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Monday 17th November 2025

17/11/2025

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​Burnside Blog
Monday to Friday each week you will find a new post on our Church Blog.
This includes -
Podcast - Beside The Burn
Prayer Suggestions from PCI - Let’s Pray
Articles that we may find thought provoking
Music that we may find inspirational
Bible verses to make us think
Jigsaw Puzzle for some fun and competition. 


It isn’t always possible to keep up to date with the blog everyday so there are links below to the previous Blogs each week, so that you and catch up with any that you have missed.


Beside The Burn
“Beside The Burn”, is our daily devotional podcast.
This week we look at what is often called the Greatest Chapter in the Bible - Romans 8


Each episode offers Bible teaching, prayer, and quiet reflection.
You can watch the Podcast by clicking the video above or you can listen via the Podcast software on your device https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/burnside


Comments
If you find something helpful or you want to share an insight with others, or record your time for completing the Jigsaw, please comment at the end of today’s blog.


Additional Content
If you have any material that you think others would appreciate please send links to Email  and I will try to include them in future blogs.


Let’s Pray For Honduras   Placed in Central America, with a population of just over 10 million people, Honduras’ economy largely depends on agriculture. As a result, it is vulnerable to the effects of climate change and natural disasters. 60% of the population live in poverty. Remember in your prayers the millions of people who face obstacles that make it difficult for them to lift themselves out of poverty.
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Lempira DistrictChristian Aid is working in the Lempira District through faith-based charity, OCDIH: The Christian Organization for Integral Development of Honduras. Give thanks that by creating sustainable livelihoods through projects such as beekeeping - training women to manage bees, produce and market honey, these women can support their families and provide an education for their children.





Word For Today
You may well have the printed copy of the Word For Today but you can also read it at the link below.
https://www.ucbireland.ie/word-for-today/todays-word-for-today/




Jigsaw
Many of you have been asking if the Jigsaws will feature photographs from our holidays, so over the next few weeks I will try to include as many as I can.




Best Times For Yesterday’s Puzzle:

Janice 6:43
Derek 9:27
Jean 10:25

​https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=3e3d102debba
RADIO BROADCAST SERVICE
If you want to view the Radio Broadcast Service again you can find it below.
HYMN OF A SAVIOUR
Here is a hymn that is very appropriate at the moment
LYRICS

From the chaos of darkness, Your word shaped the earth
In Your image a people made
But we traded perfection, the truth for a lie
And Your glory was veiled in shame

But a promise made, a blessing You gave

To a people of Your name
For this broken world, a Saviour foretold
To bear all our grief and pain

When the heavenly Saviour descended His throne

All my sin on His shoulders laid
And to win our redemption, He suffered and died
For the sake of my guilt and shame

Oh the price He paid in taking my place

So that death was overcome
When the King of love burst forth from the grave
Proclaiming the victr'y won

At the end of the ages, the world passed away

I will gaze on my Saviour's face
When my heart is perfected and free from my sin
I will rest in Your glorious grace

For the song we raise, the works of our hands

Are in service of the King
When a thousand tongues cry, 'Glory to God'
Forever His praise we'll sing

For the song we raise, the works of our hands

Are in service of the King
When a thousand tongues cry, 'Glory to God'
Forever His praise we'll sing
Forever His praise we'll sing

​Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Philip Gordon Percival / Alanna Jane Glover
Hymn of the Saviour lyrics © Emu Music Ltd
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Friday 14th November 2025

14/11/2025

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Burnside Blog
Monday to Friday each week you will find a new post on our Church Blog.
This includes -
Podcast - Beside The Burn
Prayer Suggestions from PCI - Let’s Pray
Articles that we may find thought provoking
Music that we may find inspirational
Bible verses to make us think
Jigsaw Puzzle for some fun and competition. 


It isn’t always possible to keep up to date with the blog everyday so there are links below to the previous Blogs each week, so that you and catch up with any that you have missed.


Read Monday’s Blog Here
Read Tuesday’s Blog Here​
Read Wednesday’s Blog Here
Read Thursday’s Blog Here


Beside The Burn
“Beside The Burn”, is our daily devotional podcast.
This week we look at what is often called the Greatest Chapter in the Bible - Romans 8


Each episode offers Bible teaching, prayer, and quiet reflection.
You can watch the Podcast by clicking the video above or you can listen via the Podcast software on your device https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/burnside


Comments
If you find something helpful or you want to share an insight with others, or record your time for completing the Jigsaw, please comment at the end of today’s blog.


