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Biblically and historically God has a way of choosing to work in obscure places through ordinary people in order that when He works He alone gets the glory. That’s been a major part of our story here in Martin’s Memorial, and is the passion of our hearts. Back in 2006 we were called here to minister. I say ‘we’ as my wife Donna and I are very much partners together in the work. Martin’s as a church were facing an uncertain future. People were talking of them being linked with another church or perhaps closing the doors altogether. However, as a people they had a conviction that God still had a work for them to do. God lead them to call us. We knew God had great plans, and our goal was to seek Him for the church He wanted us to be, as opposed to us deciding about church and expecting Him to bless it. 6

After arriving in 2006 the church began to grow immediately. The main part of our initial growth was amongst young people. We began a new youth work under the banner of ‘Impact’. The vision was to see young people ‘impacted by God’ so that they in turn would make an ‘impact for God’. Whilst as a church we were celebrating the new life that was springing up around us we knew God had not called us to be a youth church. This meant us having to be intentional in our approach as we sought to be a tri-generational church. God revealed to us that as the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, that He loved to see the generations worshipping together. Indeed it was his intention that one generation would be a blessing to the other, and that this would work both ways (Psalm 145v4). At the same time as developing new and fresh ministries for children (Kingdom Kids) and youth

For us what has happened within our walls is only part of the story. Indeed much of what has happened within, is due to our passion to communicate something of Christ’s heart to our community. In recent years we have ran and supported various initiatives to bless our community. We run all such work under the banner of ‘No strings attached’. We believe God wants us to communicate His love to people without putting any demands or expectancy on them to then come to church. By loving people so they come to church is putting conditions on love, and God’s love is unconditional.

We have an annual ‘Christmas Giving tree’ where we give away well over 100 gifts to people in our community. We hosted a meal for those who have drink and drug problems, paying for professional caterers to come in and provide an outstanding lunch. We recently held a family fun day in a part of our community where people face challenges in their day to day lives. We had face painting, candy floss, bouncy castles, refreshments, etc. All that was on we provided for free! It is running such events that lead one non-churched person to say that we were ‘putting something fresh on the face of the church!’ There is much talk about church decline in Scotland in these days. We need to be real about the challenges we face, but at the same time I believe we need to shift the attention of our gaze.

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Most of the time when people enquire as to where I’m from and I say ‘Stornoway’, the first response is, ‘Where is that, I’ve never heard of it?’ Then when I say ‘Isle of Lewis’ people get even more confused and I don’t think it’s just because of my accent!!

(Impact) , we started our young at heart lunch club. A ministry to our senior members. Alongside that we developed men’s, women’s, young adults, and student’s ministries. We have ministry going on throughout the week for people from infancy to senior years. Thus we have fulfilled what was part of our original vision. That we would go from being a ‘one day a week service church; to being a seven day a week serving church’. As we have developed in our work then so we have developed in our worship of God and in prayer as a church. As a result of what God has been doing our church has more than trebled in size numerically and financially in the last 5 years. We continue to grow! To God be the Glory!!!

If we take our eyes from focusing on what we’re doing within the church and look outside to what God is doing in the world around us I think we may be surprised by what we see. ‘Do you not say, ‘Four months more and then the harvest’? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest’. John 4v35

Rev Tommy MacNeil Tommy MacNeil is minister of Martin’s Memorial, a Church of Scotland in Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. He is a Director with The Scotland Trust, is a member of Evangelical Alliance Scottish Council, and is also a trustee for the Scottish Bible Society. With that Tommy is a regular speaker at CLAN Gathering and other Christian confrences in Scotland. Tommy is married to Donna and they have two teenage children, Joanne and Matthew. 7

You bestow glory on me and lift up my head Psalm 3:3 In February I had the incredible privilege to travel to Kolkata India in a team of 15 at the invitation of Compassion UK to see some of their work releasing children from poverty in Jesus name in Kolkata (Calcutta) India. This was a one week trip that would change me forever. We left from Heathrow on Saturday 18th February. Once on the plane I found myself a film, sleep and 2 meals later in a world so different to the one I had left behind that the contrasts were shocking. The people were so beautiful; each created in the image of God, yet here on the east coast of India in a city of 15 million the words ‘opportunity’ and ‘justice’ for these people were so different or even redundant. Compassion is an international Christian development and child advocacy ministry that partners with local churches to see children released from 8

poverty in Jesus name. Compassion are committed to the spiritual , economic, social and physical development of children living in extreme poverty in 26 countries, enabling them to become responsible, fulfilled Christian adults. Our first introduction to Kolkata was a day of incredible sights, sounds, smells and experiences where we walked the streets if the city and visited the orphanage where Mother Theresa lived and worked. When I picked up and cuddled an orphan child and looked into their eyes I simply crumbled and had to take myself away to try to compose myself. Some of the children were so severely disabled they simply needed to be held before dying. All I could do to console myself was to say inside “I may not be able to help you right now but I will go and get help”. That’s what I determined to do forever from that moment forward.

We visited Compassion project across the city over the week. At each project we received a welcome fit for royalty. At each Compassion project we met little Indian prince and princesses, each saved by Compassion in Kolkata. The children were so beautiful. In this city the fate of many of the young girls like these pictured might have been to be trafficked or to beg for an income were it not for the work of Compassion. The children Compassion had reached were so beautifully turned out. These children represent some 50’000 rescued in this city of 12 million. Compassion East India has a target to release 200’000 children from poverty in Jesus name by 2020. Each day we visited Compassion sponsored child in their home. Invariable these were one room, one bed, where 4, 5 or 6 members of one

family slept together. Pictured is Tapas & grandmother in their 10x10 feet home. His mother had died 7 weeks before ago of a kidney related condition. Tapas is one of the fortunate ones reached with hope through Compassion.

