Youth Service

  I must begin by thanking all involved for helping to make this year's service run so well. All who took part, adults and children alike, contributed to a very special occasion. Particular thanks goes to the Uniform Leaders, who worked harder than ever with me in order to teach their groups the different ways of saying 'Jesus is Lord'. The whole church shook to their multilingual shouts!

 

 

 It's A Knockout

 The next big event I look forward to with all the Uniforms is the annual It's A Knockout on the 7th of June from 2 to 4pm. Come along for the usual mix of fun, foam and water balloons. Will Marsailidh Twigg successfully soak me again this year? I might have prepared myself for attack this time!

 

 

 Crazy Crosses

  Each Sunday this May, the Crazy Crosses departed from our usual teaching material to look more deeply at why the Bible is so important. We've had good fun along the way, taking part in silly quizzes and reading about silly packaging instructions, like the children's medicine that warned users not drive or use heavy machinery after consumption! 

 

  We've seen our Bibles as Instruction Manuals for life and as Love Letters from God and we've looked at how we can make time in our busy lives to get to know them better and to learn to hear what God wants to say to each of us as we read.

 

 

 MAD Club at Gracemount High School

  MAD (Make A Difference) Club has really been living up to its name this term. In April I set the members a challenge. All who wanted to could accept £2 each, which they would try to double, with all money made going to the charity of their choice. The group have really risen to the challenge. 22 members have taken their money. Some clubbed together to organise a Bake Sale in the school, doubling their money. Others are washing cars, walking dogs or plucking eyebrows, all for charities at home and abroad. 

 

 This group has made such a difference to the life of the school, to my waistline and, most importantly, to others worse-off than themselves. I'm delighted with the thoughtfulness and care shown by this mature group of pupils.

 

 

 Holiday Club

  Summer 2008 signals the return of a global event which celebrates the very highest standards in sport, teamwork and international harmony. Of course, I hear you cry, Summer Buzz is back! Yes, and we'll be celebrating that other great occasion, The Olympic Games, with our Go For Gold programme, which will include the songs, crafts, games, challenges, stories and mayhem that are so well loved by our children and their leaders. All who have been in Primary School this year are warmly welcome.

 

 The Saturday Family Picnic will return after last year's success and we may find another length of industrial polythene to lather up and send our minister (and youth worker) down at a great rate of knots. I can't wait!

 

 
Andy