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JOURNEYING TOGETHER Guild Projects Support for Teenage New Mums in Zambia, Malawian Farmers and Children of Sex Workers in India SEPTEMBER 2018 | £2.50 IN THIS ISSUE JOURNEYING TOGETHER Guild projects support for teenage new mums in Zambia, Malawian farmers and children of sex workers in India 20 YEARS OF FISCHY MUSIC The impact of the Christian music charity over the last two decades ‘HEART BASED WORK’ Working with the bereaved and much more all for £2.50 qualiication, but rather a gentler form of as lowers and communion ware. It could ¤ EDITORIAL From The Editor SEPTEMBER – and the church year is back in full swing. The summer days are fading fast as old routines return: schools and By committing to analysing and colleges are back for a new term and a new sharing, a new understanding could generation is heading out to work or on to further education at university or college. develop that learning takes place not Yet at this traditional new start to the just in a formal academic institution church year, when many academic but everywhere and every day. institutions are preparing to resume work, how many of us commit to learning? I’m not talking about learning that is older people. Follow the Editor on Twitter deeply involved or will result in a paper The commitment need not be for a @LifeWorkEditor qualiication, but rather a gentler form of month, but perhaps for a week with shared learning – perhaps the type that comes learning being swapped on a Sunday now through reading a little of the Bible every and again. day, or spending time with others, or The shared learning could be themed volunteering. This is not what would be around, for example, hospitality (and the called formal learning, but is part of the practicalities of church welcome) or experience that enriches life – and organising all the elements of a special ultimately deepens faith. service, or on a practical level, of Earlier this year, an old school friend maintaining church buildings, including spent a month sharing learning that she soft furnishings and all the elements such had made every day for the full month. She as lowers and communion ware. It could committed to this task and asked friends to also be a commitment to learn more about take part. The learning could be from our Church in terms of structures and how experience: never leave home without an it all works – Presbyterianism is democratic umbrella, for example, or simply knowledge but not always easily understood beyond acquired through reading a news item or the local church. performing a new task. The experiment was By committing to analysing and sharing, absolutely fascinating. a new understanding could develop that Friends across the world took part and learning takes place not just in a formal shared every day with their learning, making academic institution but everywhere and it an interesting and enriching experience. every day. What would happen if every church made But not only would learning be shared a commitment to share learning in this way – understanding and faith would be (on an occasional basis)? deepened through fellowship and a Young and old would be able to share commitment to work and share together gifts – crossing generations with the young at the start of a new church year. ¤ likely to share 21st century learning and Lynne McNeil gain wisdom through the experience of Editor Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/lifeandwork 3 FAITH IN YOUNG PEOPLE And shaking of what holds us back or down, We provide a space where children and young people can learn, grow and discover. The Boys' Brigade is proud to partner the Church of Scotland Guild for the next three years. Learn more by visiting boys-brigade.org.uk/guild or by calling 01324 562008 Through sacriicial love, Scottish Charity Number SC038016 Time for Reflection A resource handbook for Scottish school chaplains. Celebrating Steve Younger 25years Bring some happiness to someone in need this Christmas Scottish Education is framed by the new ‘Curriculum for Excellence’(CfE) which includes a requirement for Religious Observance and Spiritual Development. There is currently no guidebook for Schools or Chaplains on how this should be done in the new CfE context, nor do existing books of assembly materials fit the CfE formatting. Shoe Box Appeal 2018 Filling a significant gap in the market, Time for Reflection addresses both needs and more. www.shoeboxappeal.org 978 0 7152 0992 9 • £14.99 Pre-order