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Releasing Children from Poverty in Jesus Name I would strongly encourage everyone to consider sponsoring a child through Compassion. Together it’s time we turned the world upside down in Jesus name. We have no excuse: we have every resource we need. The children we have met have blessed us beyond words. Thanks to all at Compassion for this opportunity: a trip of a lifetime. You can view a short 3 minute video diary of my trip at http://vimeo.com/39274307

Ian Black Ian Black is Director of Scottish Christian Broadcast

Changing the Story The story of poverty is a harsh one. For more than a billion people around the world, it means a lack of food, clothing, adequate shelter and employment. But one of the cruellest things that poverty steals is hope. Ten-year-old Elisabeth Ovalle from Guatemala knows all about lost hope.

FOR A CHILD LIVING IN DESPERATE POVERTY

In the space of two months, Elisabeth’s world was torn apart. Her father was paralysed from the neck down following an accident at the coffee plantation where he worked. Barely weeks later, her mother contracted pneumonia and died shortly after. Little Elisabeth was left as the sole care-giver for the family. Life would never be the same again. “My life changed because I didn’t have to do the housework before. My mother did it all,” says Elisabeth. “Now I make breakfast, I change my younger siblings’ clothes, I give them baths, I sweep the floor, I make the beds, I do the dishes and the laundry, and I cook.”

By the time she was just 10 years old, Elisabeth Ovalle from Guatemala was the sole caregiver for her family, including her disabled father. But her story changed forever when a student, also called Elisabeth, sponsored her. Now little Elisabeth is discovering a new story, full of opportunity, hope and love. We believe God is calling us to change the stories for more children who, like Elisabeth, have known only hunger, disease, neglect and the terrible disadvantages caused by poverty and we need your help.

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Thankfully, Elisabeth did have someone to inspire her with hope – more than one person in fact. She was sponsored through a Compassion project at her local church. Loving and supportive staff at the project ensured that Elisabeth received the assistance she needed with household chores, extra food and supplies, medication for her father, as well as help to continue her studies. The project has even helped to rebuild her house.

“They help me in lots of ways – they brought us food supplies for two months and medicine for my father and he’s finally getting better now.” Through the intervention of the church, Elisabeth has also learnt of her eternal hope in Jesus and has the breathing space to be a child again. But it doesn’t stop there. As a sponsored child, the letters Elisabeth receives from her sponsor in Chicago, also called Elisabeth, have been a wonderful source of encouragement. “My life has changed a lot because nobody wrote to me before – I get letters now and I send my sponsor letters. I ask her to pray for me a lot and I ask her to continue to support me.” Sadly, Elisabeth’s story is not unique. Across the world, there are hundreds of thousands of children who live in the darkness of poverty, but we don’t have to watch in silence. Each of us can intervene in a powerful way. Life will continue to be difficult for Elisabeth Ovalle, but she can rest in the knowledge that she doesn’t have to walk alone. By sponsoring a child with Compassion, you too can change another child’s story from one of despair to one of hope. Join with us in this global, life-changing ministry by sponsoring a child today. www.compassionuk.org 01932 836490 Kate Sharma Compassion UK 11

The End of

Christian Scotland? Put any group of Christians together and you will get a wide variety of opinions – some of them contradictory.

Of course that is a very simplistic summary (forgive me but I only have 700 words) and there are many people who 12

don’t quite fall into either category. The trouble is though that both positions are to some extent true. Let us consider them in terms of the closing door and the opening door.

The Closing Door Scotland was once a largely Christian nation. Whether our belief that we were a covenanted people of God was justified or not, it was the case that we were known as the ‘people of the Book’ and that our laws, education and welfare systems were based upon Christian principles. And we were a better nation for that. The trouble is that that has largely vanished. Yes, some of the fruit remains, but the roots have largely gone, and the rest of the fruit will soon rot. In the 19th century the church itself began to undermine the bible, thus sowing the seeds of our own destruction. Then legalism and liberalism battled with one another as equal opportunity heresies to see who could do the most damage. When the whirlwind of materialism, the sexual revolution and anti-authority hit us in the 1960’s we were so rotten at the core that since then the Church in Scotland has basically imploded, with the result that in the past decade

Scotland has in my view secularized faster than any nation in history. The whole concepts of Christendom, national churches and civic Christianity are to all intents and purposes, sadly redundant. And I say this with sorrow – not because of the church, but because of the impact this will have, and is already having on Scottish society – which will be much poorer as a result. Take for example the question of education. Once we were a nation who believed that everyone should be taught to read, write and think for themselves, not least so that they could understand the Bible. Now 20% of Scots are functionally illiterate.

The Opening Door But it is not all doom and gloom. I think the door is closing. But a new one is opening. Having been involved in communicating the Gospel for over 25 years I would venture to observe that people in Scotland are more open to the Gospel than they have been for 25 years. We have so many new opportunities as we revert to a Greco-Roman pagan society. The contrast between

biblical Christianity and the idolatry of the nations is obvious. Likewise the community of the believers as set against the cynical individualism of our culture. The darkness of the world without Christ, versus the light that He brings. Bringing the Gospel in such a context is like bringing water to a woman dying of thirst.

