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Thank you for taking the time to visit our website - I hope you enjoy having
a wee look at who we are and what we are seeking to achieve as a church.
I have been minister at St. Margaret's for over 4 years and both myself and
my family love being in Dunfermline and especially in St. Margaret's - a
place where we share faith, each other's lives and laugh a lot together.
Please pray for us as we seek to bring the Christian Gospel to our parish of
just over 7,000 people. If you live locally why not come along one Sunday
Morning - there are no strings attached - just an opportunity to be in a place
of worship and perhaps hear something that will make a difference to your
life.
Would you like the minister to contact you just to chat? Why not email me
or phone! I am always happy to be of help or assistance or just to offer a
listening ear.
God Bless You
Iain Greenshields
Our Sunday Teaching
Most Sunday's we follow a theme at St. Margaret's. In the first part of 2012
we are following the theme"God Speaks to Us." We are looking at how God
spoke to different people in the Bible and how that might translate to our
lives. The full teaching notes can be found by going upto the menu and
clicking "About Us" and then scrolling down to "Teaching".
This week's notes are on how God spoke to Joshua.
Thought for the Week
“Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” – Dale Carnegie
We live in an age when reputation and image is everything. To be seen to be wearing the right clothes, driving the right car and being with the right people in order to enhance our ego has become a national obsession. God, though is concerned about who we really are. Look at Jesus – he never owned anything more than what he stood up in and had none of the trappings of image. That is why he was despised by the power-brokers and loved by the ordinary people.
God sees our heart and he is looking there to find growth. He wants to see growing compassion and love. He is looking for care and mercy. He is examining us for forgiveness and justice. He is looking for a servant’s heart and a humble spirit.
Question: What is more important; being the kind of person God wants us to be or projecting the right image?
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