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

SUMMER 2026

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JUNE 2026

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Dear Friends,

The World Cup has arrived – and by the time you read this Scotland may well have played their opening game! For Scotland fans, there is a huge sense of joy simply at being part of the tournament. However, with some other nations (who will remain nameless!), there often seems to be a sense of entitlement about the World Cup – a sense that they deserve not only to be there, but also to be taking home the trophy.

Throughout the gospels, we see Jesus constantly warning those who felt a sense of religious entitlement – groups such as the Pharisees who ‘were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else.’ (Luke 18:9). Jesus contrasted their misplaced pride in their own religiosity with the joy of those who never anticipated being part of God’s kingdom but suddenly found that Jesus was giving them an unexpected invitation.

 

In story after story, it is those who receive what they are offered with great joy - rather than treating it as something they deserve – that receive Jesus’ blessing. Think of the prodigal son (Luke 15:22-24), the guests at the great banquet (Luke 14:21) or Zaccheus (Luke 19:5-9).

So let’s allow joy to fill our hearts in response to Jesus’ invitation to be part of His Kingdom, rather than mistakenly thinking we’re getting a reward for all our good deeds. Or as Jesus puts it, ‘…those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.’ (Matthew 23:12). Here’s hoping that statement also applies to football teams…

Wishing you every blessing this summer,
 

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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