So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye…
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After nearly ten years in pastoral ministry, Ian and Lindsey Gray have felt God’s call to move on from Peebles. PBC is therefore currently in vacancy. If you’d like to get in touch with Ian and Lindsey, please contact the Church Secretary at [email protected].
Fabulous Furoshiki folding for fundraising
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Another creative fundraising event this month. We packed out the Macfarlane Hall with creative folks enjoying a demonstration of the art of Japanese gift wrapping using Furoshiki fabric wrappers by Jenni Armstrong from Edinburgh who has started a successful small business doing this sort of demonstration (see more here). Wrapping paper generally ends up in [ more… ]
Building Project: What’s in a name?
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We’ve been discussing for some time what to name our new church and community building. Having whittled it down to a shortlist, the church meeting decided this week that the name of the new building will be “The King’s Barn – home of Peebles Baptist Church”. So why the King’s Barn? It’s on our land, [ more… ]
Tidying up the neighbourhood gardens
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We were aware that our building site is not the prettiest and could be quite an eyesore to those living next to it. This thought occurred to one of our members who gifted some money towards buying bulbs and plants to put into the flower beds in Cleland Avenue. We also had loads of plants [ more… ]
Melodious fundraising with help from the Dukes of Uke
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Ukulele playing is something that many in our church congregation love to do. It is a fun and inclusive musical activity, and we aspire to hold neighbourhood ukulele sessions in the new building. We were blown away to be contacted by a local band ‘The Dukes of Uke’ who are based in Biggar and are [ more… ]
Building Project: Peebleshire News, Feb 1st 2019
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The following article appeared in the Peeblesshire News on February 1st. The original can be viewed here. BUILDING work has begun on the new home of Peebles Baptist Church. Construction began on the site at the edge of Victoria Park at the beginning of January. Work was kicked off by volunteers from the church who [ more… ]
Building Project: Painful Piles
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Onlookers might have been forgiven for thinking we were drilling for oil on our land, but in fact this was a crucial part of the new building – hammering steel piles deep into the ground to strengthen the foundations. Our land at the edge of Victoria Park was originally a curling pond. Back in the [ more… ]
Building Project: Brrr…
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No work was scheduled for the building site this week – which was just as well, as Peebles went white for a few days.
Building Project: Groundworks begin
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Our stage 1 building warrant has now been issued, just in time for the groundworks to begin! Graham Irvine’s team have been “scraping” the site, and the piling mat has been put down – effectively a layer of hardcore to take the weight of the piling machines. Additionally, the lamp post at the entrance to [ more… ]
Building Project: The site is ready!
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Under the direction of Gordon our Project Manager, a group of excited volunteers from the church erected the security fencing around the site today. Once done, we gathered on site to pray and dedicate the project to God. This is something that people have been waiting for and praying about for 30 years!
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