price £12.99 • Out 30 Sept 2018 Download instructions online or Order direct www.standrewpress.co.uk call 01349 830777 for a free leaflet Tel: 01603 785 925 Scottish charity SC048001 email: [email protected] @standrewpress Transforming lives through Christian care for body and soul PRAYER Most gracious God, Come bless our sharing, As summer drifts serenely into autumn, That ours may be a Church that stretches out, And golden days and misty nights And welcomes and includes. Crowd into shortening hours, That hospitality matched with grace and laced with love We give You thanks for Your good gifts May reach out to the places where we live. Surrounding us. Come bless our meetings, Fields of promise and plenty That they may be enriched with wisdom, That challenge the meanness of our giving Imaginative, bold and clear, To sisters and brothers And shaking of what holds us back or down, Around our world. So in this year we may serve all in hope. Colours and hues Come bless our giving, That challenge the limitation of our welcome Generous, cheerful, glad, As we exclude and narrow scope To build Your Church with purpose and with faith, When You, our God, paint life from broadest palette. Through sacriicial love, That cares for Christ, community and world. Prepare us now, as seasons shift and change, To enter into this new season of our Church’s life. Come near, Lord Christ, When work restarts, horizons stretch, That in this time, this place, this world, And possibilities of new visions come near, We may be blessed, empowered, and graced Come near to us, Lord Christ, For Your love’s sake. And bless us at this time. Amen Come bless our worship that it may lift us up To praise Your holy Name. Let song and prayer and speech Unite to make each time of worship Rich, diverse and joyful. 978 0 7152 0992 9 • • Out 30 Sept 2018 Tel: 01603 785 925 Photo: Unsplash Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/lifeandwork 5 CONTENTS Editorial Team Editor: Lynne McNeil Deputy Editor: Thomas Baldwin 03 From the Editor 22 Profi le Feature Writer: Jackie Macadam Jackie Macadam meets Dr Tillman Vierkant Business Manager: Dianne Sanderson 05 Prayer Administrator: Victoria Rankin Refl ection for readers 26 20 Years of Fischy Music How to contact us The Christian charity looks back over 121 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 4YN two decades of work Tel 0131 225 5722 Fax 0131 240 2207 08 Subscription off er E-mail [email protected] 30 The Big Picture Web: www.lifeandwork.org 10 Readers’ Letters Become a fan of Life and Work on Facebook 33 John Hume www.facebook.com/lifeandwork 12 The Big Question Follow us on Twitter 39 News www.twitter.com/cofslifeandwork -45 Round up from the local, national and 14 Ron Ferguson global Church Life and Work enquiries to Tel: 0131 225 5722 – ext 2240 46 Bible Study 15 Moderator Subscription The Rt Rev Susan Brown UK 12-month subscription by post: £30 48 Reviews Overseas (including ROI) 12-month subscription by post: £32 17 The Very Rev Dr Albert Bogle 51 Crosswords Digital subscription available at £20.99 for 12 months Puzzle challenges for our readers You can subscribe online by visiting www. lifeandwork.org or calling 0131 225 5722 18 Journeying Together Jackie Macadam examines three of 52 Registers Advertisement Offi ce the six new projects adopted by the Contact Publicity, Suite 4B, Platinum House Church of Scotland Guild in their new 58 Meditation 23 Eagle Street, Glasgow G4 9XA three-year partnership. From the Very Rev Dr John Chalmers Tel 0141 204 2042 Fax 0141 204 2043 E-mail [email protected] Design and layout by www.weareseventhree.com Printed by Warners Midlands plc, West Street, Bourne, Lincolnshire PE10 9PH. A free online copy of the Gaelic supplement to Life and Work can be downloaded by visiting www.lifeandwork.org Gheibhear leth-bhreac des Na Duilleagan Gàidhlig an-asgaidh air loidhne gach mìos le bhith a’ dol gu www.lifeandwork.org It is our policy to publish factual clarifi cations or corrections as soon as possible. Life and Work complies with the Editors’ Code of Practice (www.ipso.co.uk). Write to us at Life and Work, 121 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4YN, or email [email protected]. If a resolution cannot be reached, contact IPSO at inquiries @ipso.co.uk or by post at IPSO, Gate House, 1 Farringdon Street, London, EC49 7LG. The views expressed in the features, news reports, letters and reviews are not necessarily those of the Editor. 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