Haddington Elim Church

Happy Father’s Day! To celebrate the occasion, I have a few ‘Dad jokes’ for you. I was going to tell a time-travelling joke, but you guys didn’t like it. "I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down!" "Did you hear about the guy who invented the knock-knock joke? He won the 'no-bell' prize." "A father carries pictures (in his wallet)...

The Christians from previous generations had a grit to them. They endured persecution, hardships, and hatred. They sacrificed everything they had and everything they knew. Many were killed for their faith. Many were imprisoned. Here in Scotland, there is a tremendous Christian heritage with the Covenanters and others. Some 19,000 Covenanters lost their lives for the Gospel in and around Edinburgh....

This week, missionary Sheryl Maatitawaer is with us. Hear how God called her from a teenager to follow His leading to Indonesia. We pray you are encouraged by her story. If you would like more information about Sheryl and her mission, contact us at haddingtonelim@gmail.com

Today we are celebrating Pentecost Sunday. What does that mean?  The term Pentecost comes from the Greek (Pentēkostē) meaning "fiftieth". It refers to the festival celebrated on the fiftieth day after Passover, also known as the "Feast of Weeks". Pentecostalism emphasises the work of the Holy Spirit and the direct experience of the presence of God by the believer.  We are Elim...

A number of years ago, Steven Spielberg released a film called Schindler’s List. It was based on the true life story of Oskar Schindler. The film follows Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist who saved more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees from the Holocaust by employing them in his factories during World War II. At the end of the film he finds himself regretting he had not saved mo...

Psalm 46:10 “Stop striving ( be still) and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.” “Be still” literally means “Take your hands off! Relax!  We like to be ‘hands on’ people and manage our own lives, but God is God and we are His servants. Because God was allowed to be God, the victory was won. -Warren Wiersbe I think that is how we should live as Ch...

We are looking at Exodus 16 today. After 400 years of slavery, Israel had just experienced the greatest miracle beyond their wildest imaginations. God Himself had hand-delivered them from the Egyptians! He heard their groaning under their slavery, abuse and sent them a deliverer, Moses. Moses had a miracle that preserved his own life (we looked at that a few weeks ago) and would be the instrument...

This week, Pastor Arwyn Cudlip brings us this message from Revelation 1:5-6. There are many ministries of the cross of Christ but today we are looking at: Christ loved us, Christ loosed us, and Christ lifted us. Be encouraged today that you are loved dearly by our Saviour, Jesus!

The first Passover is recorded in Exodus 12: Exodus 12:11-13 Now you shall eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste—it is the Lord’s Passover. 12 For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods o...

The Bible speaks a lot about the final week and days of Jesus’ life on Earth. We know that He is eternal and existed long before He came to earth as the baby in the manger. He is alive forevermore! The tomb could not hold Him nor death keep Him. He is the resurrection and the life! As we look into His final week of His life, there is much that we can learn. This event is significant as it is the l...

This week we celebrate Mother's Day in the U.K. "Jumper, n.: garment worn by a child when its mother is feeling chilly." -Ambrose Bierce A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. —Tenneva Jordan An ounce of mother is worth a pound of priest. – Rudyard Kipling There are few things more powerful th...

As we are approaching the time of year celebrating Passover, the Gospels tell the story of the last week of Jesus’ life on Earth. Jesus would have one last meal with His disciples right before the Passover. After that, Jesus was arrested and brought before various leaders who were trying to have Him killed. Pilate interrogates Jesus and seems to want to release Him. There was a custom each year wh...

Pastor Gordon Allan from Edinburgh Elim brings the message today. We are looking at Acts Chapter 3 where Peter and John speak to the paralysed man, commanding him to get up. There are many times in our lives where God interrupts our schedules. In those instances, we need to just shred them and do what He is asking us to do. We are called to be obedient and faithful. 

This week's episode starts off with an amazing testimony of one of our congregants being healed by God from Multiple Sclerosis. The message is by Pastor Steve Aiken who encourages us to take risks for God. I've heard it said that faith is spelled R-I-S-K. We hope you are encouraged by this week's service. If you would like a copy pf the sermon notes, please email: office@haddintonelimchurch.com.&n...

When we read the Bible, we can ask ourselves, is this a promise? A warning? What are the principles? Is this a command to follow? A revelation of God’s character? What is God saying through the passage? The information God gives is important as it is His word on how to live. The Creator knows best how we should live. Nearing the end of his life, Joshua addressed the nation , and he gave very impor...

What an amazing conversion of Saul! He was a fearful foe to contend with. Even Ananias was concerned that Paul might bring him harm. God tells him that He has chosen Paul to be His voice to the Gentiles, leaders and Jews. Even though he wrote most of the New Testament, Paul would say later on in his life that he was the chief of sinners. His salvation is a great encouragement to any lost sinner, a...

In chapter 3 of Philippians, Paul is speaking of his pedigree. He says that if there is any chance of gaining heaven by fleshly works, he could have had a valid argument. He kept the Law, he was extremely zealous for God. But when He came to an encounter with Jesus, everything changed. If you have never come to Christ, one encounter with the Living Christ will change you forever. Today is your day...

Last week we looked at Jesus feeding 5,000 men. The truth is that it could easily have been 10-20,000. This miracle was told in all four Gospels. The little boy, who brought his lunch, got to be a part of one of the many miracles of Jesus! Andrew, who brought the boy, not sure if that could even be a solution, got to be a part of the miracle too. When we bring what we have to Jesus, we may see the...

This message starts with a few pictures that one of our parishioners, Helen,  had during our week of fasting and prayer for you to hear in the first 5 minutes.  Imagine that Richard Branson (or any other billionaire) asked you to partner with them in any business venture. Imagine if with all their wealth and power they needed YOU! What would you think? How would you feel? We have the Alm...

Elim's Four priorities are: Making Disciples, Developing Leaders, Growing Churches and Reaching Nations. As part of the Elim movement, we , as Haddington Elim Church, are focussing on Making Disciples and Growing Churches. As a church plant, our desire has been to make disciples and to build His Church. This year these two will be our two main goals. As I mentioned last week, it will take all of u...

Have you ever met someone who could look at something and see it's potential? There are some who could look at a rubbish pile and see a beautiful garden, or others who could look at a scrap heap and see a classic car. God sees our potential within each of us. He has created us unique and diverse. He has placed gifts within each of us to collectively reach our world for Christ. Listen to today's me...

Between the closing words of Malachi to the opening words of Matthew, 400 years passed without a Word from the Lord. 400 years with ‘radio silence’ from God. Some exciting preparations took place during that time of "silence". The world scene had changed as Rome had taken over Israel and became the major world power. We had the prophecies of Isaiah and the other prophets that spoke of the future M...

There were more than 300 prophecies concerning the arrival of the Messiah. When would He come? For 400 years, there is silence between the Old and New Testaments. When the New Testament begins, it starts with a genealogy. Some people love that stuff. A bit of a strange way to start a book. Although most of us skip over this list of names, it is really important to show that Jesus was also a part o...

Today I want us to think about this: who can I encourage? Someone may be ready to throw in the towel and quit. Who can you encourage today? Some have a wonderful gift to encourage others and build them up. We need encouragement more than ever before. Many times in life, if we’re honest, we can find ourselves discouraged. There are times in life where we are let down and disappointed. Things have n...

Paul, who was known as Saul, was a man who was out to destroy this new group which became known as Christians. He had them arrested and was even complicit in the stoning of the first martyr, Stephen. He had a supernatural conversion on the road to Damascus, where he came into contact with the risen Christ. He went from hunting down Christians to being one of the most influential Christians in his...