Susan Muir

Hello! I’m Susan Muir and I’m the Regional Worker in the Scottish Borders. I have a heart for young people to access and respond to the Good News of Christ and am passionate about working to remove the barriers that can impact that. I’m delighted to be a prayerful part of the gospel work in the Borders.   

Below is a brief overview of what is going on. If you would like to know more, please do sign up for The Borders newsletter. You can do that from this page. Alternatively, you can get in touch with me at any point using the details here. 

There are lots of ways to get involved in Local Ministries – through praying, volunteering, or giving financially. If you would like to help in any of these ways, then I would love to hear from you! The more people invested and involved, the more young people will have the opportunity to read the Bible and respond to the significance of Jesus. 

Schools 

There are 9 High schools and 60 Primary’s and there are also ASN provision across The Scottish Borders. It is great to have an open door into many of these schools, with a growing number of SU groups meeting regularly and we would love to see more! If you think you can volunteer for an SU group in your local area please do get in touch with me using the email below. 

There will also be opportunities to do Bible Alive lessons, Christmas and Easter presentations, RME lessons and assemblies and I’d love to partner with local churches to deliver these. Get in touch for more info. 

A lot of this work is down to the dedicated volunteers for whom I am incredibly grateful for and enjoy supporting. We also hope to see some young leaders being trained and taking on responsibility which is exciting! 

Local Ministry Hubs 

A key way we are looking to expand our ministries is through local ministry hubs around each high school cluster, meeting termly to pray for each school, and working together to bring meaningful Christian contact to the schools in each cluster and across the region. If you’d like to be involved in a hub, you can register here. 

Holidays and Weekends 

Residential events provide a wonderful opportunity to get alongside children and young people for a longer span of time than is possible during school hours. These events allow young people to deepen relationships with each other and with God, with lots of time to explore the Bible and have fun together. 

There will be Borders regional weekends, alongside a full programme of SU holidays in Easter, Summer and October. Find out more about SU holidays. 

There are also training events for senior pupils and young adults to help them grow in their faith and equip them to live out their faith and share it with others. If you know of anyone interested in these opportunities, then take a look at the COmMISSION page.  

Churches 

SU Scotland aims to work in partnership with churches to reach children and young people in their local communities. Without the prayers, financial and practical support of churches, much of what we do would not be possible. If you would like to know more about how we could partner together then please get in touch. 

Prayer 

One of SU Scotland’s values is dependence on God and so prayer is a foundational part of what we do. To sign up for prayer updates please contact me and I’ll make sure you are added to the list to receive those. 

We also encourage people to pray for their local schools and want to see every school in Scotland being prayed for. You can find out more about Pray for Schools Scotland, and register to pray for your local schools here. 

Once again, thank you for taking the time to read about SU’s work The Scottish Borders. If you would like to know more about anything, or get involved in any way, then I would love to hear from you.