Friday, June 26, 2009
Summer begins
The first rays of sunlight start to appear at 5:30 in the morning and it begins to get dark an hour from midnight – a sure sign summer has arrived in Scotland.
Today is the last day of school, so the projects at St. Rollox and Tron St. Mary’s have closed for the summer. Because the children are off on holiday and the crèche (linked to the school system) is closed, the volunteers would have trouble giving time to the project in the absence of childcare.
So on the surface, it looks like our schedule will be much more flexible for the next two months, but this doesn’t mean that we will be any less busy! Now that we have two more days free in the week, it means that we will be able to make time for some projects that we did not have time for otherwise. I will begin work on getting a “Life in the UK Test” study course written up and approved. I will also have time to look at ways to expand and deepen the Men’s Ministry by making more volunteer contacts and looking at potential funding opportunities. We will be making time for networking with local, as well as national, organisations (in other words, chasing up some of the contacts we made at the Churches Refugee Network conference – see the post from 8 June). So I will finally be making proper use of my office space at Bishopbriggs. The new flexibility in our schedule also means that we will be able to fit in more family visits: in other words, engaging in the hospitality that is at the core of our ministry. The time away also gives us time to pray and assess our current commitments.
Today is the last day of school, so the projects at St. Rollox and Tron St. Mary’s have closed for the summer. Because the children are off on holiday and the crèche (linked to the school system) is closed, the volunteers would have trouble giving time to the project in the absence of childcare.
So on the surface, it looks like our schedule will be much more flexible for the next two months, but this doesn’t mean that we will be any less busy! Now that we have two more days free in the week, it means that we will be able to make time for some projects that we did not have time for otherwise. I will begin work on getting a “Life in the UK Test” study course written up and approved. I will also have time to look at ways to expand and deepen the Men’s Ministry by making more volunteer contacts and looking at potential funding opportunities. We will be making time for networking with local, as well as national, organisations (in other words, chasing up some of the contacts we made at the Churches Refugee Network conference – see the post from 8 June). So I will finally be making proper use of my office space at Bishopbriggs. The new flexibility in our schedule also means that we will be able to fit in more family visits: in other words, engaging in the hospitality that is at the core of our ministry. The time away also gives us time to pray and assess our current commitments.
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