Additional Content
If you have any material that you think others would appreciate please send links to Email  and I will try to include them in future blogs.


Let’s Pray For Victims and Survivors
Pray for those who find this time of year difficult because they have lost loved ones due to conflict at home and abroad, or because they continue to live with conflict-related injuries. Pray that they would know the comfort of the God of all peace.

Lawnfield House
Lawnfield House in Newcastle is a residential care home for those with a physical disability/mild learning disability, sensory impairment or older people. Pray for staff and service users in the home, that they will know God’s presence in their daily routines.




Word For Today
You may well have the printed copy of the Word For Today but you can also read it at the link below.
https://www.ucbireland.ie/word-for-today/todays-word-for-today/




Jigsaw
Many of you have been asking if the Jigsaws will feature photographs from our holidays, so over the next few weeks I will try to include as many as I can.




Best Times For Yesterday’s Puzzle:

Janice 1:53
Jean 3:27
Derek 3:44

​https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=3382168c2f80
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Thursday 13th November 2025

13/11/2025

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Burnside Blog
Monday to Friday each week you will find a new post on our Church Blog.
This includes -
Podcast - Beside The Burn
Prayer Suggestions from PCI - Let’s Pray
Articles that we may find thought provoking
Music that we may find inspirational
Bible verses to make us think
Jigsaw Puzzle for some fun and competition. 


It isn’t always possible to keep up to date with the blog everyday so there are links below to the previous Blogs each week, so that you and catch up with any that you have missed.


Read Monday’s Blog Here
Read Tuesday’s Blog Here​
Read Wednesday’s Blog Here
​

Beside The Burn
“Beside The Burn”, is our daily devotional podcast.
This week we look at what is often called the Greatest Chapter in the Bible - Romans 8


Each episode offers Bible teaching, prayer, and quiet reflection.
You can watch the Podcast by clicking the video above or you can listen via the Podcast software on your device https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/burnside


Comments
If you find something helpful or you want to share an insight with others, or record your time for completing the Jigsaw, please comment at the end of today’s blog.


Additional Content
If you have any material that you think others would appreciate please send links to Email  and I will try to include them in future blogs.


Let’s Pray For St Columba’s, Lisburn
The congregation expects to take possession of the refurbished church hall this month, following storm damage in January. Pray for its imaginative use in outreach to their neighbourhood. Pray also for a speedy repair to their church roof.

​University chaplaincy
Give thanks for Rev Cheryl Meban’s work over the past 17 years and pray for her in her new congregational ministry in Dublin.  Please also pray for the next steps in identifying a replacement for chaplaincy within the University of Ulster Belfast.




Word For Today
You may well have the printed copy of the Word For Today but you can also read it at the link below.
https://www.ucbireland.ie/word-for-today/todays-word-for-today/




Jigsaw
Many of you have been asking if the Jigsaws will feature photographs from our holidays, so over the next few weeks I will try to include as many as I can.

The puzzle today is the Car Ferry on Windermere.


Best Times For Yesterday’s Puzzle:

Janice 2:07
Jean 2:48


https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=339a0f9f493d
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Wednesday 12th November 2025

12/11/2025

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Burnside Blog
Monday to Friday each week you will find a new post on our Church Blog.
This includes -
Podcast - Beside The Burn
Prayer Suggestions from PCI - Let’s Pray
Articles that we may find thought provoking
Music that we may find inspirational
Bible verses to make us think
Jigsaw Puzzle for some fun and competition. 


It isn’t always possible to keep up to date with the blog everyday so there are links below to the previous Blogs each week, so that you and catch up with any that you have missed.


Read Monday’s Blog Here
Read Tuesday’s Blog Here​


Beside The Burn
“Beside The Burn”, is our daily devotional podcast.
This week we look at what is often called the Greatest Chapter in the Bible - Romans 8


Each episode offers Bible teaching, prayer, and quiet reflection.
You can watch the Podcast by clicking the video above or you can listen via the Podcast software on your device https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/burnside


Comments
If you find something helpful or you want to share an insight with others, or record your time for completing the Jigsaw, please comment at the end of today’s blog.


Additional Content
If you have any material that you think others would appreciate please send links to Email  and I will try to include them in future blogs.


