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Wednesday 30th September 2020

30/9/2020

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Beside The Burn
This week we continue our theme from Sunday of ‘RECENTERING’. Each day we develop the theme a little more in a short 5 minutes video.

Let’s Pray For Portugal
Give thanks for the growth of CPV in Porto, where the Cochranes and Humphries are serving. Pray for the church as they seek to serve God while complying with Covid-19 restrictions.  


Portugal
Pray for the new church members, that they would know God’s hand on their lives and that he would use them wherever he has placed them. ​

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Global Mission Workers
Remember the work of Gary & Mary Reid who are Global Mission Workers in Kenya



Colin Jenkins
Port Missionary in Cork. Download his latest prayer letter.
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Struggling To Pray For Our Government?
Graham Kendrick twitted this message during the week. “Struggling to know how to pray for the government in 2020? Try this prayer-hymn-blessing for Parliament written in 1893.”
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Pray For God’s Word In China
During China’s Cultural Revolution, Long Qinmei kept her New Testament inside a box and hid it in a pig sty when authorities raided her house ...' READ MORE https://t.co/L0BpDkTqlJ
Also check out the other articles at the bottom of the webpage.
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Learning The Blessing Of Quietness
This article by former Moderator Very Rev. Norman Hamilton appeared in the News Letter at the weekend.
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Refined
Rev Philip McCrea, minister of Rosemary congregation and Convener of the Committee for Congregational Life, reflects on God’s refining process during lockdown and what he senses God is calling him to retain from the lessons he learnt during that period.
http://bit.ly/2S7oTeu
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Jigsaw
The times for yesterday’s Jigsaw


Derek 3:31
Frances 3:57

Play the "Harbour 2" puzzle!
https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=111c03278333

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Tuesday 29th September 2020

29/9/2020

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Beside The Burn
This week we continue our theme from Sunday of ‘RECENTERING’. Each day we develop the theme a little more in a short 5 minutes video.
PSALM 121
This week Recentred is based around Psalm 121 here is the Ian White version from Sunday.

Let’s Pray For University and college chaplains
Students are returning to universities and colleges around Ireland. Pray for the PCI chaplains as they seek to support them on their return to education after a long break. 


Derryvolgie Hall
Pray for the students who are settling in at Derryvolgie, some for the first time. Pray that they will find an encouraging environment that will build them up in their faith as they navigate university life. ​
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Global Mission Workers​
Annes & Olga, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Message From The Moderator
The Moderator Dr Bruce offers some encouragement to Presbyterians at this time and commends Refined, the new suite of online resources available to help support and develop congregational life and witness.

A message from the Moderator from Presbyterian Church in Ireland on Vimeo.


Faith Takes A Wobble
Do you ever feel guilty that your faith takes a 'wobble'? Watch this message from Dr Charles Stanley about common reasons why our faith may waiver, and be encouraged to emerge from these seasons with even STRONGER faith!
https://ucb.lightcast.com/player/21321/274209
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Daniel & Esther
What do you think it would be like to live for God in exile? This episode of 'The Bible in 30 Minutes' looks at the stories of Daniel and Esther and how they remained faithful to God even when exiled far from home. Listen now on UCB Player!
https://t.co/GsvlZX1r5r
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Hope
Hope has a name, and its name is Jesus. In the current flux of changing guidelines and regulations, how are we people of hope? Check out this article by Evangelical Alliance’s head of public policy Danny Webster.

https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/hope-has-a-name-and-its-name-is-jesus?utm_source=twitter
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Jigsaw
The times for yesterday’s Jigsaw

Derek 3:30

Play the "Harbour 1" puzzle!
https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=36b11f35ebb9

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Monday 28th September 2020

28/9/2020

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Beside The Burn
This week we continue our theme from Sunday of ‘RECENTERING’. Each day we develop the theme a little more in less than 10 minutes in this video.
PRISM 
Download the bible study sheet for this week.
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Psalm 122
​Listen to Rhonda reading Psalm 122
Recentred On Jesus
If you missed it you can listen again to Sunday’s sermon.

Let’s Pray For Global Mission Partners
Pray for our global mission partners in countries like South Sudan, Myanmar and Indonesia, many of whom are struggling because of the impact of Covid-19 on food security, health systems and infrastructure. 