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That is particularly true when we are trying to assess the state of the church in Scotland today. On the one hand there are the doom and gloom merchants, the Jeremiahs, full of facts and figures about numbers and visions of the past, pointing out that the church is dying and we are all ‘doomed, doomed’ (for those of a certain vintage think of Private Fraser in Dad’s Army). On the other there are the ‘God is doing a new and greater thing’ brigade, the revivalists who are also full of facts and figures but their visions are visions of the future. They assure us on the basis of what is happening in a couple of churches, and a dream that they had that victory is just around the corner, revival is on its way and all we have to do is help their ministry. Isn’t it strange how both the ‘realists’ and the ‘revivalists’ seem to be able to justify their own ministeries because of their prophecies. We are told that we need to support the realists because only in that way will the remnant hang on until the Lord returns. On the other hand we had better support the revivalists because we don’t want to miss out on the revival.

Scot The trouble is that the church is less prepared to communicate that Gospel than we have been for 25 years. We have lost confidence in the Bible and in Christ and His Church. We need to stop battling to shut a door which has already closed, but instead be looking to the new open doors that God is setting before us. Because God is God he usually does not tell us what he is going to do, and he is not reliant on our plans, procedures and programmes. Our task is to follow Jesus, to return to his Word and to stand amazed in humility as we see what he does. There is a famine of hearing the Word of the Lord. We have been given the Bread of Life. Surely we should do all we can to eat it, practice it and distribute it? David Robertson Solas Centre for Public Christianity St Peters Free Church 13

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MAY GOD BRING TRANSFORMATION “May the God” everything has to start with our relationship with God. Intimacy with Jesus is a key to anything that is going to happen and does so because of our walk with and dependency upon The Lord. I believe that for a generation some of us have not seen closeness to Jesus as of primary importance for either successful living or growing church. We are to trust in the Lord with all our hearts, but the temptation has been to trust in ideas, programmes, conferences etc. In themselves these are all good things until the point comes when we are relying more on them than upon the presence and power of God. I am greatly encouraged by the amount of people who are longing for a deeper walk with Jesus. Prayer, both personal and community, is growing. The work of 24/7,

GHOP, Pray for Scotland and countless others is raising the bar on prayer in the nation. I am so encouraged by the way that the Holy Spirit seems to be prompting Christians to rediscover prayer. “Endurance and encouragement” I recently had conversations with two church leaders. Each leader told me a little about their ministry. Both of these folks had faced difficulties and criticism regarding their leadership. The temptation was to walk away, look for something else. They talked about dry, barren and tough times. However, both endured and now they are both seeing signs of life and hope. It might be that you are in a tough place. Is God calling for faithful endurance?

I was in Aberdeen last week and met with three different leaders from diverse church traditions. Each one talked about the growth they have been seeing. Church was growing, people are coming to faith, outreach was advancing. They talked about church planting, satellite services, new buildings. The conversations were about Jesus, vision and taking the city. The emphasis was on life and transformation. I came away from that day encouraged and thankful.

The issues of foster care and adoption are ones that many Christians have been concerned about. Evangelical Alliance and Care for the Family are working in partnership to encourage churches to support those already involved, to pray and to encourage others to think about getting involved in fostering and adoption. We are touring the UK to encourage churches to say together we could make a great difference in this area of need.

For some of us it is about endurance, while for others it is about growth and encouragement but the key is to keep Jesus as the priority. We have always to allow the first thing to be the first thing, and the first is always Jesus. “A Spirit of Unity” It is in the area of coalitions and partnerships that I find most excitement. I could give many stories of churches and organisations working together. Let me give you three examples; in education there was a meeting of some of those who lead degree and year courses seeking to equip future leaders, teachers and preachers. International Christian College, the Baptist College, Highland Theological College, Destiny and others. While others will need to be involved in this, just to have a group coming together to talk and pray was very encouraging.

Lastly, in Paisley church leaders are working together on various projects throughout the city. There have been joint worship events, community projects and evangelistic efforts based on the growing friendship and mutual trust of leaders.

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Last week I was taking a long train trip and decided to read through the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Church in Rome. I was struck by Paul’s section on the relationships, particularly the weak and the strong (chapters 14 and 15) and his prayer/hope for the church. Romans15v5. I am going to use his points as a basis for my thoughts about what God is doing in Scotland today.

I believe that God has opened an opportunity for His people in Scotland to step out in boldness and see change come. Persevering, encouraging, working together and putting Jesus first, may God renew the church and transform this nation.

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ake the story of Nurta Mohammed from Somalia.Two years ago she became a Christian. That in itself must have been quite a story as no one is expected to be a Christian in Somalia. There is no organised church and converts from a Muslim background exist as secret believers, and can only know a few others to make a small underground group. Nurta’s Muslim parents discovered her faith and were furious. They took her and

tied her to a tree in their garden and pressurised her to recant her new found faith. Nurta refused.So they beat her – often. They took her to a doctor who prescribed potent drugs for what he called her ‘mental illness’. Nurta was forced to take them but still she refused to deny Jesus. And so she remained tied to a tree during the day and locked in a tiny, dark room at night - totally isolated. We know that her suffering was great. Somehow,

after six months, Nurta managed to escape. She ran to a family who lived in another part of Somalia. On 25th November 2010, gunmen arrived at the place where she was staying and they shot her dead. It seems likely that her parents arranged this. Nurta was just 17 years old. Nurta’s story represents millions: people who share our faith but not our freedom. Millions of people who do not have the right to believe in Jesus Christ.

