Jill Baker

YouTube video by Pollokshaws Methodist Church Stories and songs along the way

In today's YouTube service for @methodist.org.uk in Scotland, Andrew & I reminisce about 34 years of his active ministry on the day he sits down... youtu.be/JxmEpC04P2o?...

Time to sit down Time to ‘sit down’ As you may know, when it comes to retirement, the Methodist Church uses the rather quaint term of ‘sitting down’.  This comes from the sense of journey (or pilgrimage) which…

'Time to sit down'... a little blog on the day Andrew retires from active ministry... northoftheborderblog.wordpress.com/2025/08/03/t...

Sunday thought (from Sheryl): What does it mean to be a community?

Peace be the journey Peace be the journey  One of the happier outcomes of predictive text is that now, when I type ‘Peace…’ on my phone or tablet, it offers me ‘…be the journey’…

A few further reflections on 'Peace be the journey' northoftheborderblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/13/p...

YouTube video by Pollokshaws Methodist Church Peace be the journey

Fun to relive some Caribbean experiences to explore the story of the Samaritan who helped in today's YouTube service from @methodist.org.uk in #Scotland youtube.com/watch?v=LWce... #PeaceBeTheJourney

Sunday thought (from Sheryl): “Let me seek then the gift of silence…
where the sky is my prayer,
the birds are my prayer,
the wind in the trees is my prayer,
for God is in all
Thomas Merton

Sunday thought (from Sheryl - for the evening):
Lord our God,
at the ending of this day,
and in the darkness and silence of this night
cover us with healing and forgiveness,
That we may take our rest in peace
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen

Always glad to commend the wonderful Community for Spiritual Formation... visit www.communitysf.org.uk for more information

Sunday thought (Another Prayer Chair from Val): Do you use music to help you pray? Is listening to music a prayer in itself? What kind of music brings you close to a sense of the divine?

Sunday thought (3rd in Val's 'Prayer Chair' series): Where are you most comfortable? Do you need to be comfortable to pray? What colours and patterns in your home speak to you of the movement of the Spirit?

Sunday thought (a series for June of 'prayer chairs' by Val): When you stop to pray, what do you have around you? Pictures? Books? A candle? Do you always pray in the same space? Why? Why not?

Sunday thought (from Nicola): Make some time for silent reflection today. What might you see differently as a result?

Half an hour's worship to mark Aldersgate Sunday, with a Scottish focus...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTfEWt0Zn2w

Sunday thought (from Nicola): “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” (Psalm 119:105) What Bible verse or passage has brightened your day recently?

Thought for the week (from Nicola): We have recently celebrated our tenth birthday! What memories do you have from when you were ten which contributed to your spiritual formation? What communities did you belong to then?

Easter Sunday thought (from Andrew): 'But the angel said to the women, ‘Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for he has been raised, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.' Matthew 28:5-7
Christ is risen! Hallelujah!!

YouTube video by Pollokshaws Methodist Church The story on the street

My privilege to put together this week's YouTube service for the Strathclyde and Angus, Dundee & Perthshire circuits as we enter Holy Week. Do share in it with us! youtu.be/wtmt0xy6lfY?...

Sunday thought (from Andrew): What will we learn as we walk the road to Jerusalem this week?

At Drumalis in Larne, Ireland with @communitysf.bsky.social 5 days exploring Living Hope with Roger Walton & Ruth Harvey. Always a place of light and hope...

Sunday thought (from Sheryl): “The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.”
1 Cor. 10: 16-17

Sunday thought (from Sheryl): “We need to find God, who cannot be found in noise & restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature—trees, flowers, grass—grows in silence; see the stars, the moon & sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.”
Mother Teresa

Sunday thought (from Sheryl): Consider: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven
Ecclesiastes 3:1

Well, here I am on Bluesky... Hello to anyone I know in this firmament... (& farewell Twitter, you'd become too much).