Leaders in Training
Pray for Wamaka Nyondo from the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian, Malawi. Wamaka has just returned home after completing a Masters degree in Edinburgh, supported by PCI. He plans to work in the Synod’s health department. ​
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Moderator’s Service
Continuing his weekly service of worship for the whole Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Presbyterian Moderator, Rt Rev Dr David Bruce, continues his journey through the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians. Today he explores the theme, ‘A church living in the light’.

Global Mission Workers
We continue with a series of video updates from the PCI Global Mission workers.


Trapped In A Room With A Lion
How would YOU fair if you were trapped in a room with a lion? ?
In Bible Biogs, we look Daniel's story. What did his visions of the future reveal about the present? And how DID he fair so well being trapped in a lions’ den? Listen now on UCB Player!
https://t.co/DJSYtNpjY0
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Refreshed By God!
Are you DESPERATE to be refreshed by God's presence? Watch this inspiring message from UCB's CEO, David L'Herroux, as he talks about the manifested presence of God and how we can be connected to God NO MATTER where we are!
https://ucb.lightcast.com/player/21321/208253
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God Told Me (40 minute audio)
When someone says 'Oh, God told me,' do you ever wonder – what does it MEAN to listen for God's voice? This episode of 'Mark & Mark at Full Volume' looks at tuning in to God's voice and the different ways that God speaks to us! Listen now on UCB Player.
https://t.co/BcnIRAHnma
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Corrie Ten Boom
I normally just include links to the items that I want to share with you, but a friend posted this on Facebook and I couldn’t find it any where else, so here is a powerful story about Corrie Ten Boom.
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Due to a clerical error during WW2, Corrie Ten Boom was released from Ravensbruck one week before all the women her age were killed. She began traveling and telling the story of her family and what she and Betsie had learned in the concentration camp. Eventually, after the war was over, she was able to obtain a home for former inmates to come and heal from their experiences. And she continued to travel tirelessly over the world and tell to anyone who would listen the story of what she had learned.


"It was in a church in Munich that I saw him, a balding heavy-set man in a gray overcoat, a brown felt hat clutched between his hands. People were filing out of the basement room where I had just spoken. It was 1947 and I had come from Holland to defeated Germany with the message that God forgives. ...


And that's when I saw him, working his way forward against the others. One moment I saw the overcoat and the brown hat; the next, a blue uniform and a visored cap with its skull and crossbones. It came back with a rush: the huge room with its harsh overhead lights, the pathetic pile of dresses and shoes in the center of the floor, the shame of walking naked past this man. I could see my sister's frail form ahead of me, ribs sharp beneath the parchment skin. Betsie, how thin you were!


Betsie and I had been arrested for concealing Jews in our home during the Nazi occupation of Holland; this man had been a guard at Ravensbruck concentration camp where we were sent. 


"You mentioned Ravensbruck in your talk," he was saying. "I was a guard in there." No, he did not remember me.


"I had to do it — I knew that. The message that God forgives has a prior condition: that we forgive those who have injured us." "But since that time," he went on, "I have become a Christian. I know that God has forgiven me for the cruel things I did there, but I would like to hear it from your lips as well. Fraulein, ..." his hand came out, ... "will you forgive me?"


And I stood there — I whose sins had every day to be forgiven — and could not. Betsie had died in that place — could he erase her slow terrible death simply for the asking?


It could not have been many seconds that he stood there, hand held out, but to me it seemed hours as I wrestled with the most difficult thing I had ever had to do.


For I had to do it — I knew that. The message that God forgives has a prior condition: that we forgive those who have injured us. "If you do not forgive men their trespasses," Jesus says, "neither will your Father in heaven forgive your trespasses." ...


And still I stood there with the coldness clutching my heart. But forgiveness is not an emotion — I knew that too. Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart. "Jesus, help me!" I prayed silently. "I can lift my hand, I can do that much. You supply the feeling."


And so woodenly, mechanically, I thrust my hand into the one stretched out to me. And as I did, an incredible thing took place. The current started in my shoulder, raced down my arm, sprang into our joined hands. And then this healing warmth seemed to flood my whole being, bringing tears to my eyes.


"I forgive you, brother!" I cried. "With all my heart!"


For a long moment we grasped each other's hands, the former guard and the former prisoner. I had never known God's love so intensely as I did then."

