Thank you for visiting our website.

 

Shettleston New Church, like many churches across the land, was required to close doors when the country went into lockdown from the end of March 2020 until September 2020.  And again from December 2020 until March 2021.  The congregation were able to worship online thanks to YouTube sermons and this was supplemented by regular emails from our Minister, Louis Reddick and from our Discipleship Facilitator, Douglas Halliday-Robertson.

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We re-opened for Sunday worship on 28th March 2021, Palm Sunday.  We met then with restrictions in place such as face covers, one way system and limited to only 30 and sometimes 50 people in attendance!   Most midweek activities restarted in Autumn 2021, although these were again halted for a period of time due to the omicron varient rise in Dec'21. 

 

Services are back on now every Sunday morning (see Services page) with no restrictions remaining; the use of hand sanitiser being offered to all visitors.

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See the Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Boys' Brigade pages for more information regarding our Youth Groups.   Please also see our Facebook page for recent news.

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MESSAGE FROM OUR MINISTER

WINTER 2024

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Dear Friends
We see quite a range of different emotions displayed by the characters in the Nativity stories in Luke and Matthew’s gospels -

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• For Mary and Joseph, there was the stress of finding somewhere for Mary to give birth but later some precious memories to treasure in their hearts.

• The angelic choir sang of peace and goodwill.

• For the shepherds there was excitement following the angelic announcement and the wide-eyed wonder of seeing the Messiah in a manger.

• The wise men were determined to worship this baby king despite the challenges that they faced and were overjoyed to be able to finally bow down and give Him their gifts.

• Herod wanted to make Christmas go away, and his murderous attempt to do so led to terrible feelings of loss amongst some of Bethlehem’s families.

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Goodwill, excitement, stress, sadness, joy and treasured memories. Two thousand years later, we too are still experiencing many of these emotions at Christmas.
But the start of John’s Gospel gives us a different perspective, one that transcends human emotion:

 

“In Him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”

Whatever we may be feeling this Christmas, the truth of these wonderful words can bring us hope. My hope for you is that the light of Jesus will indeed fill your hearts this Christmas and beyond into 2025 - so much so that His light shines out to others through your words and actions. Or as Jesus put it in the Sermon on the Mount, “…let your light shine before others that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”

 

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and every blessing for the year ahead,

Louis

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Our church services have also been livestreamed most weeks on YouTube – just go to the

 Shettleston New YouTube channel  

at around 11am on Sunday and click on the video marked     LIVE  .

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Once again, thank you for visiting our website. We would be delighted if you were able to join us, whether online or in-person, to worship our Lord and Saviour, or to find out about more the Christian faith.

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