Beth Bogue: Twenty Years Serving the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Scotland

Beth came on the first RP Mission Team to Scotland in 1997. Beth came back on subsequent RP Missions Teams in 1998 and 1999. In the spring of 2000, Beth came over 2 months before the Mission Team and stayed on a month after the team went back to the USA. During this period Beth spoke with Andrew Quigley about coming over in a more permanent capacity. In the providence of God, she was able to obtain the necessary visa and raise the funds to pay for her salary, and so began her work in the RPCS on the 1st November 2000. Beth worked originally for Airdrie, though much of her work was Presbytery related. In 2014 she transitioned to being officially employed by Presbytery.

During the last 20 years Beth has been involved in development, production, logistics, and administration of:
– church websites and social media (11 different sites over the years) and email
– Let’s Worship God booklets
– Tidings, Airdrie Word Today, weekly email (Airdrie) and Good News (RPCS) and Reformed Vision (RPCI and RPCS) newsletter/magazines
– Covenanter Theological Institute weekends
– Scottish Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary & students under care studying in Pittsburgh
– Semester in Scotland programme
– Reformation Tours
– RP Global Alliance website
– RP Mission Teams to Scotland
– GO Teams to Scotland
– archiving, collating, organising RPCS records
– managing Wishaw property
– assisting Presbytery and Airdrie treasurers with day to day accounting matters
– processing payroll for Airdrie, Wishaw, Reformation Tours, Presbytery, North Edinburgh, Stornoway, and Stranraer. 
– and other misc Presbytery admin. 

The Sessions and members of the Reformed Presbyterian Churches in Scotland, along with Presbytery, owe a great deal of gratitude and thanks to Beth for her diligence and energy in carrying out her work over these past twenty years. We give thanks to God who, in His providence, provided us with such an able worker to serve Him in this corner of His vineyard. Monetary gifts were presented to Beth from Airdrie and Presbytery in appreciation for all her work. THANKS BETH.

Mr Ian Shaw