Chris on March 4th, 2010

September 3rd – 6th sees the 11th annual Church of Scotland National Youth Assembly. For more details check out the cosyblog. This will be the first Youth assembly since 2000 that I am not in the age bracket for (the years before 2000, I was too young and the assemblies were every three years). I [...]

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Chris on March 2nd, 2010

My amazing wife Linda, is organising an art exhibition to try and gain some exposure for her and some artist friends and also to try and raise some funds for Blue Horizon. Some of her friends from her Art Degree course will be displaying work, as well as a few artist who have graduated and [...]

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Chris on February 23rd, 2010

So, if you’re my friend on facebook or follow me on twitter you may have noticed my excitement on Friday. The reason for this is that I have been chosen to represent the Church of Scotland at a SACYN (South Asia Christian Youth Network) conference in Nepal. The conference is called “Cross the Bridge” [...]

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Chris on February 7th, 2010

Today is one of my favourite Sundays of the year – Superbowl Sunday!
Every year I stay up and watch the game – despite the kickoff being anywhere between 10pm and 2am (depending where the game is being played.) This year I’m hosting my first Superbowl party – should be a fantastic night!
I’m looking forward to [...]

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Chris on January 28th, 2010

This weekend I’m heading to Pitlochry to be a participate in a Church of Scotland initiative that looks to help young adults connect with the Church and most importantly, with God.
This initiative has been on the go for a couple of years now, we had a weekend away in Alnwick in 2007 and various day [...]

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Chris on January 16th, 2010

People amaze me, they really do.
There’s been a tragedy in Haiti. How have you responded? Have you pledged some sort of donation? Gone out to help? Said ‘thats a real shame’ and then thought nothing more? another response?
I’m a member of a photography forum where Haiti was mentioned. Some of the responses shocked me. One [...]

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Chris Hoskins on September 9th, 2009

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 my blog, especially [...]

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Chris Hoskins on September 5th, 2009

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 10 [...]

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Chris Hoskins on September 4th, 2009

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 21st [...]

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Chris Hoskins on September 2nd, 2009

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 last [...]

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