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.
Thank you and bless you, we hope you feel part of the Central Church family by participating in this service of online worship – wherever and whenever you take part.
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All songs and hymns are published using our various CCLI licences which are:
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
Please visit our website http://www.bellshillcentral.church for all we are doing online to spread the wonderful news of the Gospel in Bellshill and beyond Bellshill Central Church of Scotland Registered Charity: SC012556 346 Main Street, Bellshill, ML4 1BA
This Sunday (9 May), Christians across the country – and further afield – will 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 Rt Rev Dr Martin Fair, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, has been taking part alongside them.
“Too often, different parts of the Christian Church have allowed themselves to become distant from one another. They’ve looked at certain doctrinal or liturgical matters in different ways and have allowed those differences to become divisive,” Dr Fair said.
“But we can, and should, all pray together. And when we do, we find that some of these differences that seemed important begin to diminish in significance.
“Through the pandemic we have prayed each Sunday evening at 7pm and we’ve done it together. We’ve been united in praying for the country and in praying for the life and mission of the whole Church.
“Jesus’ final prayer when with his disciples was, ‘My prayer for all those who believe in me is that they shall be one.’
“We’ve demonstrated that by our shared prayer. Let it continue to be so.
“In the Gospel of John, the ‘new commandment’ to ‘love one another’ transforms the idea of a ‘commandment’. In fulfilling the ‘new commandment’, we are called to give of ourselves in order that we might follow the pattern and example of Jesus. We love because we have first of all been loved, and to do so is a mark that we are a disciple of Jesus. (John 13: 34-35)
“The ‘commandment’ to ‘love one another’ is taken up again in the Gospel and we see that the love of Jesus expressed to us is a love that flows from God: ‘As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love.’
“As an illustration of the ‘commandment’, Jesus says: ‘No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.’ To be loved by God, though Jesus, is to be changed by the experience of being loved. As we are embraced and affirmed, we are changed and called a ‘friend’ of the One who has loved us and given His life for us. (John 15: 9-17)
“In our fragile world, we are called to follow the pattern of Jesus and to love because we ourselves have first been loved.”
We pray:
Living God, You call us to love because we have first of all been loved. May we know that love abides in you And is expressed in your love for the world. Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.
Living God, You call us to love because we have first of all been loved. May we know the depth of your love In the contemplation of the life and death and resurrection of your Son. Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.
Living God, You call us to love because we have first of all been loved. May we hear the call to live by a new commandment And so bear the mark of a disciple. Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.
Living God, You call us to love because we have first of all been loved. May we know what it is to be embraced and affirmed And called a friend of the One who has given his life for us. Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.
Living God, You call us to love because we have first of all been loved. May we, who have been embraced and affirmed, Reach out to the lonely that they might know true friendship. Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.
Living God, You call us to love because we have first of all been loved. May we know the abiding presence of your love In the life we share in the community of the Risen and Ascended Lord. Lord, in your mercy, Hear our prayer.
Hi folks and welcome to another online message from Rev Kevin.
We hope you are all strong and healthy!
Today we hear another story and we think of being near God (His Presence) we have a prayer with Rev Kevin and a song that we all love to sing in church and at school – One more step along the world I go!Watch at School, at home, with your school friends, other friends and your family.
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