Contact: Sandra Penny 

The Boys' Brigade is a christian youth organisation with over 500,000 members worldwide.

The B.B. offers a wide range of activities including games, crafts sports, christian teaching and holidays.

The HBC company is the 12th Hamilton, we meet on Friday nights during term time at the following times;

Anchor Boys  (P1 - P3)           6.30 - 7.30 pm

Junior Section (P3 - P6)          6.30 - 8.00 pm

Company Section (P7 - S6)     7.15 -  9.30 pm

We would be pleased to welcome new members.

For more information please contact Sandra Penny.

Former Captain, Graham Barrie, with Ramsay Stewart and Haydn Johnston who had been presented with their President's Badges at the Annual Display in May 2010

Some of the other badge and trophy winners at the Annual Display in May 2010

Contact: Fiona McLellan (Junior CE), Sandra Johnston (Teen CE)

The Junior Christian Endeavour is a Christ centred, church based organisation offering an action packed programme for children from the age of seven to thirteen. Its motto is "For Christ and the Church" and its aims are to lead children and young people to the Lord Jesus Christ, and then to train them to serve Him within their local church.

Christian Endeavour is international and interdenominational and its members are given the opportunity to meet Endeavourers from other areas at camp and the annual convention. The children and young people are encouraged to lead their own weekly meeting, which includes Bible stories, singing, chain prayer, drama and much more. Their is also the opportunity to participate in the CE Award Scheme.

CE meets on a Monday evening between 6.15 and 7.15 from September to May. Teen CE for those 13 years and above also meet at this time in the commitee room.

New members are always welcome.

Contact: Chris van der Walle & June Brown

Exodus reaches out to the children of the Hillhouse area. There are two age groups, 5-9 year olds who meet on Mondays and Thursdays, 6.45 - 7.30 pm, and 10-15 year olds who meet Mondays, 7.45 - 9 pm. The children are able to do crafts, table football and hockey, computer games, and learn about Christ’s love and purpose for them through cartoons (Friends and Heroes) and acting-out scenes.

We discuss with the children events in every-day life while giving a viewpoint taken from the Bible through a new or old testament story. We organise special events including the October holiday club, the Christmas pantomime, Easter club and the summer fun evening.

At the moment we have around 12 children of the younger age group and 6 children of the older age group. We hope to merge the older group with the Youth Fellowship evenings on Saturdays at the church building, and are encouraged by the commitment two children have made to Christ.

The folk that help out are: June Brown, William Thomson, Mary Buchanan, Stuart Love, Arlene Neil, Christine Stewart, Ian and Trish Thomson, Scott Wallace, Chris van der Walle and Heather Darling. Exodus forms part of the missionary work of Hamilton Baptist and we are mindful of your prayers of support and practical help.

Please contact Chris van der Walle & June Brown for more information.

19a Comely Bank before it became EXODUS and the Official opening in April 2002

Some of the walls painting whcih are based on bible stories

Contact: Ann-Louise Cockburn, Elizabeth Haywood or Linda Thomson.

The Girls’ Brigade offers a structured programme of activities for all girls of school age including Bible teaching, singing, games, crafts and service to church and community.

We also have games nights, trips, sleepovers and camps, etc. throughout the year.

Girls in S3 and above can take part in the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award scheme.

Thursday nights 

                                          Explorers    6.00 - 7.00 pm        (Primary 1 to 3)
                                          Juniors       7.00 - 8.30 pm        (Primary 4 to 7)
                                          Brigaders   7.00 - 9.00 pm        (Secondary 1 and above)

Contact: Gwyneth Langley & Lesley van der Walle

The Junior Church is for children 3 to 11 (Pre-school to Primary 7) and meets on Sunday mornings. We start our time together in the church at 10.45 then move through to back halls until around 12 noon.

We have an action packed programme of singing, games, crafts and bible teaching and would welcome any children to come and join us.

The Junior Church runs during school term time – there is a holiday Sunday School during the school holidays.

We would love to see you there…

The Ladies' Bible Study Group meets on Thursday mornings from 10.30 to 12 noon. 

This is an informal group and the studies are lead by volunteers within the group.

Recently the studies have been based on one of the "Cover to cover" series of books.

For further details please contact Alison Simpson

Contact: Tommy Green

A new opportunity for men to meet together to study God's Word and deal with the issues that men face on a day-to-day basis.

The Men’s Bible Study starts at 8pm (Tea/Coffee from 7.45pm) on Tuesdays.

During the 2008 / 2009 session we looked at how  Jesus responded to the Old Testament law (10 Commandments).

Watch this space for details of meetings in 2010 / 2011

All the men in the fellowship are warmly invited to come (& bring a friend). 

