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Welcome to the readings and Sunday sermon for Sunday 2nd November where we consider being saints and old souls. We are looking at youth ministry but today took the time to remember that we need Moses as well as Joshua. There are those who do the work like Joshua but we need those who pray, who encourage, who tell the stories, who lead by example. Prayer is so important as well and we remembered th...

A busy old week - a really busy week so be prepared for a whirlwind tour. Still struggling with tiredness but determined to keep going...stubborn was how I was described! LOL A lighter episode simply enjoying the busyness and opportunities. And I still missed bits out I'm sure. Blessing to all the saints... Love Sarah #ministry #churchofscotland #podcast #parish #clergymum #kittens #christian...

This was an all age family service with BBs and GBs so just a short walk in the rain thinking about hoarding and sharing, saving and trusting. And for the record the brolly was never fully opened. Have included the bible readings and part of the all age message and the reflection. It was an epic service - busy and included a tiktok so if you want the whole thing do check us out on Youtube. Every b...

Welcome back - I was off last week due to ill health. Comes to us all. But thinking about community, harking back but also looking forward. I never know where I will end up in these podcasts but thanks for joining me on the journey. Also contemplating rose tinted glasses in ministry... A whirlwind episode as still catching up! But a great reminder in Psalm 36 who loves us! Please enjoy! And feel f...

Welcome to the readings and sermon for our 3rd Sunday of our Stewardship month with a focus on our offerings. Thinking about how we honour God, challenging the risk of being apathetic. We look at Cain and Abel and the woman with her last pennies and consider that it is not the quantity but how we offer ourselves, our finances, our talents. Is it something we do as a response or act of duty? In the...

A bonus episode containing the readings and the sermon and finishing with the blessing. Thinking about our Christian attitude to wealth, recognising that wealth is not the issue but the attitude we have towards wealth - our own and those who have it. Do we lead by example like Nehemiah seeing opportunities to help or like Tabitha/Dorcas who was known for doing good and helping the poor especially...

Welcome to this week's edition. Tried something a little different with a recorded update Sunday and Monday. Need to get into the habit of daily ones. Looking a little at the word 'incentivise' and I wonder at what we are trying to incentivise in the church. But mainly its just a look at the week that was - and a busy one at that. Will admit to feeling somewhat weary but it has been an...

Welcome to the first sermon in our new series for Stewardship Month. Will I be happy if I win the lottery? Exploring the deceitfulness of wealth and how it can impede our happiness and our faith actions. (and yes I know we all wish we could win it...) Readings from Genesis 2:8-10, 3 :1-13, Mark 4:3-8, 13-20. with some words from Proverbs at the start! for the full service visit Moncreiff Parish Ch...

Recording during the early moments of Storm Amy, with the rain battering on the car. Don't worry - noise cancelling headphones/microphone works. Sharing a really busy week - enjoyable but full. Blessed by those who turn up and get involved. Conscious that we need to consider wealth, getting off the pedestals and looking at giving without kudos. So dip in and maybe enjoy a daunder through a bus...

Working on a second thread to the Podcast sharing the readings and the sermon content from Sunday worship. Reflecting on the battle between resentment and entitlement and sensing that God cares for all creation, even the parts (people) we don't want to. Has the world become resentful or entitled and lost gratitude and perspective? Do we think we own it all or is it God's creation? In this...

Welcome to the next edition of Rev Sarah Shares. Sharing some more insights from study leave and my weekend away that was an online community going off line. Also a wee dip into Action Plans and forward planning... Plus a wee share about home life. It's all go in ministry! #ministry #churchofscotland #clergymum #Moncreiff #online #offline

Welcome to another edition with a clear focus on study leave and consider the place and purpose of online worship. Some insights, reflections and pondering and one piece of advice... How are we treating this missional environment? Do you agree with me or am I too demanding in an already busy world? As always learning on the move. Thanks to everyone who has taken time to speak with or share with me...