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Many Voices. Different Voices National Music Event 2013

On Saturday 16th March 2013, the Mission and Discipleship Council of the Church of Scotland are delighted to invite everyone and anyone with an interest in church music to gather in Edinburgh to join in a conference exploring four streams, or voices, of Church music – Community Music, Classical Music, Contemporary Music, and Children’s Music – our ‘Different Voices’.

National Music Event 2013 An event for everyone interested in using music to enhance the life of church and community. Friday 15th March 7:00pm – Saturday 16th March 18:00pm St Cuthbert’s Church, Lothian Road, Edinburgh. > Noel Richards – International Worship Leader, and writer of ‘All Heaven Declares’ Enabling Contemporary Worship > John L. Bell – of the Wild Goose Resource Group and Iona Community Singing for Everyone > Paul Mealor – Reader in Composition at the University of Aberdeen and Composer of ‘Ubi Caritas’ for the Royal Wedding Ceremony. Composition in Worship and Outreach > Fischy Music – Peerless Pioneers of Children’s music for churches, schools and families. Singing with Children

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These ‘Different Voices’ will be explored through music workshops which will be a blend of participation, performance and presentation. We are delighted to be welcoming Noel Richards, International Worship Leader and Teacher who will lead a key session on how to enable contemporary worship locally; Paul Mealor, composer of the Ubi Caritas used at the Royal Wedding who will offer insights into how compositions and classical music can enhance the mission and worship of the local congregations; John Bell from the Iona Community who will explore singing together as the image of a radically inclusive church; and last but not least, Fischy Music will do what they do best – inspire and enable us to connect with children and young people through music that bridges church and community. But that is not all. A further eight workshops are lined up – all relating to one of our four ‘Different Voices’. These include sessions on dementia friendly music projects, developing musicality in Children as young as zero years old, getting the most from your choir, playing the organ in ways that suit the lyrics, a church rooted opera performed by people affected by homelessness, how to write new hymns and a large scale improvisation session! We’ll have further input by way of our lunch time clinics where you will be able to field questions to experts on church audio

visual needs, worship change management and copyright Licencing among others. If that wasn’t enough, we will invite people to gather on the Friday evening for a free alternative worship event – using a variety of musical influences along with visual arts. An additional optional Saturday evening is also being planned. This is to explore how musicians in Scotland might support one another in their work and ministry. How can musicians local to me help me develop more music with my congregation? How can I resource them too? We hope that this exciting line up will both affirm our musical preferences as well as challenge our prejudices. We hope that we will begin to see new possibilities beyond our current repertoires and begin to hear a familiar word, though perhaps conveyed through a range of different voices, calling us to use our gifts to create communities of God’s welcoming grace and love. “If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but had not love, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal”. 1 Corinthians 13:1 Different Voices is a Church Music Magazine and is produced three time per year by the Church of Scotland Music Group. Please see www.churchofscotland.org.uk/ worship/music_for_worship for more details of the above event and the magazine. 25

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So did most of the city’s homeless hostels, who had banned him because of his aggression. Trapped in addiction, Steph Macleod seemed to have few prospects and little hope. But Jesus had plans – big plans. “I wanted a life worth living,” says Steph – and that’s what he prayed one night, desperate for God’s saving power, at a prayer and testimony event in Perth. A boy in Uganda with a love for football and a cheeky grin seemed like many other twelve year olds. But poverty had made his life anything but normal. Until Tearfund’s partner provided training to help families in his village overcome poverty. In Edinburgh, Steph is now a singer songwriter whose story and songs are a living, continual testimony of God’s beauty and love, his compassion and his power to redeem. And over in Uganda, Moses’ father – powerfully impacted by the training he received – is now able to provide for his family. Steph and Moses have been set free – but so many others remain trapped in a prison of material and spiritual poverty.

In Uganda, there are many like 16-yearold George, who ‘parents’ a family of orphaned children – who all go to bed hungry – or 81-year-old grandmother, Karina, who shares a small hut and one meal a day with her nine grandchildren. In a country stunted by conflict and poor governance, where so many people are desperate for “a life worth living”, Tearfund’s church partners in Uganda are helping to bring material and spiritual transformation. When you’re in that place of poverty,“it’s impossible to see a way out, or see any hope” as Steph points out. Tearfund’s partners are working hard to mobilise the local church to offer that way out, that hope. This summer Steph will visit Uganda and see Tearfund’s work for himself, along with Alan McWilliam, Church of Scotland minister and Chairman of CLAN, and other church leaders. Steph says,“I was helped to see that there is a life worth living, with God - and I want other people to see that too.” For less than £15, you can transform the life of someone living in poverty. Visit www.tearfund.org/moses to watch Moses’ story and find out how you can help people like him discover “a life worth living”. 27

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Superhero less of a band, more of a movement. Glasgow born rock band Superhero have been making records, travelling the globe and wowing crowds with their infectious brand of high energy, lyrically challenging rock for over a decade. Over 1200 shows to over 150,000 people in 20 different countries these guys have been there, done it and bought the T-shirt…. well, sold the T-shirt anyway! From humble beginnings playing pubs and clubs in Glasgow they soon secured a record deal with a small label based in Edinburgh and within a few years had been signed by the guys in the world famous band Delirious to their newly formed Fierce label and were gaining a following the world over. The band show no signs of slowing down and have just released their 5th studio album ‘Things we need for the Journey’ signing a new deal here in the UK as well as a major breakthrough, signing with an American record label also.

