Godly Play Prayer Time...

On Friday 4th May, Hilary Lacroix led a special prayer in Braerannoch from 12- 2pm where everyone was invited to bring their lunch and take part.

Godly Play is a new more gentle way to learn and worship. It helps people to understand and explore the stories of God and his people, the stories Jesus told and make connections between the stories and our worship. This is done by using handcrafted objects made either from wood or felt which come with each story in order to be a visual representative to those in the community who may struggle with longer spiels. If you would like to look further into the Godly Play model you can log onto: http://www.godlyplay.org.uk/

Everyone who attended seemed to enjoy listening to the story, getting involved by drawing/ painting and spending the time all together over lunch.

Scottish Regional Gathering...

On Monday 21st May, members from both the Inverness and Edinburgh communities will be meeting in Pitlochry for the Scottish region's first Regional Gathering!

The gathering is being organised by Syd, Erika and Miska alongside Elaine, Suzanne, Anthony and many more. As many of you will already know Anthony Kramers was recently discerned as the Regional Co-ordinator for the new Scottish region which is great news for us all.

The gathering will be an all day event at the Atholl Centre where everyone will come together for a welcoming ceremony with music and prayer to get the day off to a flying start. Later in the day we will join for a lovely hot lunch and a chat with all those who attend.

In the afternoon there will be a variety of different workshops available to choose from including a drama session with Suzanne. This will be topped off with a hot pasta supper and then following by the closing ceremony which will be sure to mark the first gathering of the Scottish regional.

If you are interested in attending the gathering please let Erika Jalcakova from MacTalla know so that she can add your name to list by Friday 11th May.

The Workshops Anniversary...

Who would have guessed that the new workshop building had it's grand opening five years ago last Friday?

When speaking to those in the community they can remember the grand opening day like it was only a few months ago. Some were reminiscing about how much planning was involved and how well Cait had organised the day with accuracy; while others spoke about Rebecca cutting the ribbon with David Sutherland CBE in order to officially open it. Nevertheless, all this did indeed happen on 27th April 2007!

During the wages meeting Anne spoke about the old Workshops and Simon entertained everyone with a quiz. As you will expect (particularly if you know Simon Meddle) the quiz was bursting with funny stories and answers which entertained all. One of the more mild questions to give you an idea of the quiz was: Q. What does Hector do in his office? A. a) nothing b)sleep c)eat d) money things. As you can guess it was of course d) money things but it made everyone laugh.

There was a huge chocolate cake prepared by Amy and Michael which was covered in icing with a big number 5 on top! This was the second attempt at the cake after the first try ended up half in the baking tray, quarter on the floor and quarter on the serving plate where it was meant to go!!

BUT of course everyone enjoyed tucking in to the unhealthy treat :)

HAPPY 5TH ANNIVERSARY WORKSHOPS!