Summer photo challenge

As summer is now here, and as God’s wonderful creation is blooming with such magnificent colour, we challenge you to capture some Summer Photos.

They could be from your garden, such as this

Or, from your travels from near or far.

Send your pictures to bellshillcentral@gmail.com, or get in touch via the Church’s Facebook or Twitter pages.

You can tag us in social media, but remember to use our special tag of #bellshillsummerchallenge

  • @bellshillcentralchurch on Facebook
  • @bellshillchurch on Twitter
  • Or use our hashtag #bellshillchurch

Organist Entertains Episode 62

The organist entertains seeks to help keep you connected with your Church, the building, it’s surroundings and the sounds of the organ.

Tonight at 8pm

Welcome to another Virtual Church with the Maestro! This is Episode 62nd in the organist entertains series which proves to be another bumper edition of your hymns and requests!!! As usual all your words appear on the screen.

Included tonight we have
🔸Blessed assurance
🔸As the deer pants
🔸Longing for light
🔸Thine be the glory
🔸 and many more

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Please consider donating to Bellshill Central Parish Church Via this link https://cos.churchofscotland.org.uk/donate/?cong=171073

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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

Bellshill Central Church of Scotland
Registered Charity: SC012556
346 Main Street, Bellshill, ML4 1BA
http://www.bellshillcentral.church
http://www.facebook.com/bellshillcentralchurch
http://www.twitter.com/bellshillchurch
http://www.youtube.com/c/bellshillcentralparishchurch

Organist Entertains Episode 61

The organist entertains seeks to help keep you connected with your Church, the building, it’s surroundings and the sounds of the organ.

Tonight at 8pm

Welcome to another Virtual Church with the Maestro! This is Episode 61st in the organist entertains series which proves to be another bumper edition of your hymns and requests – and sorry for the delay!!! As usual all your words appear on the screen.

Included tonight we have
🔸Come down O love divine
🔸Thou whose almighty word
🔸Lord the Light of your Love
🔸All I once held dear
🔸 and many more

________________________

Please consider donating to Bellshill Central Parish Church Via this link https://cos.churchofscotland.org.uk/donate/?cong=171073

________________________

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

Bellshill Central Church of Scotland
Registered Charity: SC012556
346 Main Street, Bellshill, ML4 1BA
http://www.bellshillcentral.church
http://www.facebook.com/bellshillcentralchurch
http://www.twitter.com/bellshillchurch
http://www.youtube.com/c/bellshillcentralparishchurch

Prayers continue this Sunday in response to the pandemic

On Trinity Sunday (30 May), following the Kirk’s annual General Assembly, Christians across the country – and further afield – will join together in prayer and reflection at 7pm in response to the pandemic.

A cross sitting on a hill at sunset

As with previous weeks during lockdown, 14 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 incoming Moderator, 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.

“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.”

This week’s letter accompanying the prayer, which is also available in Gaelic (a copy of which will be available to read here soon), states:

“The vision of the Lord offered by the prophet Isaiah is one in which the presence of the living God fills the Temple and we hear resounding from every corner the cry:

‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty;

The whole earth is full of His glory.’

“The Temple itself is shaken as the fullness of God’s presence is revealed. The prophet Isaiah can do no more than acknowledge who he is before God. Yet, even as he senses his own weakness, he hears the voice of the Lord calling: ‘Whom shall I send?’ In response, Isaiah says: ‘Here am I. Send me!’

“Today, in the midst of all we face, the fullness of the living God is made known to us in Creation and revealed through Jesus Christ as our Redeemer and by the Holy Spirit as our Sustainer. In our weakness, we also may hear the voice of the Lord calling: ‘Whom shall I send?’ In response, we also may say: ‘Here am I. Send me!’”

We pray:

Holy, holy, holy
Is the Lord Almighty;
Living God, may Your presence be known to us
Even in our weakness.
May we know You as Your presence is revealed
And as Your calling is renewed.
Lord, in Your mercy,
Hear our prayer.

Holy, holy, holy
Is the Lord Almighty;
Living God, may Your presence be known to us
In all the gifts of Creation.
May we receive these gifts as a sacred trust
And treasure all that You have given to us.
Lord, in Your mercy,
Hear our prayer.

Holy, holy, holy
Is the Lord Almighty;
Living God, may Your presence be known to us
In the One whom You have sent to redeem us.
May we share in the life of Christ
And in the life of the body of Christ.
Lord, in Your mercy,
Hear our prayer.

Holy, holy, holy
Is the Lord Almighty;
Living God, may Your presence be known to us
In the One whom You have poured out upon us.
May we be renewed by the Spirit
And share in the life the Spirit gives to us.
Lord, in Your mercy,
Hear our prayer.

Holy, holy, holy
Is the Lord Almighty;
Living God, may Your presence be known to us
In our worship in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
May You receive us as we are
And accept us in our weakness.
Lord, in Your mercy,
Hear our prayer.