Polmont Old
Parish Church - Scotland
Parish Church - Scotland
Jerome's Jottings
Polmont Old Parish Church
As if to echo the season, there has been a spate of new things happening at Polmont Church which has had us all basking in the warmth of this season:
the flower festival
the completion of the new car park
a new ministry to the babies and toddlers of the crèche
a new group for teenagers called Inspire meeting on Sundays
a new Alpha Course about to begin
a new group gathering together at 10:30 every Sunday to pray for the church and all that goes on in it
the Church website going online at the beginning of September
It really does seem like springtime, all these new things emerging. There is a definite sense of new life and growth, and it is wonderful to see and to be a part of it.
In spiritual terms, there are two characteristics of new life and spiritual growth: Friendship with God and communion with the followers of God.
Friendship with God
Friendship with God is the first and most important step of new life. It is the letting go of all that keeps us from having a good relationship with God and an entering into God's embrace. We make this such a complicated affair, but it really is just a prayer away.
Family of God
But once in the family of God, the next important step is that of community, or living together as the family of God. I must say that I have to look askance at those who call themselves believers, yet keep themselves away from God's family.
Often this 'self-imposed exile' has been the result of something hurtful that happened many years ago in the church community. This pain is held onto and new lifestyles are created around it, but that hurt does not go away. Sometimes this 'exile' is used as an excuse to cover up the truth that they did not want to be part of the community anyway!
Just as a family is diminished by the absence of one of its members at family gatherings, so is the family of God. There is much new life and many new beginnings taking shape in Polmont Old - come and be a part of it, rather than be apart from it.
Jerome
Polmont Old Parish Church
As if to echo the season, there has been a spate of new things happening at Polmont Church which has had us all basking in the warmth of this season: the flower festival the completion of the new car park a new ministry to the babies and toddlers of the crèche a new group for teenagers called Inspire meeting on Sundays a new Alpha Course about to begin a new group gathering together at 10:30 every Sunday to pray for the church and all that goes on in it the Church website going online at the beginning of SeptemberIt really does seem like springtime, all these new things emerging. There is a definite sense of new life and growth, and it is wonderful to see and to be a part of it.
In spiritual terms, there are two characteristics of new life and spiritual growth: Friendship with God and communion with the followers of God.
Friendship with God
Friendship with God is the first and most important step of new life. It is the letting go of all that keeps us from having a good relationship with God and an entering into God's embrace. We make this such a complicated affair, but it really is just a prayer away.
Family of GodBut once in the family of God, the next important step is that of community, or living together as the family of God. I must say that I have to look askance at those who call themselves believers, yet keep themselves away from God's family.
Often this 'self-imposed exile' has been the result of something hurtful that happened many years ago in the church community. This pain is held onto and new lifestyles are created around it, but that hurt does not go away. Sometimes this 'exile' is used as an excuse to cover up the truth that they did not want to be part of the community anyway!
Just as a family is diminished by the absence of one of its members at family gatherings, so is the family of God. There is much new life and many new beginnings taking shape in Polmont Old - come and be a part of it, rather than be apart from it.
Jerome
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