Jigsaw
The times for yesterday’s Jigsaw
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Janice 6:59
Derek 12:23

Play the "sunset" puzzle!
https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=1e5ea5c06b03
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Crowds Gather To Watch Irish Open Golf
You may remember last week I mentioned the Irish Open Golf Tournament taking place at Galgorm Castle just outside Ballymena. Although spectators were not allowed inside the Golf Course, a neighbouring farmer found a vantage point to watch the action at the 14th. Someone needs to explain the rule of 6 to his companions!
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Friday 25th September 2020

25/9/2020

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Beside The Burn
This week we continue our theme from Sunday of ‘REBUILDING’. Each day we develop the theme a little more in a short 5 minutes video.

Frances On Friday
Every Friday, Frances shares a song that means something to her.
CityAlight is the Worship Ministry of a Church in Sydney, Australia.

The group states that their vision is to write songs with Biblically rich lyrics and simple melodies for the Christian Church to sing.

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 –1892)  was one of the greatest preachers and expounders of the Gospel, who spent his time travelling and teaching the Word of God. Known as the ‘Prince of Preachers’, Spurgeon was famous for his firm, straight talking nature.

He once commented, ‘If men are dull in the worship of the Lord our God, they are not acting consistently with the character of their religion.’ In other words, the realities of Christianity provide us with so many opportunities for deep and lasting joy.

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This may be a reminder of the Acronym I mentioned over the last couple of weeks: JOY…..  Jesus, Others, Yourself.
We read in Psalm 100 NIV, Verse 2,  ‘Worship the Lord with gladness; come before Him with joyful songs.’
Each verse in the Song for today by CityAlight, concludes with the reminder that we can do nothing on our own, stating, ‘Yet not I but through Christ in me.’ 
 Frances.

Let’s Pray For Blended children's and youth work
Pray for those involved in planning and delivering children’s and youth work in congregations as restrictions continue to make meeting together difficult and programming has to be provided with a blend of digital limited gatherings with social distancing, asking God for creativity and wisdom.
Pray for the maintenance of good contacts with children, young people and their families at this time, asking that God would make his love, care and encouragement evident in every conversation and communication.  ​
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Beauty In The Familiar
It is always interesting when you see something that is very familiar from a different perspective. This week I was out walking and met a friend who I hadn’t been talking to for a few years. We were on the coastal path at Rock House and he was admiring the view and said, “I suppose you get very used to all this and don’t really appreciate it!”. I was able to say truthfully, that after twenty years in Portstewart, we still do appreciate the beauty of the coast and have never taken it for granted. It is a very odd day that we don’t walk to the beach or at the very least walk past the beach.


Yesterday however I did see something very familiar that I had totally taken for granted, and I can say truthfully that I never appreciated the beauty of it. Yesterday afternoon our TV was tuned to RTE2 and the Irish Open Golf from Galgorm Castle. I left the TV turned on and as I moved about the house I would sneak another peak at the screen. I wasn’t watching the golf, but the scenery. I attended primary school in Gracehill and everyday the school bus would drive past the gates of Galgorm Castle and over the river Maine. I hardly noticed the castle or the river, but yesterday in the sunshine they looked magnificent. The camera operators captured the images and the commentators describe the setting, and the world watched.


Sometimes this world becomes so familiar that we do not realise the beauty all around us. We get annoyed by thoughtlessness, frustrated by incompetence and frightened by uncertainty and yet everyone we meet is created in the image of our heavenly Father. The people that we hardly notice each day, as we go about our business, have a dignity instilled by their creator and the same need of Salvation from our Redeemer as we have. Imagine if Jesus was providing the commentary for our lives today, how would he describe the people that we rush past? What needs would he notice that we have ignored? What beauty would he gaze upon that we have taken for granted?


The Irish Open from Galgorm Castle continues this weekend, televised live on RTE 2 & Sky Sports with highlights each evening on BBC1.
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Do You Feel Empty?  (2 minute video)
While we may see the emptiness of our lives as our greatest problem, that’s not how God sees it. He sees his greatest opportunity. Nancy Guthrie speaks about her new book, ‘God Does His Best Work With Empty’. She looks at the emptiness that is left in our lives by disappointment and unexpected circumstances.

