Photo in Schmap
One of my photos made it into the new Edinburgh Schmap !!! It’s this one of Murrayfield Parish Church. Another example of the power of TAGGING!
the simple answer to networking?
looks like a brilliant idea. The idea is simple. Post what kind of people you want to meet up with and why. Name a time and a venue. People come. It’s that simple. Still not sure? Watch this: This seems to me like a tool we (the church) should be using lots to network children’s Read More …
National Youth Assembly
I’ve been invited to head up a team delivering a debate stream (I’ll explain in a minute) at the Church of Scotland’s National Youth Assembly in September. The debates have in the past followed a fairly traditional model where people would be given written information prior to the event, someone would present more information on Read More …
Who’s in and who’s out?
This is yesterday’s sermon preached at Law Parish Church. Your thoughts and comments are welcomed. “No matter who you are or where you are on life’s journey you are welcome here.” That is the strap line of The United Church of Christ’s TV advertising campaign in the States. The TV commercials have been banned by Read More …
Clay Shirky on Institutions V Collaboration
I’ve posted talks by Clay Shirky before. This one is from TED a while back but seems somehow more relevant now than it might have been a few years ago. His ideas about collaberation seem to chime with my own thinking about the church as an institution and the problem it faces. The church is Read More …
I’m your Social Worker
It’s not often that Social Workers get immortalised in song but Glasvegas have in their new single ‘Geraldine’. When your sparkle evades your soul I’ll be at your side to console When your standing on the window ledge I’ll talk you back from the edge I will turn your tide Be your shepard and your Read More …
URC General Assembly Day 1
Today was the end of What Do You Think? (WDYT?) and the beginning of General Assembly. At WDYT? this morning we had a look through the report of the Youth And Children’s Work Committee and had a mock debate to see how the General Assembly works. A coat stand was employed as the microphone and Read More …