National Youth Assembly
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
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
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
Church and Youth….
During the Church and Society debate today, there was significant debate over issues surrounding young people and their involvement in Church. I can’t give an incredible amount of details as I wasn’t there and wasn’t taking notes! Please excuse any rambling that may follow, this was written as fast (faster?) as I was thinking, so … Continue reading
General Assembly and Social Media
Social Media seems to be, rightly so, playing a bigger and bigger role in the assembly as the years go by. People attending the assembly are tweeting, blogging and flickering more each year. People following online are doing the same. I thought it might be useful for me to list a few blogs and people … Continue reading
Church of Scotland General Assembly
This week sees the Church of Scotland General Assembly meeting in Edinburgh. Usually I blog a fair bit about this, I won’t be this year for a two reasons: 1) I’m not there, so can’t offer the insider view I have in the past. 2) I won’t have the time to watch a lot of … Continue reading
People in Churches….
“Why do we people in churches seem like cheerful brainless tourists on a package tour of the Absolute?…. On the whole I don’t find Christians, outside of the catacombs, sufficiently sensible of conditions. Does anyone have the foggiest idea what sort of power we so blithely invoke? Or, as I suspect, does no one believe … Continue reading
A week later….
Well, we’ve been home for over a week now. i’ve deliberatley not written anything on here. I’ve been focusing on sorting my photos, seeing friends and family, spending time with Linda and getting used to being back in the UK. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about my experiences in Nepal though. About the … Continue reading