It's a pretty good testement to the place that the Maranatha Centre has been in Motherwell for over…read more50 years. My mum and dad used to go to it when they were young and my mum was even in the infamous Maranatha choir who toured Scotland. The centre sits in a mildly dodgy area of Motherwell (well, dodgy-er) between a pub and two churches. Pub-0 Churchs-3. It provides the centre of the Christian community, and thrives on being a place for young and old to come and socialise. They run all different events which they post online. They used to run a disco which was alcohol free, and done the upstairs of the centre up to look really cool like the inside of an exclusive nightclub. I went a couple of times but it wasn't really my thing. Good place to go if you want to get away from the pubby-clubby nature of Motherwell.

Poor wee red cross! It's been here at this lonely end of town next to a tanning shop for years, and…read morenever seems to be busy. The clothes are old and average, and the main focus in here is bric a brac and books, which is great if you like that kind of thing. They also sell loads of videos, which is a shame, because obviously no one has told them VHS is dead. Bless. Nice to go and buy something, even a wee book, to show support for a great cause. Could do with jazzing up a bit to pull in the punters.