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The most interesting thing about this band is that when you ask any of them what excites them most about being in Superhero the response is always the same. None of them seem remotely interested in the music industry, sales figures or chart positions, the only thing they want to talk about is how being in a band has enabled them to tell thousands upon thousands about their faith in God, their hope in Jesus Christ and how this amazing message of salvation through faith in this man Jesus is totally relevant

to any and every person that they ever get to meet or who may listen to their music. It is so very refreshing to know that a band exists in the UK who are completely committed to mission, preaching the Gospel and working with local churches everywhere who have a heart to reach young people and students with the Gospel message. To this end they have decided that all funds generated through their CD sales goes to helping fund their relentless missional activity both here in the UK and across the world. Recently the band have been working into Estonia, the most secular nation in Europe and are now planning tours into Russia. These are not places that bands go in order to make money! In fact, every trip they make is subsidised in some way and the end result is that many hundreds of young people are coming to Christ through the bands ministry. The band will be on tour in the UK towards the end of 2012 after tours in Estonia, Canada and Hungary. You can get all the info at their website www.superhero.org.uk or on Facebook www.facebook.com/superherouk and they also have a free app, just search for superhero official app. Superhero are a shining example of how music can be used in extraordinary ways to reach the lost. Long may it continue.

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Esperanza means Hope in Spanish and we are a new Scottish charity set up in 2010 and working to help share the hope we have in Christ through our partner organization JMC-Nissi in Iquitos, the capital of the jungle area of Peru. Here’s how. Martin is a 10 year old boy who visits a church in a very poor area of Iquitos. Since he was tiny his mother has taken him to the market to steal for her. She regularly beats him. Last year he started being abusive to the new pastor in the area, Prospero, who had moved into a derelict building he had been given in order to start a church. Martin used to shout into the building and urinate through the door, upsetting the pastor’s wife and 4 children. Rather than turn him away though they asked if he was hungry and invited him to eat with them. They realised there were many other children in the area needing help and love. We are working with this pastor and are funding a lunch program whereby 20 local, very disadvantaged children receive a good, healthy lunch three times a week. They love the pastor and his wife and love to hear about Jesus and sing

and pray with the pastor’s sons. We pray that their lives will be turned around and that their families will come to know Christ too. Iquitos is almost an island in the jungle, surrounded on three sides by the Amazon river and it’s tributaries. It has a population of almost 600,000 people most of whom live in poverty without proper sanitation. As I write this in April 2012 a state of emergency has been declared in the region for 60 days as excessive rains and melt waters from the Andes mean that the mighty Amazon river is rising to unprecedented levels and 200,000 people in the region are suffering. Within Iquitos 14,347 people are living in 114 temporary shelters (basic school buildings) without adequate water and toilet facilities, 50,000 children are unable to attend

school because they are flooded or full of flood victims. 1000’s more stay in their homes, 2 or 3 metres deep in filthy water, because there is nowhere else to go, and if they leave, their belongings will be looted. 1000’s hectares of crops have been destroyed. Again, we are working with our partner organization and another local pastor to meet some of these people’s needs at this time – food, clean water, mosquito nets, clothes. Working with the local pastor means that we are able to direct the help to those in most need. In three villages in the river systems around Iquitos we are providing basic health support and agricultural support and education to help them grow better crops for their own families and for selling. Two of the villages have a Pastor and we help support their churches with discipleship classes and we have recently embarked on a three year training program for the pastors (created by the Iglesia Alianza Cristiana y Misionera, one of the major church groups in South

America). In one village we are helping them build their first church building using local materials and skills; so far it has a roof but no walls. They have been praying for this for 5 years. The third village has two empty church buildings and no pastor; we pray that they will be filled one day.

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I leave you with the words we sang together in the church with no walls in the jungle on my last visit in February, “There are no barriers, nor bonds, which can stand against your Holy Spirit. When we are united in praise, miracles happen, there is restoration. Your spirit moves bringing unity. Nothing is impossible for the great I Am.” If you, your prayer group or your church would like to know more about the work and support us in some way, please contact me at shona@esperanza.org. uk, or visit our website www.esperanza. org.uk or find us on Facebook (profile ‘Esperanza Hope’ or page ‘Esperanza’). Shona Mason

Shona Mason is a founder member of Esperanza, wife, mother of 3 teenage daughters, dentist and is a member of Central Baptist Church, Dundee. 33

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The work of Morphé Arts provides support for artists with a Christian faith through monthly gatherings, events, gallery visits, conferences, discussion and personal one to one mentoring. As well as this, for the last two years, Cully has been developing an exhibitions program in association with SOLAS –CPC in St Peter’s church building. The church has been very open to being used for this purpose and have enabled Morphé to give artists the opportunity to exhibit in the space. These exhibitions serve the purpose of allowing contemporary art to be considered in a church context and also to open up a dialogue between the church and the secular art scene. One of the most successful examples of this so far has been in the recent exhibition SOULSCHEME by Dundee 40

based artists Pete Mansfield and Jo Helfer. For the first time, the church was fully converted to host a multi media installation using video, historical archives, photographs and converting the windows with a temporary digital stained glass effect. The SOULSCHEME project http://soulscheme.wordpress.com/ was based on the lives and experiences of four tenants from the Maxwelltown Multis, built in the sixties and destroyed only forty years later. Pete and Jo both agreed that their motivation behind the project was to offer residents of the Maxwelltown multis a chance to reflect on their time living there and to bring these perspectives to a wider audience. Pete hoped that the art would help to bring some balance to the often one-sided opinions

Morphé Arts expressed about the area. Jo expressed a strong aesthetic pull to the buildings themselves which were very iconic and visually interesting. It created a dynamic contrast by showing work about the Dundee multis in St Peter’s church – a building with it’s own very different iconic history in Dundee.

