Busby Parish Church of Scotland

07/06/2026

https://youtu.be/-LAArdyxSXM?si=5A-Emo65tH-Y8rOj

Our weekly Sunday morning worship, this week led by Steve Smith

07/06/2026

A touch.
So ordinary and light
we barely notice it.

A hand on a shoulder.
An arm around someone who’s grieving.
A hand held across a hospital bed.
A child reaching for a parent’s fingers.

Small things.

Until they’re not.

A woman reaches out,
through the crowd,
through her fear,
through years of being overlooked.

Just the edge of a cloak.

A touch.

A father falls at Jesus’ feet,
desperate for his daughter,
desperate for one more chance,
one more breath,
one more touch of hope.

And Jesus responds.

Not with distance.
Not with indifference.

but with presence.
and touch.

Because that’s how love often arrives.

Not in grand speeches.
Not in dramatic gestures.

But in casseroles left at a door.
In messages sent at the right moment.
In sitting beside someone
when words are hard to find.
In choosing not to walk past.

We underestimate touch.
Not only the touch of hands,
but the touch of a life.

The way kindness lingers.
The way encouragement stays with us for years.
The way one act of compassion
can become a turning point
in someone else’s story.

Jesus touched lives wherever He went.

Not just bodies,
but hearts,
souls,
communities.

And He still does.

Through people willing to notice.
People willing to stop.
People willing to reach out.

We may never know
how far our touch travels.

How a word spoken gently,
a kindness offered freely,
a moment of compassion given without thought,
becomes part of someone else’s healing.

But love leaves fingerprints.
And every time we choose
to touch the world with grace,
something of Christ
is made visible.

© E Hamilton 2026

06/06/2026

The service tomorrow 7th June at 11.00 a.m. will be led by worship leader and choir member Mr Steve Smith assisted by a team of elders. There will also be a Sunday Club. There will be tea and coffee in the hall afterwards. We look forward to seeing more new faces in the pews. All welcome.

31/05/2026

https://youtu.be/Ta5v8WM1Zwc?si=6AviQbMgw7eUXpHu

Our weekly Sunday morning worship, this week led by Allan Morrison

30/05/2026

Tomorrow, 31st May, at 11.00 a.m, a service of worship will be conducted by our organist and one of our worship leaders Mr. Allan Morrison assisted by members of the Kirk Session. There will also be a Sunday Club. Tea and coffee is available after the service in the main hall. All welcome

28/05/2026

24/05/2026

https://youtu.be/OZaUEd30DQI?si=LF9lPk_juGn1U6WP

Our weekly Sunday morning worship, this week led by Robin Bulmer

24/05/2026

We like faith
when it stays manageable.

Neat. Quiet. Contained.

A candle lit gently.
A prayer whispered softly.
A hymn sung the way we’ve always sung it.

But Pentecost arrives
like the windows have been flung open
without warning.

Wind rushing through frightened hearts.
Fire dancing above ordinary people.
Voices rising louder than fear.

And suddenly
disciples who’d hidden away
are in the streets
speaking about Jesus
like the story matters too much
to keep to themselves anymore.

Not scholars.
Not the powerful.
Just ordinary people
set alight by the Spirit of God.

People who’d doubted.
People who’d failed.
People who’d run away when things became costly.

Yet God chose them anyway.

Because the Spirit doesn’t wait
for polished people
with perfect words and unwavering confidence.

The Spirit comes to real people.
To anxious people.
To weary people.
To people who still carry grief in their bones
and uncertainty in their stomachs.

And through wind and fire
and trembling voices
the good news travels.

Across languages.
Across barriers.
Across the spaces
we keep trying to divide into us and them.

Because the peace of Christ
isn't something to hide away
behind locked church doors
or careful conversations.

It moves.

Through kindness shared freely.
Through courage that surprises us.
Through invitations spoken awkwardly
but honestly.
Through people willing to say
this story changed me
and I think it might change you too.

Pentecost isn't a festival of standing still.

It is wind.
It is movement.
It is hearts catching fire again.

And in the noise and wonder of it all
God is still there
breathing life
into tired people,
and sending ordinary disciples
into the world
carrying the love of Christ in their hands.

© E Hamilton 2026

23/05/2026

The service tomorrow, Sunday May 23rd at 11.00 a.m will be conducted by our Session Clerk and Treasurer, Mr Robin Bulmer. The Sunday Club will have their own arrangements for this holiday weekend. Tea and coffee in the hall after the service. All welcome.

20/05/2026

“I always thank my God
as I remember you…”

What a thing
to be remembered like that.

Not as burden.
Not as disappointment.
Not as someone spoken about
with weariness or obligation.

But with gratitude.

There are people
who carry light quietly,
people whose faith
shows up in ordinary ways,
in kindness given freely,
in gentleness that steadies a room,
in love that keeps turning up
even when life is hard.

And sometimes
most times
they don't even realise
the difference they make.

A phone call.
A welcome.
A hand held in grief.
A table with one more chair pulled out.
Small things, perhaps,
until you are the one
who needed them.

Faith lived out
in cups of tea,
and the remembering of how you take it,
in patience,
in showing up again and again.

And somewhere,
someone thanks God
because you were there.

Not perfect.
Not extraordinary in the world’s eyes.
Just willing to love well.

What a grace that is.

© E Hamilton