Ray's Blog: July 2015
Pews, Hymnbooks And Elders - A Transformational Journey
Matt and Julie Canlis brought folk from Seattle. They organised 'The Abbey School' in Scotland. Matt's old friend, James Houston, aged ninety three, former Principal of Regent College Vancouver, mentored them. Then they brought a group from his small Presbyterian church to us, including their son and daughters....
Posted at 02:51am on 28th July 2015
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Fresh Expressions
Carey and Gannon Sims detoured from their big cities tour to visit me. They work together to bring fresh expressions of church to the collegiate community at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. There they share one post. Each has an interesting second post.Carey has launched Good...
Posted at 06:58am on 23rd July 2015
Clan Gathering
A thousand people. A cross section of ages. Tents in fields of mud in the grounds of Lord Glasgow's Kelburn Castle. Its on Scotland's western coast at Largs. His son David welcomes speakers to his living room - there's no 'them and us'. Great worship bands and seminars....Posted at 03:41am on 17th July 2015
Holy Places: New Opportunities
The warden of our Open Gate Retreat House on Holy Island, Graham Booth, felt an overwhelming urge to pray, at 11.0 am, for the centre of the Society of Our Lady of the Isles on the remote Scottish island of Fetlar. Later he rang a contact there. At 11.0 am,...Posted at 03:20am on 10th July 2015
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