Teach The Bible
Nancy Guthrie has produced an incredible resource. It is a podcast where she interviews prominent bible teachers on how to teach a particular book of the bible. She now has episodes on the whole bible. Well worth listening to. We have featured some of her books on previous blogs.
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/help-me-teach-the-bible-episodes-by-scripture/
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These Three Remains - Refined
In the last #TheseThreeRemain blog Jane Nelson, minister of First Omagh Presbyterian Church, reflects on her experience of the truth of 1 Corinthians 13:13 lived out during the pandemic - and reminds us that "the greatest of these is love"
http://bit.ly/35QL3d8
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What Does God Think About Money?
Can money really buy you happiness? Listen to this episode of the 'Not Playing the Game' podcast on UCB Player as our hosts are joined by businessman Arron Kent and musician Jon Kendall to talk about what God thinks about money!
https://ucb.lightcast.com/player/21338/262911
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Jigsaw
The times for yesterday’s Jigsaw

Janice 1:24
Derek 3:10
Frances 4:10

A Familiar picture of the harbour but it should take a little longer than the other puzzles this week.


Play the "Portstewart Harbour" puzzle!
https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=152a998876f8

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Thursday 24th September 2020

24/9/2020

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Beside The Burn
This week we continue our theme from Sunday of ‘REBUILDING’. Each day we develop the theme a little more in a short 5 minutes video.

Let’s Pray For Care homes
Give thanks for the staff in care homes run by PCI and others, asking that God would continue to keep them safe as they serve the needs of residents under continuing difficult circumstances.
Pray for residents of care homes and their families, asking that they would know God’s peace and reassuring love in these times of disruption and upheaval. ​
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Mayflower - The Pilgrim Fathers (41 minute audio)
On the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrim Fathers’ voyage to the New World in The Mayflower, Dr Sharon James reveals what led them to flee England, their hunger for God’s Word and their deep faith in his sovereign providence.

The Psalms in Suffering
The psalmist prepares us for the road of suffering and gives us ahead of time a hymnbook to help us express the reality of God’s goodness when the walk of faith feels like making our way through impenetrable fog.
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/true-god-wont-ever-let/
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Who In The Bible Social Distances?
This article helps us to find help from the example of this person in the bible. The Great Physician for COVID-19.
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/great-physician-covid-19/
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Is God still speaking today?
Does God still speak today? Watch this message from Berni Dymet to explore the many ways that God speaks to us today and learn how to test the prophetic words of others, so that we can discern what is good and apply God's Word to our lives.
https://ucb.lightcast.com/player/21321/255197
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Jigsaw
The times for yesterday’s Jigsaw

​Janice 
Frances 3:36
Derek 4:01

Play the "Portballintrae" puzzle!
https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=2a5a891662bf

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Wednesday 23rd September 2020

23/9/2020

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Beside The Burn
This week we continue our theme from Sunday of ‘REBUILDING’. Each day we develop the theme a little more in a short 5 minutes video. Today we come to 1 Peter 2:4-10
Burnside At Home
Listen again to Norman reading 1 Peter 2:4-10
Burnside At Home
Listen again to the first talk from Sunday

Burnside At Home
​Listen again to Louise singing Cornerstone

Prayer
​On Wednesday the focus for the Blog is prayer
In this moment
A prayer that we might be refined by our experience of God

Lord, you have promised to be like a refiner’s fire,
proving and purifying our lives as your people.
You refine us like silver and test our lives like gold.
In these last months we have suffered grief and known all kinds of trials.
These have come so that the proven genuineness of our faith
- of far greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire -
may result in praise, glory and honour when Jesus Christ is revealed.
It all sounds so stirring and heroic when we read it on the page of Scripture, 
but, like Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego of old in the fiery furnace,
we have felt the heat of the flames that have licked around our lives.
We’re not sure whether we shine brighter,
or we are in danger of shrinking back from the lessons you have taught us.
But we want your refining to redefine our lives as your people,
and as your church.
Help us to take confidence that as we have walked through the fire, 
we have not been burned and the flames have not set us ablaze. 
Already refined by the experience of pandemic and lockdown,
give us a fresh faith to call on your name,
and to know that you will answer us and say, ‘They are my people,’
so that we can reply with new vigour, ‘The LORD is our God.’
As your work in us is further revealed by fire in these days, 
and that furnace tests the quality of our life and witness,
may we be further refined into your ways for us -
reformed, remoulded, reshaped, re-polished, reignited,
for your glory.
In Jesus’ name.
Amen.
Let’s Pray For PCI global mission workers 
Give thanks for PCI’s global mission workers and partners across the globe, asking that God would bless their work and encourage them in life and witness as they continue to minister for him in a multitude of settings and circumstances.
Pray for grace, patience, creativity, resilience, wisdom and safety for PCI global mission workers as they serve far from home and loved ones in these strange and disrupted times.
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Global Mission
Remember to pray for the PCI Global Mission Workers. This is a video update about Volker & Jinhyeog Glissman.

