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WELCOME TO THE BUGLE THE MAGAZINE OF BETHANY CHRISTIAN trust
WHERE EVERYONE GETS A CHANCE TO WRITE, PHOToGRAPH, DRAW
OR EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN POETRY
issue#28
Page 2 Gallery
Page 3 Contents
Page 4-7 Iain McGill Interview
Page 8 Rolling Stones
Page 9 Team Quotes of the News
Revue
Page 10 Famous Scots
Page 11 Scots Inventors/Hail Caledonia
Page12 Independence Articles
Page 13 Fight for Independence in a
Nutshell
Page 14 Independence Quotes
Ode to a Fish Supper
Page 15 Independence Articles
Page 16 My Story: George Whyte
Page 17 Peter Anderson Interview
Page 18—19 Various Articles
Page 20 Twa Fields of Dreams
Page 21 Bethany and Fair Trade
Page 22 Frequently Asked Questions
Page 23 Help Numbers
Welcome to the Autumn Edition of
The Bugle!
The topic of
Independence
evoked strong
feeling amongst
the group and we
would welcome
your responses to
the articles.
We have spent
some time this
session discussing
why we take part in
The Bugle. Several
themes have emerged including the desire to
create a bridge of understanding between people
who will have had very different life experiences,
to develop our creative potential and to contribute
to community life.
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We hope you enjoy this edition!
Carly Glover
CONTENTS
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Iain McGill is an Edinburgh businessman and a Tory party
activist.
Westminster, I want to be Prime Minister. The pleasure/attraction in it is that you can make decisions
DEEPER BLUE
AN INTERVIEW WITH
IAIN MCgILL
SHADE
OF
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going
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You can find out more on Iain McGill at: http://voteiainmcgill.com/about.aspx
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones were formed in 1963 when Mick Jagger met Keith Richards on a railway platform and began talking about music and how he would like to be in a band.
Brian Jones from Cheltenham also harbored this ideal and on meeting the pair duly approached Charlie Watts as a possible drummer. Watts, originally a jazz drummer, decided to give it as shot as he thought it would almost likely be for a short duration.
They began to make a name for themselves playing R&B mostly covers and managed to get a residency of sorts at the Railway Tavern in Richmond.
With Jagger’s charisma and personality they were to arouse much interest in the music industry and were given a recording contract with Decca, who ironically as it turned out were to shun the Beatles as they thought guitar bands had had their day.
Along with British bands like The Beatles, The Kinks, The Who and funnily enough Herman’s Hermits led by the boyish Peter Noone, The Rolling Stones were at the forefront of the British pop invasion of the USA.
The Ro l l ing Stones manager at the time was the laconic Andrew ‘Loog’ Oldham and he encouraged the group to be the anti-thesis of The Beatles and their clean-cut look, prompting the Daily Mail to headline ‘Would you let your daughter marry a Rolling Stone?’.
The Rolling Stones were to record some highly controversial 45’s such as ‘Mother’s Little Helper’, a paen to the use of amphetamines and ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’.
The BBC and newspapers were shocked by revelations of a police raid on Keith Richard’s house in Windsor and the subsequent jailing of Jagger and Richards. The then editor of The Times William Rees-Mogg wrote a famous editorial in their defense ‘Who Breaks a Butterfly on a Wheel?’. They were both let off with fines.
The big breakthrough for the Rolling Stones was undoubtedly the USA. Jagger’s outrageous on stage posturing drawing at every concert, legions of girl fans, a lot of them ‘groupies’. But with success comes a price and on a US tour, the Rolling Stones decided to play a free concert at an American speedway track at Altamont. But the ‘security’ as such was to be provided by Sonny Barger’s branch of the Hell’s Angels, who took to handing out arbitrary and random beatings to anyone who opposed them, the anti-climax being when a black man, Meredith Hunter, decided stupidly to aim a revolver at Jagger and was beaten with pool cues and knifed to death, all the while as Jagger and Keith Richards appealed for calm.
The ‘Hippy Dream’ of 1967 was well and truly over!
