Dear Glasgow Girl and Enkrateia many thanks for your kind words it is good to encourage each other when there was so little at SMC. Even the leaders could not accept encouragement themselves. I remember telling MB that she had sung beautifully during the meeting and her reply was “it wasn’t her and that all the glory should go to God” All she needed to say thank you. When I was reading your post
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Four weeks after I had left Struthers I received a phone call from MB, the first time this had ever happened after twenty years. She asked how I was getting on and that she had not seen me for some time. I was amazed as she very rarely spoke to me unless she was asking me to do something at the church. I told her I had decided to leave and was now attending another church. She said could I perhap
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I forgot to mention earlier that before I started going East Kilbride I told MB what I planned and she said nothing and did not wish me well. Originally Mr Black had been asked to come up to East Kilbride and take meetings for those interested in the Baptism in the Holy Spirit. I think there were about twelve people and after some time Jim Robertson was asked to take over that meeting and it bec
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The new church under Mary Black met for some time at the YMCA and Christian Institute in Bothwell Street and also later at the City Hall. All the Drumchapel people attended and also older people from the Friday night meeting. Mary and Jenifer Jack led all the meetings. Later the church bought a building in Knightswood. It took a year to repair and decorate with several of the tradesmen from Green
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For me I found the Friday night meetings spiritually wonderful. I was part of a group of young people who were members of the Church of Scotland. The meetings were simple format with Mr Black preaching on the five references to Baptism in the Holy Spirit. Alison Black played the piano with no music and if a new song was introduced she followed one note behind she had a wonderful gift. Mary Black
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Hi Everyone For some time I have read through all 140 pages on the forum. It has brought back many memories, some good and others terrible when I have read how people have been treated in a consistent and disgraceful way by those who claim to be Christians and pastors who are expected to look after the flock. As I have read peoples experiences I wanted to make comments but felt I would wait til
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