Mission
Touchdown in Karachi!
Well, we’ve landed safely in Karachi! We met at Glasgow Airport at 11am yesterday (UK time) and landed here this morning at 11am (7am UK time!) Flights over were fine, the 8 hour wait at Dubai provided time for some uncomfortable sleeping and the security staff at Karachi Airport seemed to be very interested in … Continue reading
Church of Scotland World Mission blog
Yesterday, the Church of Scotland World Mission Council launched its new blog, found at www.cofswmc.wordpress.com. I won’t say a lot about it here, the first post on it explains what it’s all about! I do recomend that you follow it and hear about some of the exciting things happening through and within the Council. Peace … Continue reading
A visit to the Church of Scotland National Youth Assembly
So last Monday I went to visit the Church of Scotland National Youth Assembly, I mentioned a wee bit of ehat thr event means to me in my last Blog post and will delve a bit deep into that in another post, this post is going to be just about last Monday! The theme of … Continue reading
Church of Scotland National Youth Assembly 2011
Tomorrow I’m headjing to the Church of Scotland National Youth Assembly for the day. I have 2 reasons for going, I’m leading a Worship session in the morning based around the idea of exploring worship through photography. Thr second reason is that I’ll be spending the remainder of the day wandering around taking photos of … Continue reading
Writers block?
so, I’ve been very, very inactive on here over the last wee while, something I”m not happy at all about! I’m not sure why I have been inactive, I’m certainly not short of things to write about – CLAN Gathering, Tearfund, World Mission Council, Canada, Cyprus, Hoskins Gallery, Starting a business, Pakistan…..if these things … Continue reading
A Red Day
Disclaimer: This writing is not my own work, it has been sent to me from a contact in Mzuzu. The pools of blood just a couple of hundred yards from my front door have dried to a near black colour and will soon be indistinguishable from the tarmac road leading to my office. Just … Continue reading
Why World Mission?
When I attended the World Mission Council meeting a few weeks ago, we were set a challenge by the convenor to get us thinking about why World Mission exists. I thought it would be good to share some of our responses: Challenging statement: “The World Mission Council is a waste of the Church’s time & … Continue reading
Anticipation……
Tonight I’m excited! Tomorrow marks the 1st meeting of the Church of Scotland World Mission Council that I will be attending as a member of the council. I’m not quite sure what to expect, but I’m looking forward to hearing about how I’ll be able to get involved in the Council’s work and about all … Continue reading
World Mission Council
This afternoon see’s one of the reports that I’ve been most looking forward too this week. The Report of the World Mission Council. I’ve been interested in the work of this council since I first became aware of its existence in 2000. I suppose it all boils down to the fact that, when I was … Continue reading
Youth Reps voting?
Today, during the Church and society debate, there was a significant debate surrounding the idea of Youth Reps being allowed to vote at the assembly. I attended the General Assembly 6 times as a youth rep: 2001, 2002, 2o03, 2005, 2008, 2009 and this issue came up every year! It was rarely brought up … Continue reading