Welcome to Belhaven and Spott Parish Church
Welcome to our website, which we hope will give you a flavour of the sorts of things we get up to and the kind of people we are here at Belhaven and Spott Parish Church.
Be sure to also check out our Facebook and Instagram pages, particularly - but not exclusively - for news, recaps and photos regarding our exciting Messy Church and Breakfast Church initiatives (as detailed on the What's On page of this website).
Worship with us in June
| 7 June | 10:00am | Communion at Spott |
| 11:30am | Communion at Belhaven | |
| 14 June | 11:30am | Worship at Belhaven |
| 21 June | 11:30am | Brunch Church in Belhaven Hall |
| 7:00pm | Ecumenical Songs of Praise at Spott | |
| 28 June | 10:00am | Worship at Spott |
| 11:30am | Worship at Belhaven |
Weekly Church Bulletin
Below is our most recent church bulletin, available for download in PDF format and viewable in apps like Adobe Acrobat
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For a calendar of church events taking place in the near future, visit the Forward Planner page on the website. And for a more general sense of the activites we support and undertake, visit the What's On page.
Where We Are
Click on the map to expand it - and for detailed Google Maps information, click here for Belhaven, and click here for Spott.
A Word from the Minister
On Summer and Time
Dear Friends,
I've just started listening to the audiobook of John Mark Comer's Ruthless Elimination of
Hurry, which has been recommended to me by many people in recent years.
JMC is a former pastor of a large church who openly shares his struggles with burnout. He
traces how the town clock, then the lightbulb, then the smartphone have each put pressure
on us to hurry through life, constantly checking for notifications, and neglecting the natural,
God-given rhythms built into the day. Christian writer Dallas Willard called hurry "the great
enemy of spiritual life in our day", and Corrie ten Boom put it even more pointedly, saying, "If
the devil can't make you sin, he'll make you busy." Full disclosure, friends: I am busy and
often very hurried, but I really am working on making more unhurried space for God!
In contrast to this world’s demands to constantly do more, consume more, and scroll more,
Jesus himself says simply, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give
you rest." Each of us is invited to walk slowly with Jesus as He did. Each of us is not only
invited but instructed to take sabbath moments just as He did.
This summer, I want to encourage you to accept that invitation. May you find time to walk
slowly with Jesus, discovering the unhurried rhythms of grace, and trusting God with the
things we often feel desperate to control.
I'd love you to join us for Alpha, which begins on Tuesday 18 August, 6-8pm in the Belhaven
Hall. Each week we'll step away from the busyness of life to share a meal and explore
questions about Jesus, faith, and the church, with good food and good company. Let me
know if you’d like to join us or if you’ve any questions. There’s a place for you.
In the meantime, may God give you rest and deep peace.
Every blessing,
Alastair
A welcome message from our minister, Rev. Alastair Stark