Contact: Lesley van der Walle  

We have been running a very successful October Holiday Club for children for over 10 years. 

For 2010 we are considering widening the age-group of the various activities, but intend to still run events for children.

So, when you are planning your holiday arrangements for 2010, ask yourself the following questions:-

How do you normally spend your school October week holiday? 

Are you aged 4-11 (P1-P7) or do you have children in this age group?

Why not come and join us at Hamilton Baptist Church for a fun-filled, action packed week?

We run a Holiday Club for 2 hours each day (Monday – Friday) and finish our fun on the Sunday morning by telling loads of other folk what a great week we have had !

We have loads of singing, games, crafts, bible teaching, creative ways of praying, etc

So why not plan to come along and join us this year….

See the News & Events Section on our website for more details of this year's event once they are available…

Contact: Laura Green or the PowerPoint Team  

The team provide support for Sunday services and special occassions, to show song words, Bible readings, videos, information for prayer, and sermon notes on screen.  An interesting way to get involved in the services behind the scenes.
 
Anyone interested in knowing more about how the system works or who thinks they might like to get involved, contact Laura Green or the PowerPoint Team.

Contact: Bruce Biggart for printing

              Archie Dyer or Jim Sneddon for the What's On

              Derek Scollon or Elliott Simpson for the Website

The publicity group meets as required to organise various forms of publicity for events in and organised by the church.

As a group, we currently look after the What's On, the church website and notice boards and the in-house printing. 

Contact: Mrs May Ross (Secretary), Mr Robert Allan (Chairman) 

The senior citizens meet in the hall at the rear of the church from the first Monday in October until the last Monday in April. The meeting starts at 2pm and runs until 3pm. It is a bright, friendly group, who meet each week. There is a cup of tea with home baking at the start of our time together. Come and enjoy plenty of bright singing. There is a varied programme that follows, singing groups, visual talks and speakers with different topics. To finish the first half of the session, there is a Christmas lunch. The last Monday in April is the outing to finish the session. The committee would be delighted to see you. Come along and enjoy a happy hour, have a chat and a cup of tea.

Contact: Elspeth Gray

Time Out events are informal evenings for Ladies

held about 5 times a year on a Tuesday evening usually at 8pm

There is usually a presentation, then an epilogue

with to chat over supper.

All Ladies will be made most welcome. The cost of the evening is £2

Contact: Susan Paterson

There are three separate groups for pre-school children and their carers / parents meeting on

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 to 11.30am.

The parents / carers are responsible for their own children's activities but they will still have plenty

time for a chat and will soon make friends with the other parents and helpers. 

There is a separate room for more constructive play for the 3+ year olds. 

Refreshments are served and the morning is rounded off with a short time for singing. 

For details of fees, enrolment, etc. please contact Susan Paterson

Contact: Gail Stewart, Gillian Barrie and Alistair Dunbar

The 2 Ways Group is for everyone in S1 to S6. We meet during the Sunday morning service in the church flat (up the stairs next to the vestry). We are on every Sunday during term time with the exception of days when we have an All Age Service in church. Our aim is to look at issues which confront young people every day and to try to understand what the bible says about them and what our response should be to them.

For example, we have done a study based on Madonna – her lifestyle and lyrics. This led us to look at Materialism, Image, Family Relationships and Spirituality.

Our studies based on 2 TV and movie favourites, Friends and James Bond also led to interesting discussions about Selfishness, City Living, Threats and Thrills.

We recently looked at the 10 commandments and we had a really good time discussing their application to our lives in the 21st. Century! Is it OK to work on a Sunday? What does it mean to take God’s name in vain? Do we really have idols today? Is obeying your parents the same as honouring them?

If you are wondering why we are called ‘2 Ways Group’, it’s simple! We discovered early on that there are 2 distinct ways to live – God’s Way and the World’s Way.

Come along and find out which you choose.

Contact: Robert Allan 

Hamilton Baptist Church seeks to support & encourage the staff & residents of Woodburn Court by sharing in fellowship once a month.

The services incorporate a guest speaker and musical item within the worship which lasts approximately one hour.

Youth Nights

These are held every Saturday from 7.30 to 9.30pm

These are open evenings geared for those in first year of secondary school

Contact Graham and Sarah Shearer for more details

"One Way" Evening Services

Once a month we have a "One Way" service and several of our young folk contribute throughout the evening.  This is followed, in the church hall, by Cafe Zao.

Cafe Zao

All young folk in the 12 to 20 age group are invited to Sunday Evening in the church hall after the evening service.

Contact Linda and Ally Gray, Lillain Green, Laura Green and Alan McRoberts for more details.