I was looking forward to reading this book after hearing so much about it. I was hoping this was going to be the UK’s answer to the brilliant Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance. Written by Darren McGarvey, a native of Pollock, Glasgow, this book was everything I hoped it would be, yet with a sad finale (at
Announcing 20schemes Weekender February 2018
[bctt tweet="Info about @20schemes #Weekender here! 16-18 February 2018 @NiddrieChurch. Places limited. #20we18"]We’re excited to announce that 20schemes will be running another Weekender mini-conference in February 2018 at Niddrie Community Church. The theme for this weekend is Family Issues in
Dumb Yet Dumber, or Smart Yet Wise 2/2
This is part 2 of a 2 part blog series on the issue of wisdom and counselling written by Sharon Dickens (20schemes director of women's ministry). In the first part of Dumb yet Dumber we were thinking about who is the source of our wisdom. If you missed it,
Dumb Yet Dumber, or Smart Yet Wise 1/2
I sat in a meeting talking about how we might be able to help women in hard places do women’s ministry. The thing is, I’m sitting there thinking, ‘This is crazy! What have we got to say? What can we do? We don’t have anything to offer. What if they ask questions we don’t know the answer to? I’m not
Stressed to the Max: How Does God Want Us to Deal With Stress?
This is part 2 of a 2 part blog series on the issue of stress written by Sharon Dickens (20schemes director of women's ministry). In the previous post, we looked at what stress is, how we know if we're too stressed and what impact does stress have on our relationship with God. If you missed it,
Stop Messing With Sin 1: Don’t Mess About
This is the first blog in a 3 part series on the subject of perseverance, written by Andy Mathieson, 20schemes church planter in Lochee, Dundee. A smart dead guy called Jonathan Edwards once said this: ‘Perseverance is a necessary consequence of salvation.’ What that means is that when someone is
Stressed to the Max: How Do You Know if You’re Too Stressed?
This is part 1 of a 2 part blog series on the issue of stress written by Sharon Dickens (20schemes director of women's ministry). How Do You Know if You’re Too Stressed? ‘Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am
‘He Will Hold Me Fast’ – 20schemes Music
Introduction – by Sol Fenne A few years ago at a Niddrie Community Church weekend away we sang Matt Merker’s re-working of the hymn ‘He Will Hold Me Fast’. For us at 20schemes, this hymn fast became a much-loved anthem. In all the toil, struggles, joys and seeming setbacks of church-planting in