This Friday, 5 March we will celebrate the World Day of Prayer with sisters and brothers across the globe. Augustine United Church in Edinburgh is hosting a virtual World Day of Prayer service, written this year by the women of Vanuatu. The service will include women, men and young people from all over Scotland and it will be led by musicians of Augustine United Church.
For joining details visit the World Day of Prayer website, or the World Day of Prayer Scotland Facebook page or use Zoom:
If you do not have internet access you can join using a landline 0131 4601196. And you will be asked for the above webinar ID and passcode. There may be a cost for the call. The service will then be posted on the World Day of Prayer Scotland website and Facebook Page if you cannot join on the day.
a) A service will be held at Holytown Crematorium on Tuesday the 2’nd March at 09h30
b) The hearse will pass the church (Bellshill Central) from Fosters funeral care at a time still to be determined (but it will probably be at about 09h15). Those who might want to pay their respects are invited to stand outside the church at the appropriate time.
c) Restrictions are still in place and so there will only be 20 at the service (which will be by personal invitation)
d) For those who might want to offer a brief prayer in honour of her life then one of the following hymns might serve as a guide to prayer (each one of these hymns proved special to Mrs Toal)
Lord of all being throned afar
Abide with me
What a friend we have in Jesus
The Lord of sea and sky
Will your anchor hold
Webcast details to view Betty’s funeral service online are
You can login to the website noted above at any time to view a test connection (and we strongly recommend you do this) but you’ll only be able to view the Live Webcast approx. 5 mins before the service start time. Please be aware this is a public building and the timing of the Live webcast is semi-automated to allow for services running early or late – please use your discretion if you can see activities not applicable to the service you are here to watch. Once the service has finished, it will take us up to 3 working days to get the 28-day Watch Again onto the website.
Bellshill Central Parish Church at 346 Main Street continues to be physically closed to all in person face to face meetings, including Sunday morning worship
However, we are continuing to be the church locally in the community of Bellshill and Mossend by being active online, with Kevin’s continuing pastoral work and being a family of faith. Our groups and church members are in daily contact with each other.
How are we doing this?
Our website at http://www.bellshillcentral.church is continually updated and refreshed. Have a look. Services and other outreach online is available here.
WhatsApp groups for our church family and most vulnerable folks. Our church chat of 50+members keep upto date, sharing important news, moments of humour and prayers. There are also separate WhatsApp groups for our choir and guild.
Online worship is our main focus, with sunday worship online at 10.45am and midweek Young church on Wednesday at 12noon.
Check out our Facebook page with a lovely heartfelt testimonial from. Grace about her journey of faith to Baptism
Organist Entertains provided by our own organist and maestro, Alan Mathew. The Golden Special Bumper Episode (50th) instalment is available tonight (Wednesday) at 8pm. Tonight‘s episode has dual cameras so you can see the maestros hands and feet! To date we have surpassed 25,000 views! http://www.bellshillcentral.church/organist-entertains. We have special messages from right around the world.
Looking forward our existing activities will continue online and we hope that you can join us when you can. That’s the wonder of online church, you can worship where and when you are able.
Quiz night, 26th February
Please get in touch to get the zoom joining codes for our Annual quiz, led by Hugh and Nicky as we enjoy some grey cell exercises and fun, bring together as we can do best at the moment. Join us from 7pm for some chat, then questions begin at 7.30pm!
During Lent we are hosting an online Lent prayer group. Just half an hour once per week. If you’re interested get in touch. These take place on Mondays at 7pm via zoom. Contact us via email bellshillcentral@gmail.com for the joining codes.
Our choir is having fun with a virtual choir setting. We’ve already produced item #1 and #2. We are aiming to produce one item per month to see how it progresses. Its not as fun as real choir but its keeping us singing the only way we are allowed! We’re preparing an item for this weeks service If you want to take part contact Alan at bellshillcentral@gmail.com
Updated this week……
The virtual prayer walk around the town of Bellshill continues. We will choose three streets and ask you to pray and remember all who live and work there. Look up #bellshillprayerwalk on Facebook and Twitter to follow our journey. The streets this week are Noble Road, Warnock Crescent, Sandy Park and Thorn Road. The prayer walk will be available on the website also. Check out https://bellshillcentral.church/bellshill-prayer-walk/
As your Church in Bellshill we are looking out beyond our four walls – we are the Church Without Walls! Join us during COVID19. If there’s something you think we could be doing, organising or focusing on, please tell us!
FAIRTRADE FORTNIGHT Fairtrade fortnight runs from 22nd February – 7th March
As the church buildings are currently closed, due to COVID-19, we haven’t been able to support Fairtrade this year, but you might like to host something like a fairtrade breakfast at home to support the work of Fairtrade
Many of our local shops all have Fairtrade good you might like to buy : from bananas and cereal to tea and coffee. If you’re looking for something for a little later in the day they also have Fairtrade chocolate and Fairtrade wine – and Fairtrade flowers too
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