Associate Pastor/Chaplain post

Posted on 2 February 2012 by John Adams

We’re Hiring!

Adelaide Place Baptist Church are looking for an Associate Pastor/Chaplain to join our City Centre team, taking the church closer to the local business community.

Background to the Post

Adelaide Place Baptist Church have been developing links with the Glasgow business community for nearly 20 years, particularly through Business in Glasgow (BiG) and our own city centre business, Adelaides. We now have a great opportunity, through partnership with Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland, to develop this ministry further by recruiting a person to be our new associate pastor and chaplain.

This will enable us to:

  • Develop Chaplaincy work within the Adelaides business, in partnership with Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland.
  • Release our senior pastor Jack Quinn half-time to work with Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland in its training, research and development.

Associate Pastor / Chaplain Role

The Associate Pastor / Chaplain role will:

  • Develop a Chaplaincy ministry beginning with the church’s business ministry, making contacts with staff and clients of the nursery and guest house, and users of the auditorium.
  • Develop the capability of the APBC congregation in their personal ministry.
  • Pastor the church and Adelaides business.
  • Preach, teach and lead worship.
  • Share in the administration of the church (church and deacons’ meetings).

Application Pack

The application pack is available for download here:

If you would like a paper copy or in an alternative format, please let us know by emailing jobapps @ apbc . net (remove the spaces).

Further information

If you would like to find out more about the new post or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us by emailing jobapps @ apbc . net (remove the spaces).

All enquiries will be treated as confidential.

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Christmas at APBC

Posted on 10 December 2011 by John Adams

Carols by Candlelight at APBC (photo credit Jonathan Ferry)

Join us to celebrate Christmas 2011…

Sunday 11th December 2011

  • Morning Service: 11 am
  • Nursery Nativity Service at 3 pm

Sunday 18th December 2011

  • Morning Service: 11 am
  • Carols by Candlelight: 6.30 pm

Saturday 24th December 2011

  • Candlelit Watchnight Service at Renfield St Stephens on Bath Street. Come at 11.00 pm for mince pies. Service starts at 11.30 pm.

Sunday 25th December 2011 (Christmas Day!)

  • Christmas Morning Service: 10.30 am (jointly with our friends from Renfield St Stephens just down Bath Street)

Sunday 1st January 2012

  • New Year Noon Brunch: 12 noon. Food and worship on the first day of 2012.

You are very welcome at any of these special Christmas events.

(picture credit: Jonathan Ferry)

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Transforming the City

Posted on 27 November 2011 by John Adams

We had a guest speaker a couple of weeks ago, Dave MacMillan of Wingspan Prayer Ministries. One of the phrases he used stuck with me:

Do you pray to transform your city?

I like the idea of transforming the city. I like the idea of the city reaching it’s full potential and reflecting the best of what the citizens are.

So last Thursday in the Southside housegroup we discussed how we would want to transform Glasgow. We all enjoy living here, but as with anywhere, there are things that we’d like to see improve. Here are a few of the dreams people have.

  • A safer city centre in the evenings and weekends, particularly at night. (We are grateful for the work done by Glasgow Street Pastors.).
  • For friends to find contentment in their lives, particularly those with unfulfilled dreams of their own.
  • A more healthy city (alchohol, obesity, smoking).
  • A less angry city.
  • A deeper welcome extended to those who are new to the city, particularly those who don’t have close relationships through work, family or church.
  • Less dependence on acquiring shiny new stuff, and more dependence on developing relationships.

As we’re planning for the next stage in the life of our church (more of this later), we want to use our dreams to drive our vision of a transformed city.

Glasgow’s motto is of course “Let Glasgow Flourish“, which is a shorter version of the text on the bell of the Tron Church cast in 1631

“Lord let Glasgow flourish through the preaching of thy word and praising thy name.”

Our dreams are simply a continuation of that desire to see our city flourish.

What are your dreams for Glasgow?

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