Scripture Union
The latest prayer letter from Andrew Neill the North Coast E3 worker is now available.
View it below and watch the video update from Andrew.
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Peter & Anna Crawford
For Your Prayers
Church  - We miss community. We have visited a number of churches, and we are still looking for a community where we can begin to contribute and to be part of, ideally a smaller newer church plant.
Volunteering -  We would like to get involved in a small way in some of the many projects being undertaken in the city, but need wisdom to know how and when to begin
Relationships, - We have been in our building just over a month now and already getting to know some of our neighbours, Effie, Elsa and Maria. Pray that God would lead us into meaningful relationships with some of our neighbours.
Discipling -  We long to see people grow and mature in Christ, and are asking God to lead us and direct us. Pray for individuals with whom we can do this.
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Living For God In Exile (30 minute Audio)
Have you ever wondered what it is like to live for God in exile? Listen to this engaging Bible study as Phil and David discuss the stories of Daniel and Esther and how they remained faithful to God even in exile and far from home.
https://ucb.lightcast.com/player/21335/252822
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Righteous in Christ
Want to understand what it means to be found righteous by God? Watch this powerful episode of Discipleship Explored to uncover the incredible truth that it's only because of Jesus' death on the cross that we are found righteous by God and explore how this knowledge can help us develop the right attitude towards God and others.
https://ucb.lightcast.com/player/21321/200501
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Faith Hope & Love
In the penultimate blog in the These Three Remain series, Rev Stephen Richmond, minister of Donegal Town and Stranorlar, reflects on the three pillars of faith, hope & love and how they have sustained him in all the unknowns of the pandemic
http://bit.ly/3kjcTmu
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Jigsaw
The times for yesterday’s Jigsaw


Janice 1:48
Derek 4:24
​Frances 4:50

Lynne 5:08

Play the "Balintoy" puzzle!
https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=15e2443e6d3d

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Tuesday 22nd September 2020

22/9/2020

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Beside The Burn
This week we continue our theme from Sunday of ‘REBUILDING’. Each day we develop the theme a little more in a short 5 minutes video.

Let’s Pray For Government
Give thanks to God for government charged with the responsibility of leading through the period of the pandemic, asking that he would give wisdom in exercising finely balanced judgement and making difficult decisions.
Pray for unity in government in Westminster, across the devolved administrations of the United Kingdom and in Ireland as we continue to face difficult days in our islands.
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Sirens (30 minute audio)
Explore the Old Testament prophets with this insightful Bible study. In this episode, Phil and David explore the 13 prophets who became warning sirens to the nations of the need to repent and turn back to God. Listen now to gain a new understanding of Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah.
https://ucb.lightcast.com/player/21335/252432
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Lessons I am learning about friendship
Helen Johnston, member of Elmwood congregation in Lisburn and Mission Support Officer for PCI, reflects on what she has been learning about friendship during the coronavirus pandemic and #lockdown
https://bit.ly/2Yn1V6P
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Transformed As Disciples
We talk about being 'transformed' when we become a Christian, but what does that actually look like? What does it mean? Watch this episode of @DiscipleshipXP on UCB Player to find out!
https://ucb.lightcast.com/player/21321/200502
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Why Didn’t Job Blame God?
Have you ever felt like everything in life is going wrong? Job did too. In this episode of Bible Biogs, we look at his story: why didn't he blame God when his fortunes changed?
Listen NOW on UCB Player! https://ucb.lightcast.com/player/21333/300588
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Jigsaw

Play the "Balintoy Bay" puzzle!
https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=0aeeb08dc036

