By Administrator | about 8 months ago

Marion Murray writes about nature, neighbourhoods and community...

I am sitting in my sun room looking out on a peaceful scene, the camellia bush and magnolia slowly awakening, the forsythia and daffodils are in full bloom and the crab apple tree is in leaf, the blossom will not be long...

By Albert Bogle | 8 months ago

Finding creative and authentic ways to include the outsider and those on the fringe of faith to engage with worship, is a core strand of Sanctuary First’s ministry.

It is is a creative space that seeks to encourage our present worshipping community to think beyond how church has been...

By Administrator | 8 months ago

As part of our In The Neighbourhood theme, today on the blog we welcome Rev Erick Du Toit who writes about his experience of moving to Scotland from South Africa.

Moving into a new neighbourhood can be quite daunting.

We have all had to go through the growth pains and struggles of...

By JamesC | about 9 months ago

Last week I visited the St Rollox Diptych an art installation by Gardner and Gardner, who are dear friends of Sanctuary First. Peter and Heidi are artists with a pioneer art ministry in Glasgow. They have created a number of engaging, disarming and thought-provoking installations, often...

By JamesC | 9 months ago

This year as part of our With Fresh Eyes initiative we are encouraging people to use our theme discussion questions for March and April, In The Neighbourhood and Behold The Man, to meet together over Lent and Easter in local Connect Groups. The material is a starting point but you are...

By Albert Bogle | about 10 months ago

In this month’s issue of Life and Work I have been challenging Church of Scotland congregations to reconsider what it means to nurture Christian friendship among ourselves and to extend that friendship to those outside our church circles, picking up on some of the ideas in our I Have...