The show was successful in many ways. First and foremost, the art was engaging and of a high quality. Pete valued the aspect of collaborating with so many

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people to bring it together. Perhaps this added to its wide appeal and ability to provoke stories in everyone. In the four days the show was open hundreds came to see it. As Jo reflected, “I think everyone I spoke to had something to share about their own experiences - of the changing city, of multi storey living, of demolition, of the Hilltown. It seemed to appeal across the board as well - there were people there from all walks of life - not any specific cliques - people from the art scene, uni tutors, young people from local youth projects, church cleaners, many people who had lived in the multis or the Hilltown area, church members and random people off the street who popped by out of curiosity”. Cully. Morphé Arts

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Seven thousand people attended a launch event at the NEC in Birmingham 2006, which I think really demonstrated that churches from all the across the UK were really interested to find out more about effective ways to serve their local communities. Since then, we have held major showcase events in other cities including Liverpool, Manchester, Plymouth and Belfast.

The early years In 1993 I felt called by God to bring churches together across Greater Manchester, the city of my birth, to pray for the city. Inspired by the first six chapters of Nehemiah and the call on his life to rebuild the walls and restore the gates of Jerusalem, we recognised that our own city needed to be restored. Back then I wrote these words: “In our dreams we see crime rates dropping, violence decreasing, drug dealers disappearing, prostitution declining and apathy diminishing. We see businesses booming, housing improving, schools flourishing and hope rising.” After seven years of concerted prayer we had developed a network of 220 churches of all denominations and streams. Partnerships with public services and statutory agencies were quickly emerging as a result and an example of this was a large-scale showcase event in Manchester with the aim of reducing gang violence. The event attracted lots of people and made the BBC web site

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front page with the headline “1000s of Christians praying about gang violence”. At the event we looked at ways of working together to start projects which would help reduce crime and anti-social behaviour. One young man prayed a bold prayer “no more Gunchester” (a nick name for Manchester). Imagine our amazement when 6 months later the headline news read: “Is this the end of Gunchester?”“The total number of gunshots in the Metropolitan and Trafford divisions - the heart of gangland - fell from 62 in 2007 to 19 in 2008. The number that was gang-related dropped from 38 to three”. Manchester Evening News 29-01-2009 What started out as a Manchester based movement quickly developed into a national and international initiative. This formed the basis to start a charity, “Redeeming Our Communities” (ROC) founded in 2004. ROC has multi-agency working at the centre of all we do and it has proved to be a successful model. We bring together community groups, churches, the police, the fire service, local authorities and voluntary agencies to encourage them to work together in positive partnerships for practical change. As a result, statutory agencies have improved access to the support of Christians and church groups, and thousands of volunteers are enabled to better serve the needs of their community.

ROC, as a movement for change, is now eight years old and we are overwhelmed by the growing momentum across the nation. Many volunteers have caught the vision and become ROC Ambassadors, starting projects and town-wide ROC initiatives. We have seen many new community projects emerge like the ROC Café, a multi-agency youth club, which has a proven track record in reducing crime. Young people love the ROC Café; one young boy from a home where his mum has to work all hours to make ends meet described it as “the living room I don’t have at home”. The Police also love the ROC Café, reporting between 25% and 55% reduction in anti-social behaviour where the Cafés are located. A ROC Centre opened in Manchester in October 2011, and is already a thriving community hub serving families of all shapes and varieties. Since the centre opened crime in the area has been reduced by 51%. A ROC Care project recently started in Glasgow, their aim is to reduce the incidents of bogus callers who prey on elderly people and seek to steal their life savings. The police are training up church members to help with this issue under the banner of ROC Care.

ROC football launched in January 2012, a model which attracts youths to a football league on a Friday night, thus reducing anti-social behaviour. The power of the ROC model ROC is a tried and tested model which has been adopted in a large number of local areas. We have a proven track record and are held in high regard by statutory authorities and public services. As such ROC builds a bridge between the secular authorities and the church. This has resulted in a powerful partnership leading to positive practical change. We are looking for people who would like to adopt our model and set up a local expression. This models works everywhere and we would love to hear from churches, organisations and individuals interested in partnering with us.

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An all-age service to pray for and support your young people and school staff at the start of the school year

Back to School with God Sunday Sunday 26 August 2012 – or whenever suits!

Get Into Shape! The church calendar is often marked by seasons: Harvest, Remembrance, Christmas, Easter. Back to School with God Sunday marks another milestone in the calendar and is just what it says – an opportunity to begin a new school session committing children, young people and school staff to God’s care, inviting him to be at work in their lives as they go to school. Rather than a quick 2–minute prayer and a joke at the expense of teachers, Back to School with God Sunday resources supply everything you need to lead a Sunday service, making a statement of support for those who spend most of their week in one of the toughest environments for faith to flourish – their school. What do Back to School with God Sunday materials include? Back to School with God Sunday materials are Bible-based resources, providing everything you need to lead an all-age service. This year’s theme is ‘Get into shape!’ looking at Paul’s advice to the Philippians – and those at school today – in Philippians 4:6–9. Bible teaching is applied to the school setting, looking at the difference it makes to listen to God and recognise his presence with us as we go to school. Don’t just take our word for it – listen to what others have to say...

