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Youth Ministry

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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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Mission in Nepal….

So today was an interesting day. We stayed up fairly late last night chatting and getting to know one another. we all then woke up far too early! Our first port of call today was the offices of CMN. CMN is an organisation working for and with the people of Nepal addressing the root causes … Continue reading »

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The Blind Side – Review

As I said in my previous post, Linda and I went to see ‘The Blind Side‘ last night at the cinema. It was a really good film, obviously they couldn’t fit all the detail the book contains into a 2 hour film, bu they managed to stay fairly faithful to the real events, and the … Continue reading »

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Bus Driver me?!

The last two days have been quite exciting, and nerve-wracking, for me. If you follow me on Twitter (@Chris_Hoskins) or are my friend on facebook, you may have noticed that I’ve been learning to drive the Blue Horizon Bus. Until Tuesday, the biggest vehicle I’d ever driven was Linda and I’s Ford Fiesta – maybe … Continue reading »

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school assemblie

I’m sitting in Kincorth academy waiting to do an assembly to a group of third years (young people aged 14 for those who don’t follow the Scottish schools system). I’ve never been a fan of doing assemblies – or any public speaking to large groups. I get quite nervous and often forget what I’m going … Continue reading »

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An exciting prospect – Nepal

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” … Continue reading »

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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 »

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