George McAndrew
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Team review of News Revue
The Bugle Press team enjoyed a break from producing the Bugle together to
see a Festival show This August. News revue was a news satire performance
using music, dancing and theatrics! Here is our group review of the show
Some parts were funny, some were rude.
It dealt with searching issues politicians avoid. Howev-
er did the audience just go with the crowd and laugh
unthinkingly at crude things?
There was inappropriate sexual innuendo. I would
question the labelling of the show as suitable for 14+
Although the language was blue, it was the way that
they said it – brilliant!
Brilliant!
Boris Johnson was amazing!
The music was a bit loud – the comedy was very good!
It kept your attention
But very loud!
Neither swear on heaven or earth
The start was a bit old hat (the Sound of Music) and
some of the sketches were overdone, for example the
Cameron
Clegg dynamic.
I agree
Good finale
Good singers
The guy who played Cameron was good
There should have been fewer political sketches
The alternative comedy was not funny
Brilliant!
Above average
Good style!
Good execution but bad constitution
They blended as a team
Famous Scots Taken from the Daily Record – Scots Who helped Shape the World
Robert the Bruce
1274 – 1329
Bruce was crowned King of Scots at Scone near Perth in 1306, and his brilliant eight-year war against the English was decided in 1314 with overwhelming victory at Bannockburn, near Stirling.
His reign also witnessed the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320, one of the most important declarations of independence ever written. Bruce’s long struggle for power involved deadly Scottish rivals, murderous intrigue, heroic battles and a spider, which inspired Bruce to try, try and try again.
Probably born in Ayrshire, Bruce was buried at Dunfermline Abbey though his heart was laid to rest at Melrose Abbey.
William Wallace
c1272 – 1305
Wallace is one of the most inspirational Scottish heroes of the Wars of Independence. As outlaw, patriot and freedom fighter he contested English domination of Scotland, ultimately earning the title Guardian of Scotland. A spectacular vic-tory at Stirling Bridge and raids deep into England were preludes only to heavy defeat under English arrows at Falkirk.
Wallace was then betrayed and captured, but before his execution in London he remained defiant, rejecting to the end the rule of Edward I. Soon after Wallace’s death Robert the Bruce was able to re-establish Scottish independence.
James Ramsey MacDonald
1866-1937
Born in Lossiemouth, the illegitimate son of a farm worker and a housemaid, MacDonald helped found the Labour party and became Britain’s first Labour Prime Minister.
MacDonald’s pacifist opposition to Britain’s participation in World War 1 was unpopular, but he emerged as PM in 1924 and 1929. In the face of deep economic crisis, MacDonald raised unemployment pay, improved wages and conditions in the coal mines and focused effort on slum clearance. He is now being recognised for helping preserve peace between the world wars. He was also one of the few PMs without a university education.
Robert Louis Stevenson
1850 – 1894
In a family of macho, lighthouse-building engineers it was never going to be easy to become a long-haired writer of ro-mantic fiction.
During his upbringing in chilly, damp Edinburgh, RLS had to rebel against proposed careers in engineering and law be-fore getting his own way. He fully unleashed his imagination on poetry, travel journals and such iconic books as Treas-ure Island, Kidnapped and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Despite being plagued by ill health from child-hood until the end of his days, Stevenson traveled in France, America and South Seas. He eventually settled in the is-lands of Samoa, where the gentler climate better suited his health. He took a keen interest in politics there and was much loved by the natives, who simply named him ‘Tusitala’ – Story Teller.
Robert Burns
1759 – 1796
When it comes to Scottish poetry, he’s the daddy. Writing in Scots, English and ‘light Scots’ the Alloway man emerged from a life of toil and poverty on Ayreshire farmland, with only an irregular education, he created some of the world’s most famous and best-loved poetry and lyrics His passionate, perceptive work, including such iconic pieces as Tam O’Shanter, To a Mouse, My Love is Like A Red, Red Rose and Ae Fond Kiss still inspires musicians, writers and poets, while his radical political viewpoint makes him a touch-stone for politicians of all parties. His dedicated collecting of Scot-tish folk songs provides perhaps his greatest legacy, as an invaluable and still relevant source of knowledge – and joy – for his country. When you’re belting out Auld Lang Syne next Hogmanay, remember the ploughboy casanova who wrote it: rantin’, rockin’ Rabbie Burns.