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“The service was incredibly well received.” “Thank you very much for sending us the bookmarks for our Back to School with God Sunday service and also for providing all the resources to make this kind of service possible – it went really well!” “We got a good number of children and adults in the teaching world involved.”

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“Lots of people commented favourably on the service as a whole. We gave out around 70 bookmark prayer cards, with many people both encouraged and challenged to pray.” Register your church and download materials at www.suscotland.org.uk/bsg.

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the Passing the Baton The same can be said of the gospel. From Christ to the disciples, and on throughout the ages, the baton of the gospel has been passed on. And each church that we represent is running a leg of the relay. The question that I believe is asked of every Scottish Church in this day and age is, ‘will this baton make it through the next exchange? Are we working on the changeover?’ In Matthew 9:36, Jesus surveyed crowds of people and saw them as harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. As I survey Scotland, that’s what I see; an unparalleled need - without a shepherd, sheep die. If they have no-one to lead them to good grazing or to fend off predators, they’re dead meat. But alongside this unparalleled need, Jesus presents an unparalleled opportunity. In Matthew 9:37 Jesus describes the same helpless sheep as a plentiful harvest ready for reaping. The people we see might be in danger but they’re not without hope. What is needed? Jesus tells us; Gospel workers! Pastors, Planters, Women’s Workers, 48

Biblical Counsellors and the like. But there’s a problem. The workers are few. We live in a time of steep church decline. Only 2% of our population actually believe the gospel and hold to the authority and sufficiency of the Scriptures. We live in a time of theological confusion, with core truths of the gospel tossed around playfully as if they’re up for grabs. We live in a time when the workers are scarce. The question is, will you be a part of the next generation of gospel workers by becoming one? Or will you, church leader, make it your ambition to train the next generation of gospel workers for the harvest field? Jesus set us an example to follow. Train up! Send out! That’s what he did with his disciples wasn’t it? And the example Jesus set was the pattern the church adopted. Take a look at the relationship between Paul and Timothy and you’ll see that. Paul even instructed Timothy to ensure that he wouldn’t drop the baton or be sloppy in the changeover.

‘The things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.’ 2 timothy 2:2 In only a few words, this shows us how the gospel gets from Paul to the 3rd generation of gospel workers and beyond. Train up and send out. Every one of you, if you truly believe in Christ, are gospel workers. You must pursue godliness and proclaim Christ. You were never intended to be a terminus point for the gospel, but rather another runner in the relay. Pass the baton on! We must be strategic and intentional in raising up the next generation of gospel workers because this nation needs pastors, planters and the like. Philip Jensen once said, ‘I have 4 policies when it comes to church leadership’ 1. Preach the gospel and pray for gospel workers 2. Plant new churches 3. Actively recruit, train, and send out your best gospel workers, no matter how painful it is to lose them from your church. 4. Change everything that gets in the way of the first 3!

That’s great advice in light of a great need in Scotland.

David Robertson, of St Peter’s Free Church, said a couple of years ago that even if we planted 7000 churches of 100 people each we’d only be back to where we were 25 years ago. Well, I say we, across Scotland, make that our 25 year target! In Edinburgh, we at Charlotte Chapel, figure we need to plant 222 churches. ‘Impossible’, I hear you say. Between 1831 and 1838, Thomas Chalmers was responsible for training up and sending out pastors and planters as part of a nationwide church planting initiative. Do you know how many churches he planted in 7 years? 222.

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The Olympics are about to start, but I can’t wait for them to end! Not because I don’t like these games, but because I love the last track event; the 4x100m relay. 4 runners. 1 baton. 3 tense changeovers in which the race is won or lost. Coaches spend a lot of time working on the changeovers. As one coach has said, ‘A race is not won because you ran faster than anyone else, but because you passed the baton well.’

And by 1843, within 12 years of starting his ministry training in Edinburgh, it was said of Chalmers that he could walk from the far north of Scotland to the southernmost point of Scotland and spend each night in the manse of a man he had trained. Let it be so for us, Lord Jesus. Reach out, build up, send out, and pass the baton well. This is Christ’s concern for his church, and it must be ours. Liam Garvie

Liam Garvie is one of the pastors at Charlotte Chapel, a baptist church in the heart of Edinburgh, and is responsible for ministry training. He was converted at Dundee CU when he was 19, discipled at Central Baptist Church and sent from there into ministry in 2003. Liam is married to Kathryn, and they have two children.

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Union State Unarmed State Union State’s first release encouraged Cross Rhythms to features the Scottish seven piece on its website. A year after the launch of ‘The Way You Love’, we are here presented with a full album, although the tracks “The Way You Love”, “This Is Why” and “Till The Morning” reappear on this album. As before, vocals are delivered by Alis Patterson, whose delivery reminds me of both Maria McKee and the fragile style of Sarah Mason. Musically, the band continue to display their U2 influences on such tracks as “The King Has Come” with its energising drum rhythm, “When All Is Said And Done” and the guitar-led “Till The Morning”. For me however, the gentler tracks are the most impacting, the traditional hymn “I Cannot Tell” is simply jaw dropping in its emotion and is the best version I have come across. The acoustic guitar-driven “Hope And Song” which feels like you are listening to a intimate conversation between someone and God where the Lord is their “hope

beautiful, skilful and enthralling release from a writer whose poetry offers something fresh with every listen.

