GA2009
NYA2010 – To Boldly Go…..why?
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 … Continue reading
365 Project catch up
It’s been quite a while since my last 365 project update, I’m not left with as much of a huge task as I might have been as I’ve managed to miss quite a few days……oh well, onwards and upwards!!
General Assembly : In Pictures
As well as my blog post describing stuff that went on at GA, I thought it’d be good to put some pictures up to. This is from Fridays morning worship, the mod being served communion Over the course of the week, a ‘wedgie war’ broke out among some of the guys(I know its juvenile, but … Continue reading
GA2009 – Wednesday proceedings
Wednesday was the last day of assembly, it was a sad day, in that it was my last day of assembly as a Youth rep. It was also an exciting day because I was looking forward to seeing Linda again and Archbishop Desmond Tutu was speaking. Before I write about the moderators address, there is … Continue reading
General Assembly – Tuesday proceedings
Tuesday was a manic day at the assembly! It started earlier than most days, with a video about the emerging church being played at 9:15am by the ministries council. It was looking at 2 projects the council has involvement in: the Harbor Front project in Glasgow and the ARK project in Stirling (I think!?). It … Continue reading
GA Monday Proceedings
Today was an interesting day! Alex Salmond, Scotlands First Minister, addressed the assembly today. I thought he did quite well, although I’ve lost the notes I took on what he said! Gutted! I do remember him talking about the link between the CofS and Scotlands national identity. I had a great time meeting Paul Beautyman … Continue reading
General Assembly – Sunday doings!
Today, Sunday, is always a fairly quiet day for the youth reps. Some went to the service at St Giles, I didn’t, instead I had a lovely time meeting an old friend for a coffee. Afterwards, some of us met up and bought some lunch before heading into the meadows for a wee picnic and … Continue reading
General Assembly – Saturday
Saturday was a long day! There were debates in the morning, the garden party in the afternoon and then a difficult case in the evening. The moderator started the day by talking about hope. I especially liked this part: “Hope is a theological virtue, not a form of escapism, but what Christians are meant to … Continue reading
General Assembly – Friday Proceedings
General Assembly Day 2 Today has been quite a full day. The morning started with communion, then we had a number of debates, the largest of which was the Church and Society debate, although the HIV/AIDS project report was today as well. The communion service was very uplifting. I’ve yet to be to a worship … Continue reading
Being a Youth Rep at General Assembly
A large part of the General Assembly experience as a youth representative is the ‘community’ that is built around the group of youth delegates throughout the week. We o have an advantage over most other delegates in this area in that we all stay together in the same accommodation and share time of worship, fellowship … Continue reading