Author Archives: Chris Hoskins
Aberdeen Youth/ Family/ Childrens ministry network first meeting
On Wednesday, the new Aberdeen Family, Youth and Childrens ministry network met for the first time. It was a successful meeting. Our aims are purely to meet together regularly to pray together, share what is happening in the ministries we’re involved in, any issues we need help with/ want to share with others and generally … Continue reading
Aberdeen Youth/ Childrens/ Family ministry network
Tomorrow is an exciting day. It marks the first meeting of the new Aberdeen Youth/ Childrens/ Family ministry network (our first job is to come up with a catchier name!). It’s being set up by myself and Tony Chadwick, who is the youth pastor at IBC (International Baptist Church). We’ve both discerned a need for … Continue reading
Happy Anniversary my amazing wife!
Today Linda and I are celebrating our 4th Wedding Anniversary! Yay! So I thought that I would dedicate my blog post today to her. Yes, yes, it may get soppy, but thats ok! We’ve been together as a couple for just over 6 years, we got married young (I was 21, she was 19) but … Continue reading
A year of Blogging
Today marks a year to the day that I started blogging. It’s been quite a year: so much has happened and I’ve changed in many, many ways! I feel much more settled in myself since last year, a lot more confident in myself and much happier in general! Thank you to everyone who has read … Continue reading
NYA2009 so far
NYA has been pretty awesome so far. It’s slightly bizarre thatm after being hosted by the Apex hotel in Dundee for 6 years, we’re in a sprawling University campus in Stirling. Usually everyone would be on top of one another, everything would happen within 2 minutes walk of each other. Instead, there is a good … Continue reading
Once more into the breach…
Today is the day! The Church of Scotland National Youth Assembly starts today! As I’ve previously blogged, this is an awesome event! Close to 300 young Christians from around Scotland will be gathering in Stirling as of this afternoon to spend a weekend together exploring what it means to be Christian in Scotland in the … Continue reading
Church of Scotland National Youth Assembly
This weekend, the Church of Scotland holds its National Youth Assembly (NYA), held this year at Stirling University. NYA has been an important part of my life since I first went in 2000. It was at NYA2000 that I gave my life to Christ and embarked on the incredible journey I’ve been on for the … Continue reading
Church of Scotland NYA 2009 online!
So, in less than 2 weeks the annual Church of Scotland National Youth assembly will be starting. To enable those outwith the assembly to still be somewhat connected to the assembly, we are utilising twitter and blogging. For those of you who use twitter, you can follow the youth assembly in 2 ways: you can … Continue reading
Blue Horizon Outreach Bus
Today marks me working with Blue Horizon for 2 weeks now. I feel like I’m settling in well, getting on well with the staff and really enjoying the aspects of my job I’ve discovered so far! But this post isn’t about me and how I’m fitting in, it’s about a bus. One of the many … Continue reading
A year goes so fast….
So, today should be the 1st birthday of my niece Iona. Those of you who’ve been following this blog for a while will have read everything that our family, especially Jonnie and Susie went through. It was a hellish time while the medical staff at Yorkhill tried to make Iona better, sadly she died 7 … Continue reading