Let’s Pray For Volker & Jinhyeog Glissmann, global mission workers, Malawi  
Give thanks that the Glissmann family were able to come together recently in the UK to celebrate Lina and Josh’s marriage. Give thanks also for the publication of the book “Theological Education by Extension: Accounts from the 20th Century” that is now available globally as a free e-book.  Pray for global TEE practitioners as they serve God in sometimes challenging circumstances.    

National Evangelical Synod of Syria & Lebanon (NESSL)
Give thanks for NESSL’s 62nd General Assembly that took place in early September with a focus on renewal and hope. Pray that the church in Syria and Lebanon would remain steadfast in witness in the face of many challenges, embodying Christ’s love, upholding human dignity, and discerning of what God is doing in the Middle East and beyond.




Word For Today
You may well have the printed copy of the Word For Today but you can also read it at the link below.
https://www.ucbireland.ie/word-for-today/todays-word-for-today/


Open Doors - World Watch List
Open Doors has updated the World Watch List. The list of countries where it is most dangerous to be a Christian in 2025. 
The full list can be found here
https://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/world-watch-list/

This week the focus is on Pakistan the 8th most dangerous country in the world to be a Christian. 
Read about it here  https://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/world-watch-list/pakistan/



Jigsaw
Many of you have been asking if the Jigsaws will feature photographs from our holidays, so over the next few weeks I will try to include as many as I can.

The Puzzle today is the river in Braithwaite near Keswick in the Lake District with the flood depth measurement pole.


Best Times For Yesterday’s Puzzle:

Janice 2:10
Jean 3:54
Derek 4:14

https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=3bd96a88b4e3
SHOEBOX APPEAL
Thank you to everyone who filled Shoeboxes this year and thank you to Janice for organising once again. Janice was able to take 77 Boxes to the collection centre.
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REMEMBRANCE
On Sunday a service of Remembrance took place at the War Memorial on the Promenade and Anne Freeman laid a wreath on behalf of our congregation while we had an Act of Remembrance in Burnside.
On Tuesday John Gilmour and Richard took part in a service of Remembrance on the Promenade.


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Tuesday 11th November 2025

11/11/2025

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Burnside Blog
Monday to Friday each week you will find a new post on our Church Blog.
This includes -
Podcast - Beside The Burn
Prayer Suggestions from PCI - Let’s Pray
Articles that we may find thought provoking
Music that we may find inspirational
Bible verses to make us think
Jigsaw Puzzle for some fun and competition. 


It isn’t always possible to keep up to date with the blog everyday so there are links below to the previous Blogs each week, so that you and catch up with any that you have missed.


Read Monday’s Blog Here​


Beside The Burn
“Beside The Burn”, is our daily devotional podcast.
This week we look at what is often called the Greatest Chapter in the Bible - Romans 8


Each episode offers Bible teaching, prayer, and quiet reflection.
You can watch the Podcast by clicking the video above or you can listen via the Podcast software on your device https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/burnside


Comments
If you find something helpful or you want to share an insight with others, or record your time for completing the Jigsaw, please comment at the end of today’s blog.


Additional Content
If you have any material that you think others would appreciate please send links to Email  and I will try to include them in future blogs.


Let’s Pray For Joanne Dunlop, deaconess / healthcare chaplain  
Please pray for ongoing opportunities to build relationships with all hospital staff and to bring encouragement. Pray for lunchtime staff prayer meetings taking place weekly in the hospitals (Antrim Area on a Wednesday and Craigavon Area on a Thursday) – for an awareness of his unifying presence and purpose amongst us.

Henry Coulter, Assistant Project Leader, International Meeting Point  
Pray for Henry Coulter in his ongoing work with the International Meeting Point. Give thanks for the partnership with South Kirk Presbyterian Church in running a bi-lingual Alpha Course, with 40 people attending weekly.  Pray that many will not just hear God’s Word but will make the decision to follow him.  




Word For Today
You may well have the printed copy of the Word For Today but you can also read it at the link below.
https://www.ucbireland.ie/word-for-today/todays-word-for-today/




Jigsaw
Many of you have been asking if the Jigsaws will feature photographs from our holidays, so over the next few weeks I will try to include as many as I can.

Today the puzzle is a street mural found in Keswick of the Queen with a Corgi


Best Times For Yesterday’s Puzzle:

Janice 1:57
​Jean 3:02

​https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=3d28215c6550
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