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh
1868 – 1928
Mackintosh’s work was a unique fusion of Art Noveau, Scottish traditionalism and Japanese simplicity, most famously demonstrated in his Glasgow School of Art. Other signature buildings are Scotland Street School, Queens Cross Church, Hill House and the Willow Tea Rooms. His House for an Art Lover was built in 1996, some 95 years after it was designed and Mackintosh furniture is still much copied. Now celebrated as one of the most creative architects, designers and artists of his era, Glasgow-born Mackintosh was always acclaimed in Europe, yet less successful at home.
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Charles Rennie Macintosh
Designer & artist
James Maxwell
First colour photos
Alexander G. Bell
Telephone
James Lindsay
Electric light
James Gregory
Telescope
John Boyd Dunlop
Pneumatic tyre
Robert MacAdam
Tar road making
Sir Alexander Fleming
Penicillin
John Logie Baird
Television
James Chalmers
Adhesive Stamps
Ernest Rutherford
Splitting the atom
HAIL CALEDONIA
Devolution/Revolution
Let’s rekindle the guid auld Scots Spirit,
Pride an’ Passion wi’ Universal Vision,
A cry fae the wilds – Standfast – Craigellachie!
A ghost fae the past,
Will ye no come back again!
Oh dear, wid it no mak St. Andrew – cross,
Tae see the state we’re in,
Devolution – WHIT – SHIT – WIT!
Just ANITHER POLITICAL FITBA!
Revolution – WHIT – SHIT – WIT!
Ye must be just jokin’ min!
POLITICIANS – Mn, Mn, - There is no much,
A can say aboot that lot!
Tae tell yae the truth min,
The’re the maist revoltin’ folk,
That a ken – linin’ their ain pockets!
An’ whit aboot us, THE ORDINARY FOLK?
We’re strugglin’ tae mak ends meet,
AYE MIN, IT’S CUMMIN’ YET,
FOR A’ THAT AN’ A’ THAT!
But wait a minnit min.
Dae ye no think that the time,
We dae git INDEPDENDENCE,
There willnae be a lot left,
Efter that lot doon there,
Are feneeshed wi us.
Ne’er mind, CALEDONIA IS STILL,
THE EDEN O’ EUROPE,
And when WE join OOR EUROPEAN COUSINS,
Far o’er the Channel.
WE WILL STAND HEID AN’ SHOODERS,
ABIN THEN A’ – BONNIE SCOTIA!
MITHER LAND O’ INVENTION!
Wi’ hardly a mention!
Ne’er mind a contention,
In a’ the Chronicles o’ the World!
Ne’er mind min, here’s a glass,
O’oor ither GUID AULD SCOTS SPIRIT _ SLAINTE!
Garry Miller
Famous Scottish INVENTORS
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The Declaration of Arbroath
In the long struggle for independence the Declaration of Arbroath (1320) shines out as a beacon of Scottish aspirations. It came in the wake of King Robert the Bruce’s defeat of Edward II at Bannockburn in 1314.
Sent to Pope John XXII by Scottish nobles, it denounced English tyrannies and reasserted Scotland’s ancient right to independence. Sealed by eight earls and 31 barons, it was written at Arbroath Abbey by its abbot, Bernard of Linton.
The letter was a passionate attempt to dissuade the pope from supporting the English crown’s claims to sovereignty over Scotland, pledging allegiance to Robert and to the cause of Scottish independence: ‘for so long as a hundred of us remain alive, we will yield in no least way to English dominion.
For we fight, not for glory, nor for riches, nor for honour, but only and alone for freedom, which no good man surrenders but with his life.’
On receipt of the letter, the pope rescinded the punitive measures he had taken against the Scots and called on Edward to make peace.
