FURY Assembly part 1

Morning. At least they tell me it is. I’m at FURY Assembly. It’s 9.25am. I’ve slept, a bit. Much more than lots of other people by the looks of it. I’m not great with not enough (at least 7 hours) sleep so events like this are always a bit of a challenge for me.Anyway, enough Read More …

Connected

Today is CONNECTED and we’re mostly online and playing with Bebo, Facebook and Habbohotel… more to come… We’re making podcasts, playing with LastFM and have created a new page using Ning called URConnected and a wiki page.  Thanks to Ewan for a great day full of information and ideas.

Nairn

I was up in Nairn on Sunday, leading worship and enrolling John into the Pilots company there.  Unfortunately the enrolment service had been organised for the school holidays so the 6 other new Pilots were on holiday!  John was great and we got to wave to his mum who was watching from the balcony! It Read More …

Communication Class

Today was the first of my new class at ICC on Communication.  It’s a first year class on the Youth Work and Theology course so Today was one of their first classes!  We talked about (well I talked most) the internet and some tools for keeping in touch with their young people like Bebo and Read More …

URC General Assembly days 3 & 4

Day 3 was a bit of an odd one for me.  I spent most of the morning in bed after being unwell for most of the night (no alcohol involved!).  In the afternoon I laid out a labyrinth for the FURY Oasis (activities and chill out for youth delegates). The labyrinth went really well and Read More …

crossover de-brief

Tonight is the final chapter of Crossover 2007.  The de-brief for an event this size is very important as Crossover brings together so many agencies and volunteers to deliver a weekend for over 500 young people. Crossover has been a huge part of my life for over 10 years and I’ve decided that tonight will Read More …

off to Crossover

I’m heading up to West Linton today to oversee the build up of CROSSOVER, Scotland’s best Christian Youth Festival.  over 600 people will be there this weekend.  The weather forecast for the weekend isn’t great so looks like another wellies and waterproofs weekend.  Never mind.  I’m sure it will still be a great event!  Some of the Read More …