Greyfriars Parish Church, Lanark

1. National Youth Assembly 2010
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This weekend two of our youth members, Alan Boyd and Andrew Mathieson, are attending the National Youth Assembly at Stirling University. Along with times of fellowship and meeting new people from all over ...

2. Harry Potter and his Wizarding World
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... on and I probably will in weeks and months to come but truly the only way to know how incredible and experience it is, is to visit it yourself! But as I was standing in line I couldn't help think of ...

3. A final service
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I have really enjoyed my time at the Church of the Palms in Delray Beach and have had a wonderful time meeting so many people who have been willing to share with me over these few short weeks. As today ...

4. Safari & Community
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... past few weeks is about the importance of keeping things together, perhaps together in tension, but together none the less. The Church of the Palms has three services every week, the Sunday morning service, ...

5. What an EPIC week!
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Well, last week we were on vacation and this week it continues. As part of our study leave in the states we planned a 2 week break to Orlando to visit the mouse. So far we have been to all of the parks ...

6. We're off to see the mouse ...
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... and packed (again) to go on our two week vacation to Orlando! The girls (all 3) are very excited about meeting the mouse, and the dog, and the duck and the princesses! So we set off at 6am for our road ...

7. Breakfast, Lightning and Independence
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... where to start when it came but they managed to demolish their plates. This weekend saw the start of our church activities and what a start it was. As we entered into the holiday weekend the church welcomed ...

8. And we have landed ...
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After 17 hours  on the road we made it to our house for the next 6 weeks or so. A drive to Edinburgh airport, a flight to Heathrow, a wait in T5, a 9 hour flight with the girls and some very annoying ...

9. It might just be me ....
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... which has now gone on for 2 and a half years, still with no end in sight. We phoned our GP surgery to get an appointment for one of the kids and was told there would be one 2 weeks from the date I phoned. ...

10. Holding Together
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... its authority? There have to surely be questions asked? Many churches in the past have split and the Church of Scotland is no different. But with schism comes fighting and trouble. Only this week the ...

11. A God of love ... for all
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There has just been so much going on in the Church of Scotland in the last few weeks. Many of you will have read in the media about a friend of mine, Rev. Scott Rennie, minister of Brechin Cathedral who ...

12. What a day!
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Sad day yesterday. To finish my week's holiday we went to St. Andrews Church in Blantyre and had lunch with Pete, Carolyn and the family. Was having a lovely time until we smelt a gas leak at their house. ...

13. The Blame Culture
(Bryan's Blog/Bryan's Blog)

I have been getting steadily more annoyed over the past week or so with the media and Westminster. When we should have been focussing on the economic situation, or announcements about jobs in hospitals ...

14. That sinking feeling
(Bryan's Blog/2008 Archive)

Do you know when you have the sinking feeling that the day is going to be one of those days? I normally am kept quite busy in life with everything that goes on but this week, in fact, these 2 weeks, ...

15. Worship
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... have a weekly service of worship each Sunday with around 180 people attending each week. We also try to take the worship to those who cannot come to church through no fault of their own. We offer a free ...

16. What happens at a Christian Basics Course?
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Over a course of six sessions, we meet as a informally as a group to discuss matters of life and faith, as well as introduce you to the Church of Scotland. Over the weeks topics such as: God, Jesus and ...

17. Online Church
(Bryan's Blog/2008 Archive)

... as well as giving useful information about the things we at Greyfriars can offer.  We now have a new Audio Visual setup in the church which we use each week for worship.  We have a video screen that we ...

18. Labyrinth
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During Holy Week 2007 Greyfriars Church joined forces with our friends in St. Nicholas Church to host a Labyrinth for people from the church and wider community to have an opporuntity to think about their ...

19. Wrigglers
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...  Each week children get the opportunity to play on our play equipment, make crafts, read stories, as well as sharing in snack time! Please feel free just to come along or if you would like to contact ...

20. Sunday School
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... School (p4-7). We have over 40 children in our Sunday School and they all come along for a mix of singing, crafts, stories, games and much more. Each week the children think about a theme or story from ...