In 1328 Edward’s successor, Edward III, ultimately gave up all claims, recognising Robert as ‘illustrious King of Scots.’ It had taken more than twenty years of struggle, though tragically within a year Bruce was dead.
Signed in Blood Edinburgh and the National Covenant
The National Covenant, drafted in Edinburgh in 1638, followed a year of riots and protests against Charles I’s attempts to enforce an English liturgy and prayer book on the Scottish Kirk, traditionally sparked by Jenny Geddes’ throwing of her stool in St Giles in 1637.
This radical document, signed in Greyfriars Church and circulated around Scotland, enshrined the nationalist manifesto that no innovations could be made in church or state without the consent of the General Assembly or Parliament. The Covenanter’s revolt against enforced change led to fifty years of civil war and rebellion in the British Isles. After Charles II’s Restoration in 1660, ministers who rejected his church settlement left their parishes, the Pentland Rising was defeated and open-air conventicles were declared illegal. 1200 Covenanters were imprisoned at Greyfriars and leaders like the fugitive preacher, James Renwick, were hanged in the Grassmarket.
Finally, with the Glorious Revolution of 1688, the Presbyterian Church was re-established in Scotland. The martyrs’ monument in Greyfriars Churchyard testifies to the Covenanters’ sacrifices. The signing of the Covenant has been regarded as a defining event in the development of Scottish national consciousness.
Thoughts on Independence
Independence speaks of single minds; of standing alone; watching from the side-line's,
secure in the knowledge I am independent.
How true is that view, be it the view of single persons or countries seeking to be independent from a collective identity.
Independence can mean there is no one to call on in times of need, no friends to help minimise and stave off dangers while we single people or independent nations must see the world pass us by because we stand outside and do not ‘belong’ to something bigger than we are.
Surely interdependence makes one safer, happier, richer because we all need someone to buy our produce, give us aid and let us help them as that level of interaction makes life so much more worthwhile.
In Scottish eyes Scotland may have been ‘vassals’ to the English and second class to them but Scotland has not suf-fered all that much from 300 years of English Rule for we Scots went about living as we wanted to live on the money we had, even if it was grudgingly ‘given’ by the English.
We have had our successes despite that foreign control because we, on the whole, ignored that image and got on with life. That is why I ask what worthwhile difference does it make to feel, to be, independent of England when we the Scot-tish people are the defenders of Great Britain and the UK.
Are we to stoop to the level of English with their need to feel and be superior to other races?
We are Scottish we may be dour but we are seen as a friendly nation, why step back from that to be seen as fiercely independent and to argue over independence.
Think what we gave the world in the past, do we NEED to be independent?
Alex J Anderson
Taken from A History of Scotland – An Open University Publication
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The fight for Scottish Independence in a nutshell
Scotland throughout the centuries has always had a difficult relationship with its larger neighbour England. I am referring to the ‘Wars of Independence’ almost 700 years ago led by William Wallace and King Robert the Bruce, two leading historical figures fighting for autonomy of Scotland. Robert the Bruce defeated Edward II, the latter attempted to subjugate Scotland at Bannockburn in 1314.
In 1320 the Declaration of Arbroath, the most famous and iconic document in Scottish history for an independent Scotland was penned down (see table) in the form of a letter (in Latin) to the then Pope John XXII and a response to the excommunication of Robert The Bruce and all the people from Scotland. The letter was written by eight earls and 31 barons of Scotland asking him in firm language to acknowledge Scotland as an independent nation and to reject the claims of the English king. The Declaration was ahead of its time as it sets out that the king (previously regarded as appointed by God) could be driven out if he did not uphold the freedom of the country. The letter is the sole survivor of three letters created at the rime. The others were a letter from the King of Scots, Robert I and a letter from four Scottish bishops which all made similar points.
The 'Tyninghame' copy of the Declaration from 1320 A.D.
In the year 1707, during the Act of Union, a political union with England was forced on Scotland in part by a financial crisis following the failure of the so-called ‘Darien adventure’. Scotland had the ambitious plan to establish a Scottish colony in Panama to join other European countries in the hunt of colonial territory.
