It was a blessing to have a Christian from Ghana visit our service last night. He's lived in the UK for just over a year. Nelson and I met him on Saturday as we were cutting the grass on the church property. Last night he came about 40 minutes early and was also able to join us for our prayer time. He said that he will see us again next week. 

This morning I did street preaching in Edinburgh. I didn't get my usual spot, but ended up preaching at another favourite location.  I had a good outing and the Lord gave me liberty to preach His Word. I very much appreciate your prayers for the power of God to open men's hearts to the Gospel and for the Lord's enablement every time I street preach. God has proven Himself faithful time and again and I'm thankfulf for His continued leading in this ministry. Thank you for your prayers!

British Summer time ended today. It's nice to get an hour extra rest. The downside is that the sun will set at 4:45 this evening. S.A.D. is a real problem here in Scotland. Please pray for everyone to stay encouraged and that God will help us reach people who are struggling with the long winter nights.

It was good to have a young girl, who has attended for 7 years, join us for an AM service. She primarily comes on Wednesday nights, but has come on Sunday PM's before. This was her first Sunday morning and she enjoyed SS and church. She's at our home for the afternoon. So, she will have a full day of church.

This morning I preached on, "Finding So Great Faith" from the Centurion in Caesarea who trusted Jesus to heal his servant. We enjoyed a focus on, "faith" this morning. Please pray for prayer warriors to grow up in our ministry. What a blessing they will be in years to come if God works in their heart regarding prayer.

Our youth activity on Friday went well. We enjoyed attending the Royal Scottish National Orchestra after having a Bible study and eating pizza at the church. Thanks for praying for God's blessings upon these events.

This week, Katie and Allison, a member of our church, are heading to Ireland for a Ladies' retreat. Katie gets to speak in one of the sessions. Please pray for the power of God upon this good work and for Jenny Hill as she organises it.

God gave us a really special night last night. It makes me praise the Lord that we have a Sunday evening service. We've struggled with our Sunday night attendance and may still struggle going forward. But, we had a good group last evening. 

We also had three generations of our church represented. Two young women who attended our church for 9 years in their childhood when we started the church were present. A young man who worked on his Masters until 2020 was back visiting. We had another couple visit who found us onine as they were on a two year anniversary trip. On top of that two families who don't normally attend the PM were present. Praise God! It's what it is all about - Worshipping God together!

God has also given a good start to our evangelism this week as I street preached this morning. It was a good outing. I had one incident where a man spoke into my head mic (photo below). It's not unusual to have opposition and there was not any danger. But, I appreciate your prayers for the power of God upon this ministry. I believe it is a vital part of what God has called us to do and pray that God will call more men to street preach. Sermon Audio has now put an "open air ministry" tab on their sermon categories. We have 80 outings recorded there. Please pray that we stay faithful even though the weather is turning colder and that God will give opportunity to get out.

God has blessed us with a great week. Thank you for praying for our Holiday Bible Club. We started with 6 children, then 8 and then 9. Although this is not high attendance, there were no problems during the week and the children were very attentive. Two of the children had never attended our church before and they came with their mum each day. It was a blessing to get to know them. Mac and I had met them at ASDA (Walmart) and had invited their family to attend. We're glad they chose to do so.

God also blessed our afternoon service last week at Whim hall (care home.) It was well attened and we hope that some of the staff will soon visit our church. We had a wonderful conversation with a couple of them following that service.

Katie and I enjoyed good visits yesterday at several homes as we followed up with church attendees and new visitors. One of the families who visited recently indicated that we will see them occassionally. Another woman who has not yet visited said that she still intends to come.

This morning our attendance was better, even with one family who would have been present being away for the weekend. I preached on, "Courageous Obedience" from Isaiah 53, with Christ as our example. If you are involved in your church ministry, leaning into God's good work, this example from the life of Christ would encourage you to press on.

Please pray for the mercy of God for the Scottish people. Praise God the harvest is not over yet. Please pray that we can reach many for Jesus Christ.

God gave us a good morning in his house, despite unusually low attendance. Obviously, we'd love to have had more of our church family out this morning.  But, despited lower than normal attendance, God gave us a great time in His Word and with one another.

This morning, we looked at an interesting subject in God's Word as we considerd, "You and Jesus." But, the title could have been, "You and Truth." Jesus and "truth" can often be used synonymously. The theme word of 3 John is, "Truth" but it all has to do with Jesus. You can not have a good relationship with Jesus and not have a good relationship with the truth. This consideration is helpful for a proper evaluation of our walk with the Lord.

This is our busy weekend of ministry. And so, after the morning service, we loaded up the minibus with the digital piano to take to our afternoon service at the care home. Tomorrow is our monthly Ladies' meeting.

And, tomorrow we begin a 3 day holiday Bible club during our October school break. We appreciate your prayers and trust God will give us a great week of ministry.

Yesterday, we left home at 8:30. I didn't return home until 8:00PM because I had an extra ministry opportunity at a sister church in the afternoon. Our good friends, the Dillman's, are in the States on a short trip. Their pulpit supply ended up in the hospital and Brother Don asked if I could help. Their church is only about 25 minutes from us in Livingston, Scotland. I enjoyed catching up with their church family as I shared a Bible study from this past Wednesday night. ("Effectual Praying" Our first study on the life of Elijah.)

Yesterday, was, "Harvest Sunday" in the UK. We enjoyed focusing on God's many blessings as I preached on, "Taking Stock of God's Goodness," from Psalm 103. We focused God's work and God's ways. We then enjoyed a wonderful fellowship meal at the church. It was our joy to have a family visit. They received a Gospel leaflet through their mail slot this past week. Please pray for God's leading for them as they seek His will.

