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Malcolm Round is our Senior Leader. Malcolm has led St Mungo’s for 24 years but still never ceases to amaze, amuse and challenge us. His blogs are certain to do likewise.


    Bay City Rollers and multicoloured mugs

    Not many people know that one of Scotland’s most ‘famous’ or ‘infamous’ 70’s pop bands, the Bay City Rollers (BCR), was based just a couple of miles outside St Mungo’s parish, in their manager Tam Paton’s house at Kellerstain, not far from the new headquarters of our most famous, or is that ‘infamous’ bank, The Royal Bank of Scotland !! READ MORE »

    Beyond Fellowship!

    Lord of the Rings “For the early Christians Koinonia was not the frilly “ fellowship” of church   sponsored  bi-weekly  outings .  It was not tea, biscuits and sophisticated small talk in  the ‘fellowship hall’ after the sermon.  It was an unconditional sharing of their lives  with the other members of Christ’s body”.

     Ronald J Sider

     ‘ It was an unconditional sharing of their lives with the other members of Christ’s body’.  That is a pretty good definition of the word fellowship.  Having spoken in the last of our sermon series on the ‘Colours of Spiritual Health’ about the ‘Yellow of Fellowship,’ I am aware how important the benefit of the “body life” that we get, some being with other believers in the local church, can have upon our spiritual lives. (If you missed it watch it here – http://www.stmungos.org/?page_id=43&sermon_id=441 )  But real fellowship for Christians is even much bigger than that idea . READ MORE »

    Dead dogs and a problem prayer life.

    There is a famous saying ‘that the fastest way to embarrass a church minister is to ask them about their prayer life!’  And that is absolutely true!  Please don’t ask me about my personal prayer life, as I will either have to prevaricate, avoid, or tell you a fib!  My prayer life has never been one of my strongest spiritual strength.

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    Green of relationship.

    I love our house group meetings!  Last night we had a great meeting- it started with some great conversation over superb cakes and baking (thank you LT!) READ MORE »

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