Under 25? Have Your Voice Heard by Decision Makers in Scotland! 8 October, 6.30-7.30 pm

Are you under 25 and willing to share your views on the issues that impact Scotland’s young people?

Interfaith Scotland & the Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) are teaming up to document your views on the important issues facing young people in Scotland. Have your say on topics such as; the government’s response to homelessness; the protection of young people from seldom heard groups; equal pay; the government’s response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. By sharing your views, you will be contributing to the Scottish Youth Parliament’s #FromScotlandsYoungPeople manifesto which will direct their policies and campaigns over the next 5 years.

Fill in the Google form to sign-up and receive the Zoom link by email. For more info contact aparna@interfaithscotland.org 

 

Kind regards

Aparna Ramesh

Development Officer

Interfaith Scotland
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The ordinations below will both be streamed live.  Please click the link below each ordination detail to be taken to the livestreamed ordination.

Revd Annie MacKay Hughes, Ordination to the Priesthood at St John’s, Perth on Friday 2 October at 7.30pm.

https://youtu.be/rgL3mmUrZR0

 

Dr Josh Cockayne, Ordination to the Diaconate at St Andrew’s, St Andrews on Sunday 4 October at 4.30pm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUqqOuYBkjs&feature=youtu.be

With great sadness we have to report that, unexpectedly, the Revd Tim Bennison died suddenly last week. Tim had been Rector of Holy Trinity, Dunfermline some years ago, and had served for several years in NHS Chaplaincy, most recently as Lead Chaplain for Forth Valley NHS. Please pray for Tim and for his family.

Appletree Community – a residential community for people with special needs and support staff   is being established outside Auchterarder by Lay Reader Kate Sainsbury, with the help of others. At the beginning of October the focus of Kate’s ministry is moving from serving the Strathearn Charges, to a ministry grounded in the Appletree Community.

Kate and Revd Gennie Evans (Rector of the Strathearn Charges) write,

“Bishop Ian, recognising a change in Kate’s ministry, as she develops Appletree Community, and works at national and local government level, advocating on behalf of people with learning disabilities and their families, proposes to Commission her into this new role.  Kate will report directly to Bishop Ian, reflecting theologically on what it is to be human, understood through her learning from these experiences, to share with the wider Church.

We are extremely grateful for all that Kate has done as reader for the Strathearn churches and we are thankful that she will still be based here. We pray her many blessings as she steps forward in the next stage of her ministry. Watch this space for more updates and information!”

 

A drop-in for clergy is open every Wednesday morning at 8.30am, lasting for 30 minutes. The Drop-in offers a space for clergy to meet and chat informally, for sharing and support. If any clergy would like to take part any Wednesday, they would be very welcome.

The zoom invitation is sent out each week and all are welcome to join whenever they can.

The Gospel of Mark for Preachers, Friday 13 November, 10.00am to 11.30am, with Dr Elizabeth Corsar. Elizabeth teaches New Testament at New College, Edinburgh and at the Scottish Episcopal Institute, and this session aims to give preachers and others an opportunity to look forward to the Sunday Gospel readings of the year starting at Advent. The convener will be Revd Christoph Wutscher.

To book and receive a Zoom invitation for this course, email the Diocesan Office – office@standrews.anglican.org.

Our Digital Church, Part 1 Friday 9 October, Part 2 Friday 6 November, both 10.00am to 12.00. This is a two-part course with Petko Marinev, Digital Missioner of the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway, who will give a step by step guide to improving our skills with website, social media and other digital media for keeping our congregations in touch. The convener will be Lis Burke.

To book and receive a Zoom invitation for this course, email the Diocesan Office – office@standrews.anglican.org.

Please pray for those who will be ordained very soon:

Revd Annie Hughes, Ordination to the Priesthood at St John, Perth on Friday 2 October at 7.30pm.

Dr Josh Cockayne, Ordination to the Diaconate at St Andrew’s, St Andrews on Sunday 4 October at 4.30pm.

Phase 3 requirements will apply at both of the services, and so attendance will be limited. However, both St John’s and St Andrew’s will be live-streaming the services online, and I invite you warmly to join us. The weblinks for each service will be:

St John’s         http://www.episcopal-perth.org.uk/

St Andrew’s  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUqqOuYBkjs&feature=youtu.be