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21 Sep 2008 comments:
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Yesterday well over 1000 people walked the Forth Road Bridge to raise money for Christian Aid. I'm told if all the money is collected that has been promised from the sponsors,it will amount to £41,000. What I say is, not bad for an afternoon's work.
It was also an opportunity for folk to reflect on Rev John Carrie who died earlier this year. John set up the whole project. It was good to see the Lord Provest of Edinburgh turn out to do the walk and also pay...
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17 Sep 2008 comments:
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I've been put on a committee at Presbytery level to look at how our Presbytery can work in a better way to promote and facilitate our congregations .Here's an extract from the paper I'm writing. Any comments will be gratefully received. The above picture gives another meaning to cathedral.
Making Presbytery a place of inspiration…
This paper is not meant to be aimed at any one person in leadership within Falkirk Presbytery. It is my general thoughts about...
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11 Sep 2008 comments:
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it was good to see a whole new Alpha Group start tonight, at the Inchyra Hotel near Polmont. I think this is going to be a really good group. Everyone who came along seemed really interested. Its such a relaxing venue with everyone seated around the table. I've often likened it to Martin Luther's table talk. Although we use the themes of Alpha we don't use their material exclusively,and we certainly don't use the video. It is over dinner that many people share with...
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29 May 2008 comments:
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I was at an interesting meeting in the church offices in Edinburgh today. It was a conference where Town Planners, Property Developers and Church Leaders, in areas undergoing regeneration, were all invited to listen to each other and understand the whole process involved in regenerating a community. It was interesting to hear this discussion in the light of the latest news regarding the regeneration of Bo'ness. What was going to be a spectacular waterfront...
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28 May 2008 comments:
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Just watching Amazon Heartbeat on STV this evening. There is just so much that is never said and that frustrates me as the Chairman of the Trust. Television companies of course are looking for the cheapest and easiest way to make a programme yet I don't know why it is that they never get round to identifying our drivers. People ask me and say what is it that makes the Trust so successful and I can only say prayer. If we didn't have the prayer base we have all round...
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