Mission
The follow-up Zoom meeting for the Presbytery Conference ‘Working with Young People’ will be held on 18th August 7-9pm and hosted by Rev Paul Beautyman.
the link for the meeting is:
https://protect.checkpoint.com/v2/r02/___https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87593976157?pwd&%2361;va8JWXMOa5AO0ESoXQBhEPV2cttra7.1___.YzJlOmNodXJjaG9mc2NvdGxhbmQ6YzpvOmM1ZmVjNTA4MzYwMzUxMWVhYmQyZjBlNjY5NmUwMTQwOjc6NjZkODpjNjdmMGM0MmQ2NzljOGMyMWEyNGFmNjA2ZWVkM2M1YTViNmY1MWI1YTY1ZDk1NjRiN2JkZjE2ZWUwYzIwODA1OnQ6VDpG
Meeting chat link
https://us06web.zoom.us/launch/jc/87593976157
Meeting ID: 875 9397 6157
Passcode: 000036
“Aimed at church leaders and volunteers, this session will explore how and why churches can work with children and young people in today’s world. There are many challenges in church and society but engaging children and young people can bring God’s life to them and the church. Drawing on existing good practice and innovative models Paul Beautyman from Youth Work Journeys will guide us. Paul has enabled mission and outreach across Scotland as a minister, youth worker and presbytery advisor and now runs his own business supporting and growing youth workers. This session in June will be followed up by two later meetings to provide practical next steps and resources for churches, workers and volunteers. The dates of these meetings will be set in discussion with those who wish to attend.”
A late and additional Good News Item but relevant came from St Mark’s Oldhall Church and café, I spoke about this at the Pres meeting but not included in the report.
(Ralston Community Cafe) have received a Cycling Friendly Communities Silver Award from Cycling Scotland, (the nation’s cycling organisation), for their commitment to make it easier for more people to cycle. To achieve the award, they ran Dr Bike maintenance sessions, set up a bike library, installed facilities (bike stands and a repair station), delivered training sessions and organised group rides. Also, as another part of their work to safeguard the integrity of creation they have just installed 50 solar panels on the hall roof, (thanks to an 80% grant from the Scottish Government CARES Community Solar Fund) and are already , even in February, almost meeting their electricity needs from solar power.