Hey folks, Thanks for coming round to my living room for another conversation about parish ministry! Today thinking about what is parish in today's world as my study leave is looking at online church and more. Wee discussion about podcasts, how study leave is hard to hold onto and other musings... Hope you enjoy! Blessings Sarah, #ministry #churchofscotland #clergymum #christian #moncreiff #re...

Off an tangent from the beginning about legacies but stick with me...it will be worth it (I hope). Plus a whirlwind through my week which to be fair has felt like one! Ministry, motherhood, life and legacies all rolled up in one. Have you written your will yet? Enjoy. Love Sarah #ministry #churchofscotland #sessionclerks #legacy #poignant #blessings #moncreiff

Here you go again listening to the minister who wonders at life and ministry and all that jazz. God certainly is keeping me and my church on her toes. That is a good thing! (I think!) Hope you enjoy and please let me know you are forgetful too! Blessings Sarah #ministry #church #churchofscotland #clergymum #forgetful

Hey! Welcome to a slightly scrambled edition! Mail merge and data management hasn't got any easier! It has been a good week and lots happening. I'm definitely need some down time! So enjoy and maybe by Sunday I'll be unscrambled (!) #ministry #hope #pastoralcare #mailmerge #christian #moncreiff #clergymum

Welcome to the RevSarah Shares podcast. Another meander through the strange thoughts that reverberate in my head. Thinking a bit about focus, about congregations that flourish or don't, the challenges I guess in our institution. There is a wee tangent on data we use (sorry), a brief foray into looking after my mental health and insight into the gap between the quiet of summer and the onslaught...

Hey and welcome (back) to the RevSarah Shares podcast. It's my opportunity to share some of the ponderings and outcomes of life in parish ministry. Sharing here something of my thoughts on how people might understand Christianity - guilt or unworthy... and I wonder how we might as a Church shape our narrative. Wee tales from the holiday and a reminder that God goes with us. And the question of...

Hey folks - last one for a couple of weeks due to holidays! A reflection on the past and present colliding and bringing healing with it. A reminder to care for your minister (thank you for looking after me!) and a few other thoughts along the way. Dipped into Psalm 33 as well. Enjoy and God bless. Love Sarah #ministry #love #clergymum #past

Welcome to this week's pondering . I admit that the heat is getting to me! Thinking about interconnectedness given that this week I was at a funeral of a friend from my first charge and next week I have a wedding connecting my first charge and my current one. Something we don't teach in training... Hope you enjoy the stories and learning curve along the way! Thanks for the love and support...

Welcome back to Rev Sarah Shares podcast and thank you to Laura for our musical interlude. Today I start with names and ponder authority whilst sharing tales of life on a boat, and the tussle with authority in the Church as an institution. Pondering out loud again and wondering about the journey God is taking me, Moncreiff, the Church on. Thanks for all the support! Enjoy! Blessings Sarah #moncrei...

Welcome to another week of putting the Church to rights - well, at least pondering what that might mean. The risk of reactive change being superficial rather than strategic. Somehow using parenting as an example to explain the point and risking my marriage at the same time! Talking about Leaver's assemblies and more along the way. Hope you enjoy and have an amazing week. Does include the Wesle...

Welcome to the Rev Sarah Shares podcast sharing higlights and workload from the week that was. Really been struck this week by the brokenness of institutional structures. We wanted rid of silos but somehow we have recreated ourselves in our own image - provocative, insulting or true? Does the Church of Scotland have a unifying identity (apart from Christ obviously)? What I find at a local level is...

Welcome to this week's edition. A great week - lots of young people and all the joys that come with that. Feeling the variety taking its toll but at the same time loving it. God is so good. I have got some work/life balance but the structuring of it can be hard going. Thanks for all the love and support. #ministry #clergymum #moncreiff #balance #Godisgood

Hey! Welcome to this week's chaos. You are a star for coming back again. Today we have a strange conclusion but might get a smile. However, the theme really is connections and how ultimately we are all connected. Hear a little about the filming, sharing time with the Girls Brigade and more. I do touch on the loneliest place some of us have experienced but with a gentle reminder that we are hel...