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 (beautiful organ music & singing, we now have THREE hymns!) Sunday at 11am either in person (face masks mandatory) or live streamed.
The organist entertains seeks to help keep you connected with your Church, the building, it’s surroundings and the sounds of the organ.
Wednesday at 8pm
This is Episode 78 in the organist entertains series which yet again proves to be a super edition of your hymns and requests, and as usual all your words appear on the screen.
Hymns used with permission and with the following CCLI Licences Church Copyright Licence 876673; Music Reproduction Licence 876680 Church Video Licence 2258718; PPL Church Licence 1593113 CLA Church Licence 1002856; PRS for Music Church Licence 1448921 Streaming Licence 1638311
This Sunday (10 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.”
“Where do we find grace to help us in our time of need?
“The Letter to the Hebrews does not quite frame the question in that way. However, the Letter answers the question and points us to ‘Jesus, the Son of God’ as the One who acts on our behalf and who will bring us into the gracious presence of God.
“Our time of need is now, and the needs of the world are plenty. In such a time as this, we turn to the great high priest who has faced and endured all that we face and endure. We do so knowing that the One who has endured all will enable us to ‘approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need’.
“In the words of the hymn writer:
‘Before the throne of God above I have a strong, a perfect plea, A great High Priest, whose name is Love, Who ever lives and pleads for me.'”
We pray:
Living God, Have mercy on us And grant to us grace in time of need; For we are those who struggle And know our weaknesses all too well. Lord, in Your mercy, Hear our prayer.
Living God, Have mercy on us And grant to us grace in time of need; For we know the struggles of the world And the pain that so many bear. Lord, in Your mercy, Hear our prayer.
Living God, Have mercy on us And grant to us grace in time of need; For You know us and You love us And You reach out to us in the place where we are. Lord, in Your mercy, Hear our prayer.
Living God, Have mercy on us And grant to us grace in time of need; For You call us to love our neighbour And to bear one another’s burdens on the way. Lord, in Your mercy, Hear our prayer.
Living God, Have mercy on us And grant to us grace in time of need; For we make bold to approach the throne of grace And do so in the assurance that You will hear our cry. Lord, in Your mercy, Hear our prayer.
BELLSHILL: CENTRAL PARISH CHURCH OF SCOTLAND 