From Peru to India ?

posted: 7 Aug 2007 comments: 0category:

Amazon Heartbeat was broadcast tonight. I'll hear in the morning what the viewing figures were. STV will be anxious to discover how many people viewed the programme. For me the music was immense. This was a collaborative piece of work brought about by my colleagues and co-writers Ian and Colin Jamieson. Well done lads, your contribution to he series is immense. It was also great that Graeme Duffin of the Wets and Sandy Jones worked their magic as producers. I still like...
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From Glasgow to Chengalpattu

posted: 27 Jul 2007 comments: 1category:

leprosy.jpg When I was a wee boy I lived in Glasgow. one day a man from the Leprosy Mission came to our church. He showed us slides of people who suffered from leprosy and asked for our help. We were all invited to take a box and fill it with coins.  our family took one because we were all moved by the plight of the leperosy sufferers. I remember the box was L shaped made of wood  and coloured red.  We used to go collecting for the Mission on the streets. We didn't have a...
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Heathrow on a busy weekend

posted: 22 Jul 2007 comments: 0category:

heathrow-airport.jpg The last twenty four hours has been quite a disappointment for us all. We started out for our mission trip to Chennai on Saturday morning at 6.30am, it is now 1.30pm on Sunday afternoon and we're waiting at the airport. the announcement has just come over the tannoy that the crew hasn't arrived so we will be delayed yet again. Hopefully we will soon be on our way when the crew arrives.
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CLAN - Emphasis on Mercy and Compassion

posted: 20 Jul 2007 comments: 0category:

clan22.jpg Yesterday I paid a visit to the CLAN Gathering in St Andrew's Fife. Kenny Borthwick the Minister of the Church of Scotland in Wester Hailes Edinburgh was one of the founding members of this Christian Event. In 1999 it started with 400 people today around 8000 people from all over the UK attend. I was there because I was invited to the Church Leaders Lunch, I also got the opportunity to share for a short time something of the vision of the CWW Gathering 2008.In the...
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Mission works better without ministers!

posted: 16 Jul 2007 comments: 0category:

While I've had a few days off, things have been hectic at the church. We have had a wonderful bunch of young people from Old Machar Church in Bridge of Don. They have been leading a mission among many of the young people we have been working with during Valley FM. It has been an outstanding week. the evangelist this week wasn't your traditional minister type. The evangelist was a nineteen year old singer from Bridge of Don, who goes under the name Dawn Richie. She was...
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