This morning I was able to get out to do street preaching in Edinburgh. God gave me a good outing. I had some opposition, but the Lord helped me through that and gave me liberty in my preaching.

Next weekend is also a busy weekend as we have our monthly care home ministry, monthly Ladies' meeting and have a 3 day Holiday Bible Club starting on Monday. The children here have an October break from school and we seek to have some activities for them at that time. Thanks for praying!

God has given us a fun ministry weekend. We had a youth activity on Friday which began with a Bible challenge and a meal. We then hiked up the "mountains" near our church. They are called the Pentland Hills, but in many places in the world these "hills" would be called mountains.

Saturday, we took the church minibus up into the Scottish Highlands on a church activity. 12 of us participated and we all had a great time. God kept the rain away and it was a really fun day.

Today, we didn't have any visitors, but we are seeing some growth in some of our members. That is very encouraging and what ministry is all about. I prreached this morning on, "The House Rules" from Deuteronomy 6. It is a GREAT passage for Christian parents as they seek to establish a Godly home. 

This week is a normal week. However, next Sunday will be a special Sunday called, "Harvest Sunday." We'll have a carry in meal and will focus on thankfulnsess for God's goodness in our morning church service. The Monday - Wednesday following that will be a 3 day Holiday Bible Club during the October school break. Please pray for God's rich blessings upon these special ministry opportunities. Thanks for praying!

It was a joy to have a visitor yesterday in church. A young lady who is working on a business Master's degree visited with her friend who attends our chruch. Our church ttendance was pretty good, and we're thankful for what God is doing in the hearts of those who desire to follow Him.

I preached yesterday from John 13:31-14:11 on, "You need Jesus as your Saviour and as your Lord." It was an interesting study from the Upper Room as Jesus began to prepare His disciples for His departure. We looked at 7 questions from the text to help us answer the questions, "Is Jesus my Saviour and my Lord?"

This morning, we awakened to a heavy frost on buildings and on cars. Wow!  I guess it's that time of year. Although it was significantly cooler, there were clear sunny skies this morning. I enjoyed street preaching in Edinburgh. This was my first outing since the assassination of Charlie Kirk. One thing I'd say about this morning is that the spiritual warfare was evident. I'm thankful for the grace that God always give me, but very much covet your prayers for this ministry. Would you please pray for God's Word to do a great work in the hearts of those that hear it? Would you also please pray for God's leading and enablement for each opportunity?

Now, we have a somewhat busy week as we have a youth activity on Friday and a church outing on Saturday. These are fun busy things and we look forward to what God is going to do. Thank you for upholding us in prayer.

This is the busy Sunday of the month as we head to the care home for an afternoon service. This past Wednesday we were blessed to have a 12 year old girl move back to our area. She hasn't missed a service since returning and is going with us (and another 12 year old girl) to the care home ministry this afternoon. Praise the Lord! It's great to have her back.

Also, a young woman visited our church this morning for SS and the AM service. It was a joy to meet her as well. The young father who trusted Christ this week, was not out. But, He has said that he will be here next Sunday. Please pray for God's help for him as he becomes established in the faith.

We enjoyed our time in God's Word this morning. In our 10:00 AM we were looking at the importance of doctrine from the book of Acts, chapter 15. This morning I preached on Jesus (Be Like Jesus) from the OT, Psalm 16. There is a wonderful look into the life of Christ in that passage as it shows Jesus heart of depenence upon God, the Father.

Thank you for praying for our church. It's fun to see some growth in our congregation spiritually. That is the most encouraging thing which we could see in our ministry. 

This morning I went down into Edinburgh to do street preaching,... or so I thought. I parked, carried my equipment about 3/4's of a mile to where I preach. I set up and then promptly remembered that I had left my mic charging at the house. Our home is about 35 minutes one way (9 miles) from where I had parked to do street preaching.

I called Katie and asked her to send Nelson on the bus with my mic. However, that would have been a 1 hour bus ride to get there. We eventually decided that I would possibly just do personal evangelism.

I couldn't do that with my equipment, so I walked the 3/4's mile back to the car. Before coming, I had already walked 2 miles and ran 4 miles. My feet were tired and I thought about throwing in the towel. And, I was very perplexed at the start to my day and was disappointed that I couldn't do street preaching. I also knew the Lord could have reminded me to get my equipment. Thankfully, the Lord didn't let me quit and head home.

As I went down to do evangelism I did voice my hope to the Lord that He would show His hand on my day, and I praise God that He did. First of all, I had a great witnessing opportunity with a young woman who got out of prison on Friday after serving for 6 months. Please pray for her salvation.

I also met a Nigerian man who promised that he will be in church a week from Sunday. We have several Nigerians in our church and I know they would enjoy meeting him if he keeps his word. He insisted that he would. 

But, the coolest things which really showed God's hand, was when I handed a leaflet to man who readily accepted it and said, "We have spoken before." I remembered him from over a year ago as he and his partner had indiecated that they would visit the church. They had spoken with me after watching the street preaching.

He's seen me street preaching several times since then as he has passed by on the bus. God blessed our time together and we both sensed that it was of the Lord as He also shared how God had redirected him that morning. After spending a good deal of time going over the Gospel, he prayed to ask Jesus to come into his heart. Please pray that he will have the courage to visit our church. I have his contact details and will follow up.

Your prayers for our evangelism are much appreciated. We also had some good witnessing opportunities as we knocked on doors on Saturday. Thank you for praying.