Game on for God!

Another good weekend for the football team - we played EK Claremont this weekend and won 4 nil.  Once again no goals conceded but 1 booking picked up.  Overall a good performance from the team but still room for improvement.  Boycey in goal again did what he had to do and again did it very well.  Defence picked up a couple of injuries including Gary Morton who was solid at the heart of the defence, Shug who again has been a real revelation at right back but who should be fit for next Saturday when we play CEC2 in Eaglesham.  Graham Cuthbert made his return from injury and Kevin Goodwin made a good contribution at centre half.  Colin Crichton, James Ghattas and Graeme McKee all played well.  James and Colin are pushing for top scorers for div 2 and the way they are playing they deserve it.  Derek Auld was awarded MOM and he deserved it at last.  Well done Derek, again Chris Malone put his heart and soul into the team and played very well he is a natural leader and keeps the team together with his play and his attitude it is a privelege to work with all of the guys in the team.  They are a superb bunch and hopefully we will be able to keep them together for next season and goonto more glorious things in the churches league.  Another player to mention is James Connelly who has made an impact on the team he is a very good skilful player who can get frustrated at times and it shows but when he is concentrating on playing he is a wonderful assett.

I would not swap one of our team for any other in the league, I love working with them and they are a real blessing.  Fantastic ending to a good season but they will get better and they will reach another level with discipline and self belief which is growing all the time.  Fantastic all of them.

Preaching today from 1 Peter 2: 1 -9 a Royal Priesthood - Really enjoyed preaching at Clydebank Methodist Church they are a spirit filled bunch of people who are a real blessing to visit.  Tomorrow I am leading the bible study at Milton, Wednesday I am preaching in Milton at the monthly praise service really looking forward to it.  Busy week this week as I am also planning a children's work with one of the local primary schools - Exciting and challenging.  A really good and blessed week ahead as a son of the living God.

Blessings to all who read this especially the boys from the team.

Awesome 2!

What a fantastic weekend - Man U win 1 nil, Chelsea and Arsenal both lose it does not get much better than that except if it was the final game of the season and Man U had won the league.

On another note St. Andrew's had their biggest win not only of the season but of their history we won 11 v 1 yesterday against Westwoodhill Evangelical church.  We have mproved immensely and if we had started the season this way we would be 24 points clear and would have won the league by now.  Yesterday Derek Paterson scored his first goal of the season and so did Keith Boyle, Colin Crichton & James Ghattas both scored hat tricks, Graeme McKee scored 2 and James Connelly scored.  Boycey was dissappointed to let in the one goal but to be fair it was not his fault.  He was rather annoyed because he has forgotten what it feels like to have a goal scored against him or the team.  The team once again was well disciplined and Chris Malone was exceptional with his attitude and leadership.  As a team we are truly blessed to have Chris as our captain and also the team/squad that we have this season and hopefully next season we will continue on this vain.

Church was interesting this morning, 3 sermons, 3 different churches - churched out now.  Synod yesterday which was my first experience of Synod and one which I enjoyed again it is not so much what is said but the people you connect up with.  Dr. Martin Atkins was very good and made some very interesting points with regard to the Methodist society.

The debate that is going on at the moment is with regard to Mark Driscoll and Rob Bell and who is right and who is wrong, who is evangelical and who is liberal.  There are more important things to do than talk about 2 pastors doing what they believe to be true to scripture as THEY interpret it.  I grew up in a church that preached the gospel every Sunday and in the end it bored me to tears because I wanted substance to feed me and help me grow.  I now look for teaching  that I can use to further the kingdom in my everyday walk and with the ordinary folk I work with and meet on the streets.  Yesterday I received a text from someone who is not a Christian but asked me to pray for a sick relative, this happened  through playing football not through preaching at him.  We worship an awesome God and we are Awesome people of the living God who makes the impossible possible and loves us unconditionally.

Bless all those who read this

New link

I have a friend who has started up a new website which is for all those who travel and need to hire a car.  Apparently from what he tells me it can turn into quite a lucrative business and my friend will use the proceeds to further the kingdom of God - the website address is - www.car-hire-international.com

I hope this is of help to all who read this and if I can ever work out how to make this a link from my blog I will but that could take a while.

Back to work this week and so far it has been slow progress with illness spreading throughout the house starting with the boy and spreading through to the wife and hopefully it will stop with her and not progress to me.

I now have a meeting on Friday which will turn into lunch hopefully.  Yesterday I met up with an old friend and spent four hours catching up with him over lunch and several cups of coffee it was great.  He is the pastor of a church and has done very well over the last ten years although it hasn't been easy and yet he has stuck with it and I pray that he will see the fruits of his labour soon.

Football team on Saturday will be playing once again in East Kilbride this time against Westwoodhill not sure where in East Kilbride at the moment but will update as soon as I know.

Blessings to all who read.

Great Weekend!

A catch up on another great weekend and also a good week off.

2 weeks ago St. Andrew's played Kings Park Baptist Church and won 9 nil, this weekend we played EK Claremont and won 7 nil.  A hatrick from Chris Malone, 2 from Colin Crichton and 1 each from James Ghattas and Gary Morton.  The team were sublime yet again and totally played EK off the park in the second half first half was a different story only going in with a 1 nil lead and EK very much in it and for the first time in a number of weeks Boycey was called into action on a number of occasions.  Colin Crichton was MOM and deservedly so.  Well done boys lets keep it going from now on.

Family are all well and the wife is preaching tonight in Claremont.  I was preaching this morning in Partick Methodist church and had a great time it was a really good srvice which went totally to plan.

On another note if those who read this pray could they please pray for Chris Malone's father in law as he has to have an operation.

Blessings to all who read this.