El Gruer The Bride And The Alarm Clock Music has long since been recognised as the main vehicle to aid believers in their worship but this spoken word release from Scottish performance poet El Gruer sees the genre of prose do just as good a job. Containing seven short poems with only Gruer’s native Scottish Highland accent as accompaniment, The Bride And The Alarm Clock comes on the back her first performance tour and it’s easy to see why she is fast becoming recognised as one of the poetry world’s rising stars. Gruer’s rhythmic writing style immediately draws the listener in as she points towards her relationship with Christ in the opener The Bride whilst Psalm 2011.7 and I Dream Despicable Dreams carry on in similar faith-referencing fashion. Arguably, Gruer is at her best in the likes of the

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Children, Families & God Drawing the Generations Together to Change the World Lynn Alexander Lynn Alexander writes with the same infectious passion that she exhibits throughout her ministry. This is a book that will both challenge and move you. It has its foundation in robust theological and biblical reflection and builds on

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And it is here that the book brings its greatest challenge; can we help children not just to be informed about God but to experience him and serve him? And in the process this will not be one way traffic; we have much to learn from children and their trusting response to their heavenly Father. Here is a book that calls us to review our attitudes and our practice; that makes the book a less than comfortable read. But there is not just critique; the book is full of helpful guidance. We have much to thank Lynn for in producing such a stimulating, practical and envisioning work.

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Gather a body of work and information from the teaching sessions, assignments, their own study & reeection and from investigative trips to be a resource for the future. Conduct a Mission Audit of their context.

Esther and I chose to join Invest because it was the only course like it available in Scotland. Other courses touch on the theological perspective and discipleship but don’t combine both in an easy to access format, for people looking to explore a possible call to church planting. I turned Invest into a placement for one of my years of study at ICC. Invest lls a much needed gap in the Scottish scene. It is pioneering a format that will become essential in the future as the church is forced to come to terms with the challenging missional context that Scotland has already become. For those called to lead the next generation of ministries it is great to get alongside experienced practitioners in an environment of encouragement. The content is diverse and challenging. The practical focus is very helpful, but well-balanced by times of reeection and discussion. The teaching is very good, with input from Peter Neilson and other church plant practitioners really hitting home. The pastoral care we received was excellent and the hospitality impeccable. It gave us both the increased conndence we needed to actually put ourselves forward as team leaders in a pioneer church-planting context. We would highly recommend the course to anyone considering a call to planting churches in Scotland today. Esther and I now help lead Clay Community Church in Possilpark, Glasgow (www.claychurch.org.uk), having been the founding team leaders.

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Can we talk to you about leprosy and how it affects people today? Can we talk to your church about our ministry, bringing healing and justice in Christ’s name to people affected by leprosy? Can we talk to your school or youth group about what it’s like to be one of the 700 people diagnosed every day? Can we talk to your Rotary about our drive to eradicate the causes and consequences of leprosy? Can we talk to you about the impact that our work has in tackling the prejudice and stigma that are the daily reality of people affected by leprosy around the world?

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Our aim is to release healing as a sign of God's Kingdom throughout the land, making the healing and lifetransforming power of Jesus Christ accessible and available to everyone. We also seek to help equip the church for mission through regular training courses and resources that we have produced. For more information, to find out where your nearest room is located, and to get details of upcoming events and training days go to our website www.healingrooms-scotland.com call us on 0141 637 4445 or e-mail admin@healingrooms-scotland.com

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A Passion for God’s Glory Fifteen years ago a small group of musicians and singers got together to start an arts outreach ministry with two aims - to unite the church and to reach out to the world. This was done in the way they knew best - through music. Concerts and Praise Nights were held at local churches in the city, each year having to add more nights until finally the team realised they needed bigger venues. The Edinburgh Playhouse, Festival Theatre, Usher Hall and others were booked and a formal choir, band and orchestra were recruited. “What motivates us is not the crowds, or the excitement, or even the music” says artistic director Colin Peckham, “it’s simply that we want to see God’s name lifted up. We want to see Him glorified. And we put our little talent on the stage for Him to take and use in the way only He can.” Often quoted in the green room before an event is the verse ‘not unto us be glory, but to Your name’, and before they go on stage they remind themselves that “He is Lord” by singing that together. And their passion is contagious. Origin have taken their events around Scotland, as far as the Orkney Islands, and over the water to Ireland. In 2010 they hosted their first “City Praise” event in Glasgow at the Royal Concert Hall, and there was a waiting list for tickets from two weeks before the event. They hold at least two events a year now at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh. And almost all their events have no admission charge. 62

In 2001 they started tours to Cape Town, South Africa, and in 2005 started a daughter ministry there, Origin South Africa, founding the Cape Town Gospel Choir which was launched in 2010. Origin sent out its artistic director and his family in 2009 as missionaries to oversee the ministry in South Africa. Origin has appointed a council of reference which includes such people as George Verwer (founder of OM) and Rt Rev Frank Retief (presiding bishop (ret), Church of England in SA), and a local committee of church leaders to maintain accountability and oversight. “We just want to see people changed by God,” Colin says “including ourselves. Music is a powerful thing, and we use it along with drama and multimedia to reach out to people and use the arts to honour our Maker and Redeemer.”

To mark the fifteenth anniversary of the ministry, Origin is holding a special Christmas concert at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh this December 1st. Their motto is taken from Col 1:18 “so that in everything He might have the supremacy.”

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