Eco Warrior

posted: 20 Aug 2007 comments: 0category:

eco-warrior1.jpg We're giving congregations an opportunity to make an award winning film. SAMYP which is our media project at the church has been helping congregations and organisations throughout the world develop their skills in film making.See our World Without Walls web page (www.worldwithoutwalls.net) One way we do this is by offering training to potential film makers and allowing them to enter their creations into our annual film festival. This year we are running our fourth...
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The vision - " All you can't leave behind."

posted: 20 Aug 2007 comments: 0category:

CWW as a 'brand' The term 'Church without Walls' is not peculiar to the Church of Scotland. Indeed if you google the phrase you will find it is a title that has been used by many writers to describe churches and movements that desire to move the church from behind closed doors to engage with the community. Jim Petersen is one of a number of authors who have used the title to challenge Christians today to make church more relational, relevant and responsive to an ever...
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Street Boys Become Angels of Mercy

posted: 18 Aug 2007 comments: 2category:

_44063262_road_afp416.jpg Here I am back at my desk again after the India trip. Sitting in my comfortable study. But I feel very uncomfortable. I'm constantly thinking about our friends and colleagues in Peru. Willie and I have been in constant touch thinking about how we in the Vine Trust can make a small difference in the life of some forgotten street kid on the edge of an abyss. By God's grace our partners in Union Bublica are up for one of the biggest challenges ever. To try and get...
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Brave Hearts

posted: 7 Aug 2007 comments: 0category:

street-beggar-with-child.JPG There is a phrase that says we live in an ill divided world. The truth is that illness must affect millions upon millions of people all over the world. However there is nothing more moving than to stand with a group of people who are suffering from leprosy and see in their eyes the shear bravery that drives them on. When they come and stand or even kneel before you and ask for a blessing, it is then that you know what it means to be reduced to feeling like the...
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From Peru to India ?

posted: 7 Aug 2007 comments: 0category:

Amazon Heartbeat was broadcast tonight. I'll hear in the morning what the viewing figures were. STV will be anxious to discover how many people viewed the programme. For me the music was immense. This was a collaborative piece of work brought about by my colleagues and co-writers Ian and Colin Jamieson. Well done lads, your contribution to he series is immense. It was also great that Graeme Duffin of the Wets and Sandy Jones worked their magic as producers. I still like...
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