bound to the bondage of decay. Hear the voices of those who rejoice in anticipation of that day. Lord, in Your mercy Hear our prayer.
Won’t you join us? Sunday 31st is also NATIONAL GIVING DAY. Please read here how you can financially support this initiative. <<link to click >>
We gather for weekly worship beginning at 11am. We are now up to 4 hymns, with lovely organ music before and afterwards. We invite you to sit tight and listen to the closing music before you leave!
Our prayers and worship are led by Rev Kevin de Beer
If you can’t gather with us in person then here are the live stream links that you will need.
Our livestream will begin at 10:45 or thereabouts, sit tight until it begins.
Here’s the Sunday bulletin
please download it to take part in our service
If you are coming, call Stanley before 10pm Saturday, or email bookings@bellshillcentral.church and Jane will add your details. Or, you can still give your name at the door, but we ask for your name in advance to keep the queues to a minimum.
Enjoy this weekend’s worship, however you take part.
BELLSHILL: CENTRAL PARISH CHURCH OF SCOTLAND 