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The next Global Gathering will be at 5pm on Sunday 5th November.

With Muslims being so much in the news recently we have invited June Farrant of Arab World Ministries to talk about how we might better understand and relate to them. Should we cheer Jack Straw for considering the wearing of veils a barrier or should we worry that he is criticising the faith community?

Please join with us at 5pm on 5th November to listen to June and discuss some of the issues she will raise. Coffee will be served. More information about Islam can be found on www.30-days.net.

[Bath Street. From Jase Mueller on Flickr].

The annual assembly of the Baptist Union of Scotland meets in Aberdeen on Friday 27th October. The very first session of the assembly will involve questioning of several members of the Baptist constituency by David Gordon, Mission Advisor as he explores the potential and the possibility of mission in new and different ways within Scotland. This will involve our own Pastor, Jack Quinn as he presents the case for a new kind of ministry amongst business people within the city centre of Glasgow.

This is a wonderful opportunity to promote the work that has already been done by Business in Glasgow and creates the possibility of taking it forward in new and different ways. With Baptist Union support and APBC releasing our Pastor part time to spearhead the initiative we could develop a new expression of church within the business community.

The project will very much involve APBC and other churches and Christians within the city centre as it will be a joint venture of co-operation amongst Christians to reach out to the business community.

Ian Rankin is back in Rwanda, doing some work for Christian Engineers in Development (CED). Ian is their Publicity Director.

• Ian will be visiting spring improvements and shallow wells in southern Rwanda and seeing how CED can better support the local techician in charge. That church has funding from Canada plus some for a CED partner church in England.
• The Episcopal church asked CED to look at rainwater catchment in a couple of settlements for genocide orphans. This has increased to three settlements as Signpost International, a Dundee based organisation, is about to start a third village with the church this summer. Ian has been working with them to put together a funding application to enable them to train the older children to build tanks out of cement.
• CED works with another charity called RHEPI (Rwandese Health Project Initiative) which is building schools. The idea is that if a community can provide a building the government will provide teachers. Ian is hoping to visit a school CED are building in northern Rwanda.
• Ian met another group last summer that supports orphans on the Tanzania border. He hopes to link them up with RHEPI.
• Ian will also be meeting up with African Community Initiative Services in Kenya. CED is currently seeking funding to help them build an earth dam at Kyalui.

Ian says:

“All these groups are Christians working in their communities, driven by God’s love. I get a real buzz out of being part of the “global community” that is Christ’s kingdom, demonstrating Jesus’ all-encompassing love in practical ways.”

You can follow Ian’s adventures on his travel blog.