Riodhna, EBC Ministry Associate, continued our ‘Standing Out’ teaching series today in Esther Chp 1&2. 👑✝️🔥

We focused on:
| A world of power and pride.
| An unlikely woman in an unexpected place.
| A God who works behind the scenes.

Our reflection/application questions going into this week ahead are:
| Where might pride be shaping me?
| Am I faithful in the place where I find myself?
| Can I trust God when I cannot see the bigger picture?

Thank you Riodhna for unpacking this brilliantly & bringing God’s Word to us today.

We also took time this morning to pray together for @altars_scotland & for God to deepen our prayer & worship life as a local church.

Tonight was our Make Room space and we were crying out in desperation to God echoing the words from Psalm 84:2 ‘my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God’.

Thanks to ALL teams who served across the church today - you are all wonderful & EBC Youth we LOVE having you at Make Room.

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ALL Age Gathering today at EBC.

| Sharing our learning together from the book of Daniel.

🙌🏼Standing OUT🙌🏾
🙌🏾Daring To Be A Daniel🙌🏼

| We considered what might happen in each space we go to/live in (clubs/socials/family/work/school/college/uni etc) if we prayed 3x a day like Daniel - giving thanks & asking God for help - Daniel 6:10-11


| We heard some honest & encouraging testimonies of how our ‘Standing Out’ series was speaking into individual lives. 🙌🏼💛🙌🏾

| We also prayed & honoured @samuel.john.rae as he moves to @abbeyhillbaptistchurch to take up his new role as worship co-ordinator there.
We are cheering you on Sam & all at Abbeyhill. 🫶🏻

| Massive thanks to each and every team member who served today from pre gathering prayer, production, worship, welcome, hospitality, creche & made Church happen. ✨

| Don’t forget Connect Deeper is on this Tuesday, 7.30pm in the Sanctuary. Still time to join in. ...

| We are in the midst of a challenging teaching series called ‘Standing Out’.

| This Sunday we gather to learn together from God’s Word - ALL ages in the Sanctuary.

| Please note tea/coffee/connect time is before worship at 10.30am.

| Our creche will be open for Parents of younger children to use.

We look forward to welcoming you!

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#connectdeeper
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Many of our Community Spaces are on pause for the next few weeks.
Please note return dates for each space. ⬇️
Thank-you!

🌍ESOL back on Tues 20 Oct.
☕️Rise & Shine back on Tues 27 Oct.
🧸Toddlers back on Thurs 22 Oct.
🍽️ Soul Food back on Thurs 5 Nov.
🗣️ Wellbeing Cafe back on Fri 6 Nov.

💡Illuminate Community Counselling Service OPEN throughout. ...

‘Standing Out’ part 4!
Great to be in God’s House to worship, dig deeper into the book of Daniel chp 7-9 in the OT & share Communion together.

‘There was before me one like a Son of Man, coming with the clouds of heaven’ Dan 7:13

‘Sing to God, sing in praise of His name, extol Him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before Him - His name is the Lord.’ Psalm 68:4

| “Faith is not opposed to knowledge; faith is opposed to sight.”


| “Great faith, like great strength in general, is revealed by the ease of its workings.

Most of what we think we see as the struggle OF faith is really the struggle to act as IF

we had faith when in fact we do not.”
~ Dallas Willard


| The Faith – we see in the book of Daniel appears easy. When we are struggling – it’s because we are trying to work up our faith.

It’s not real faith.


| Imagine – what would happen if you and I took the giftings God has already given us –

and trust Him with real faith.

| Listening to Him – operating in faith and powerfully loving others.


| Daniel ‘stands out’ using spiritual weapons in Babylon ~ prayer, faith and bold, generous love.

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Tomorrow at EBC we are continuing our ‘Standing Out’ teaching series.

We look forward to welcoming you to Church.

10.30am | Pre Gathering Prayer.
11am | Worship, Word, Communion.
12.30 | Tea & Coffee in Cafe Space.

We’d love to hear how God has been speaking to you through His Word.
Scan the QR code to share.

Join us for remaining 3 Connect Deeper nights on 20/10, 3/11 & 17/11

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