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On Thursday evening 16th November, at his flat at Auchlochan House Nursing Home, Lesmahagow, Stanley Victor Mills completed his life and died peacefully after a short illness.

Stan was a dedicated man of faith whose whole purpose in life was to be a servant of Jesus Christ his Saviour. He was a member of Adelaide Place Church for over 50 years, serving the church in many capacities but particularly in leadership as a Deacon and Elder and the support of world mission. The work of the former Regions Beyond Missionary Union was especially close to his heart, but many missionaries past and present have benefited from both his and his late wife Mara’s support.

He was a man of many talents, a keen gardener, a supporter of RSPB and a particularly skilful photographer whose work was recognised by the Royal Society and whose legacy in 20th century industrial photography will continue to be recognised in the years to come.

Update 22/11/2006:
Stan’s Funeral will be held at Dalnottar Crematorium, Clydebank, at 11 am on Saturday 2nd December, with a Service of Thanksgiving at Adelaide Place Baptist Church at 12.15 pm.

“Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord”.
(Revelation 14:13)

After the disappointment of failing to get funding from a Foundation, Signpost International and CED have scraped funds together themselves and I am off to Rwanda on 14th November to run a workshop to make cement tanks.

Since the genocide the church has gathered groups of children and formed a couple of settlements of around 30 houses, each with a social worker to support the children, many of whom are still traumatised. We plan to work with the older children to build tanks to catch rainwater from their roofs.

The project should help build their confidence as they learn new skills and should save a significant amount of the time they spend each day collecting water from puddles.

I’ll expect to get a blog going at http://www.rankin6.blogspot.com/.

One of the things that defines Baptists is the act of Believers’ Baptism. This is where a person expresses their faith in Jesus Christ by being baptised, usually by being fully immersed in water as a metaphor of Jesus’s death and resurrection.

This Sunday we have the privelege to witness the baptism of our friend Rob Galbraith, and we are happy to join with him in celebrating this next stage in his spiritual journey.

Travel note: As it is the Glasgow Women’s 10k run on Sunday, traffic diversions around the Southside may mean that your journey to church will take a little longer!