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Monday 21st September 2020

21/9/2020

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Beside The Burn
This week we continue our theme from Sunday of ‘REBUILDING’. Each day we develop the theme a little more in a short 5 minutes video. Today is Nehemiah 2:11-20

Burnside At Home
Listen again to the reading of Nehemiah 2

Listen again to the message based on Nehemiah 2

Rebuilding A Home With God
Yesterday in our Service I mentioned the story of the family who were building their house and wanted to do so on the foundation of Scripture, so when the building process started they went round every room and wrote appropriate bible verses on the walls and floors. You can read the full story here with all the bible verses.
https://www.southernmadesimple.com/bible-verses-for-building-a-home/
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Let’s Pray For The Refined initiative
Give thanks for all those who have contributed to the These Three Remain initiative, providing content for resources, blogs, podcasts and prayers and how it is has helped the Presbyterian family in Ireland to encounter God together as a denomination during the pandemic and lockdown.
Pray for the launch of the Refined initiative this week, asking that God would use it to enable us to move on to a forward footing in our life and witness as a denomination as we transition to the next phase of our response to living through the pandemic.
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Moderator’s Service
 Continuing his weekly service of worship for the whole Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Presbyterian Moderator, Rt Rev Dr David Bruce, continues his journey through the Apostle Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians. Today he explores the theme, ‘A distinctive Church’.

Recorded in the Weir Chapel in Assembly Buildings, Belfast, the Moderator will continue to bring this service to the wider Presbyterian family during the autumn. Today, Dr Bruce looks at the final section of Ephesians chapter 4 - verses 25-32. “It is a section of Paul’s letter which faces head-on the difference the gospel can make in the life of anyone. Here, Paul explores some challenging questions about truth-telling, anger management, the way we speak to each other, honesty and the benefits of kindness,” Dr Bruce said.

https://www.presbyterianireland.org/News/September-2020/The-Sunday-Service-A-distinctive-church.aspx
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Walk This Way
Want to understand the relationship between the Old Testament and the New? Watch this engaging episode of Harvest TV as Greg Laurie joins Joel C. Rosenberg in Jerusalem to explore the significance of Jerusalem in God's plans throughout the Bible.
https://ucb.lightcast.com/player/21321/257369
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The Good Shepherd’ 
This is a spoken word piece written and performed by Dai Woolridge and is part of Bible Society’s Sunday Streaming resources.

Joseph of Nazareth
What options did he have on discovering his wife-to-be was pregnant with a baby that wasn’t his? Does it matter that the Bible doesn’t record anything that Joseph ever said? What example was he both for Mary and Jesus? This UCB Bible Biog aims to answer these questions.
https://ucb.lightcast.com/player/21333/303921
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Love Your Neighbour
A fascinating Blog article about how we can miss the point of loving our neighbour.
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin-wax/love-whats-near/
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Jigsaw
The times for Friday’s Jigsaw

Janice 6:09
​Jean 11:11

Derek 12:23
Frances 18:09

Play the "Mussenden 2" puzzle!
https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=3ff2d4de418a
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Friday 18th September 2020

18/9/2020

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Beside The Burn
This week we continue our theme from Sunday of ‘RE-EMERGING’. Each day we develop the theme a little more in a short 5 minutes video.

Psalm 69
Sons Of Korah singing Psalm 69

Frances On Friday​

If you regularly browse in Burnside Church Website you will be familiar with the many alternatives it offers, including guidance, information, and entertainment. The latter is usually in connection with the photograph ‘Where is It?’ or the time taken to complete the daily Jigsaw. I suspect that many of us enjoy completing the Jigsaw but don’t always reveal the length of time taken!
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One of our Church Members commented to me recently, ‘Janice is hard to beat!’
(I say this with Janice’s permission to use her name.)
May I turn your thoughts for a moment to last Friday’s item on Acronyms, one example being the Acronym for JOY…..Jesus, Others, Yourself?
Linking Janice with her Jigsaw ability, I thought an appropriate Acronym might be
‘Janice Is Generally Successful At Winning!’

The idea of completing a Jigsaw reminds me of ‘many parts making up the whole,’ and is surely very relevant in connection with the Church.
We read in 1 Corinthians 12: 12 NIV  ‘Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ.’

We are all individuals, but each one working together with others and using the particular talents God has given to us, will produce the unity which glorifies God.

Each person has something unique and special to offer in His service.

