Blog (Page 77)

Blog (Page 77)

Reaching out to ALL of Niddrie

Niddrie is changing. When I first came here four years ago the community was much more clearly defined. Families had been living here for generations and the ‘mission’ (as our church building was called and still is today despite the name change!) has been here for almost 100 years. It was pretty easy to identify the ‘community’. In response to…

Surprise Present

Just got a lovely present through the post from a guy in the USA called CJ Mahaney. He is in charge of sovereigngraceministies.org. I met him briefly in Chicago and he seemed like a nice bloke. Anyway, a package arrived this morning with 20 books for my team here at the church and a lovely note. Nice one CJ! It’s always nice to get a bit of encouragement (and free…

Niddrie Easter Fry & Communion Issues

We had a lovely time together yesterday morning (Easter Sunday). This year we had an early communion service for committed Christians (and those who could be bothered to get out of bed!). We then had a fry up in the cafe with some guests and people from the community (food is always a winner here in Niddrie), we had a 20 minute Easter evangelistic message, followed by Hot…

Government cuts mean Gospel Opportunities!

Much has been written and reported in the media about the savage spending cuts the government seem to be enforcing across large swathes of our local community resources. I am not interested in pushing a political view but I am interested in observing, thinking about and acting upon what this means for the Christian church (both here and Niddrie and further afield). The…