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27/05/2021

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye…

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].

16/08/2019

Fabulous Furoshiki folding for fundraising

Fabulous Furoshiki folding for fundraising

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… ]

07/07/2019

Afternoon Tea Safari

Afternoon Tea Safari

This month we held an afternoon tea in the gardens of three of our church members in Peebles and Eddleston. The idea was that against a backdrop of daisies, well-tended roses and newly cut lawns, tea, cake and sandwiches would be served and people could enjoy the company of others, bring their friends and neighbours [ more… ]

25/06/2019

Building Project: What’s in a name?

Building Project: What's in a name?

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… ]

01/06/2019

Tidying up the neighbourhood gardens

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… ]

01/05/2019

Generous Grants gratefully received

Generous Grants gratefully received

We knew when we embarked on the King’s Barn project that we would have to get serious about fundraising. Over the years Peebles Baptist church has witnessed and can testify to the generous grace of God in sustaining the fellowship and meeting our needs. We are a small group of people, who love Jesus and [ more… ]

01/03/2019

Melodious fundraising with help from the Dukes of Uke

Melodious fundraising with help from the Dukes of Uke

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… ]

20/02/2019

Building Project: Strong Foundations

Building Project: Strong Foundations

Now that the piles are in place, the pre-cast concrete foundation slabs can be installed. Van Elle’s team have been back to swing these monster blocks into place.

01/02/2019

Building Project: Peebleshire News, Feb 1st 2019

Building Project: Peebleshire News, Feb 1st 2019

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… ]

29/01/2019

Building Project: Painful Piles

Building Project: Painful Piles

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… ]

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