​The Hymn which I consider to be relevant this week is ‘In Christ there is no East or West.’  John Oxenham was asked to write this Hymn to be included in a Missionary Exhibition in 1908.  It gives a clear message of Christian unity.

Frances

Let’s Pray For The food and hospitality industry
Give thanks to God for the possibilities now open to society to enjoy a simple cup of coffee, a meal or a weekend away as the food and hospitality industry finds ways of returning to business.
Pray for the safety of those working in the food and hospitality industries, as they often serve in constricted spaces and encounter many people in their working day.
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Do We Need Jesus? (From yesterday’s Tides)
Perhaps today you feel like you don’t ‘need’ Jesus? You are content to run to him in your season of despair but most of the time you manage okay by yourself. Paul has to learn that only in his weakness is Christ deemed to be strong and to be content to trust in the Lord alone. Today we proclaim that Jesus is enough. Though we may walk a difficult path, we continue to worship even in our times of weakness. Today in our humility Jesus is exalted, in our humility he is magnified

Obedient To God (16 Minute Video)
We all know we are meant to be obedient to God – but why? Is it to 'earn points' in Heaven? Or is it something much deeper than that? Watch this episode of @DiscipleshipXP on UCB Player to learn more about what it REALLY means to be obedient in Christ!
https://t.co/KytY4Cn82P
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Word On The Wash
Word on the Wash is a Christian event for all the family. It’s a great opportunity for Christians to join together for faithful and relevant bible teaching, worship and encouragement in our Christian lives this year.
This year it took place Virtually, watch the talks and the worship here.
http://www.wordonthewash.org.uk/virtual-wotw-2020/

Psalm 126 (30 minutes audio)
Last week we looked at Psalm 126 which is an interesting text, if not slightly tricky, at first glance. With its mention of laughter and joy in the first few verses, it seems a celebratory song in need of an accompanying upbeat tune. Upon deeper inspection, however, the text takes a hard turn and calls for restoration through tears and weeping.
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/podcasts/word-of-the-week/when-dry-riverbeds-flow-again-psalm-126/
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Obadiah
Obadiah is perhaps a bible book that we don’t know a lot about, if you have some time over the weekend, why not delve a little deeper into this minor prophet. Read this article, and then at the end of the article there are various talks to listen to.
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/podcasts/help-me-teach-the-bible/jonathan-gibson-on-teaching-obadiah/
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Jigsaw
The times for yesterday’s Jigsaw

Janice 2:10
​Derek 3:17



Play the "Causeway Centre" puzzle! As usual something a little bit more time consuming on a Friday.
https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=0cd20ec05bca

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Thursday 17th September 2020

17/9/2020

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Beside The Burn
This week we continue our theme from Sunday of ‘RE-EMERGING’. Each day we develop the theme a little more in a short 5 minutes video.
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Let’s Pray For Schools
Give thanks to God for a return to school despite the many obstacles and uncertainties that has involved.
Pray for all those involved in delivering education in our schools, asking God that he would give patience, creativity, resilience and safety as they continue to grapple with necessary restrictions and unusual patterns of teaching and supporting pupils.
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Holy Spirit (27 minute video)
Do you have questions about the Holy Spirit? In this teaching with Jonathan Conrathe, we look at the significance of the Holy Spirit: who is the Holy Spirit, and what does it mean to be filled with the Holy Spirit? Watch now on UCB Player!
https://ucb.lightcast.com/player/21321/193451
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Jesus Rose From The Dead (31 Minute Audio)
What does it mean that Jesus rose from the dead? In this episode of 'The Bible in 30 Minutes' Podcast, we examine the days surrounding Jesus' death and resurrection as recorded in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. 
Listen now on UCB Player: https://t.co/rjP8tnOONf
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Reading Matthew
A fascinating article on how to read Matthew’s Gospel with reference to Jesus and old Testament characters. Matthew’s Gospel as You’ve Never Read It Before.
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/matthew-gospel-never-read-before/
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The Mayflower
The Mayflower first set sale for North America 400 years ago yesterday (16th September) here are 9 Things You Should Know About the Voyage of the Mayflower.
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/9-things-you-should-know-about-the-mayflower/
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Jigsaw
The times for yesterday’s Jigsaw

Janice 1:29

Play the "Causeway" puzzle!
https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=035881e1a744

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