All political power, centralized in London, was in the hands of the English, but Scotland retained its own legal system, churches and universities.
Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Young Pretender, led the ‘Jacobite Rebellion’ in 1745 against Hanoverian rule by London. This revolt ended in a crushing defeat at Culloden in 1746.
In the 1800s Scotland’s economy strengthened, the Scottish Enlightenment flourished with its citizens taking a leading role in the British Empire. Famous intellectuals such as David Hume, the philosopher, Adam Smith, the economist, Robert Burns, the poet, Sir Walter Scott, the novelist and Robert Adam, the architect were just a few members who left their marks in the golden century.
After several failed attempts at Westminster, in 1913 and in 1979, a Scottish parliament was finally re-established in 1999 in Edinburgh, still dependent on a direct grant from London but with wide ranging policy making and legal powers.
What next?
The current First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, leader of the SNP, is in talks with the Prime Minister David Cameron about securing the referendum in 2014. Salmond wants to pass legislation in November 2013 but laws affecting the UK’s constitution are reserved to the UK parliament. Salmond will face lengthy battles over the legality of the polls.
A passage from Declaration of Arbroath, quoted from the Sir James Fergusson translation in English,
...for, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English
rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom – for that alone,
which no honest man gives up but with life itself’
Monique van Aalst
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Do you think a person can ever be truly independent?
“Freedom for all the Scottish people”
Alex Duncan
“Isolation is self reliant, it is a negative thing to me. I wouldn’t be happy”
Darren Miller
“Scotland Bankrupt”
Hamish
“To be free from oppression, like some of those which were former British colonies. India was the last to get Independ-ence in August 1947. I am for the Union – not separated from England”
Laird
How can people make sure others in the community
are not totally independent/isolated in the community?
“Visit them, let them know you are there for the. Invite them for lunch, dinner etc”
Ivor Miller
“By being a fully fledged human person, having bags of empathy”
Anonymous
“Looking after one another”
Fraser Brunton
If you were totally independent, you may not be part of
the community, what do you think you would miss and
why?
“I would miss the friendship and fellowship of other people and might feel lonely if I were totally independent”
Paul
Would you like Scotland to be independent?
“No a house divided cannot stand”
J Demarco
“Aye, aye, aye five million times, hail Caledonia!”
Garry Miller
“I wouldn’t as I am a proud Brit & I think Scotland couldn’t survive without England. The backwater of Scotland would become a third world country”
Mathew Spark-Egan
“Not a good idea, we don’t have smart enough people in power to make it work”
Anonymous
“No British forever, remember our war dead”
Charlie
Do you think a person can ever be truly independent?
“No he or she will be bored to death”
Jamal Salah
“No. As a child you are dependent on adults for survival and other needs, and as you grow up, you make relation-ships with people who depend on your friendship as you depend on theirs”
Henry Watt
Ode To A Fish Supper
Proud partners o’ the deep fried pan,
Oh, wit a boon ye’ve been tae man,
While ower the counter ye I scan,
In bilin’ fat,
Ye are my prey, as there I staun,
Just like a cat.
Bereft o’ fin and skin they took ye,
An’ in a pail o’ batter shook ye,
Haddy, Whiting, Skate or Fluke,
Ye couldny escape.
Syne in ten meenits, oot they hook ye,
In golden drape.
Tae add mair noise and steam and skirl,
In neeborin’ pan your partners whirl,
Sizzlin’ an’ dancing wi’ a birl,
Till golden broon,
An syne like garland on a girl,
Adorn you roon.
Oh, ecstasy, on plate or paper,
A shake o’ vinegar, sa’t and pepper,
That’s all ye ask tae gie ye savour,
An’ taste supreme.
Ye’ll nivver, ivver gaun oot o’ favour
Ye’re sure a dream.
Eddie Klimek
QUOTES ON SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE
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Scotland ForEver True
Saint Andrew’s cross
On azure blue
Majestic on high
Over our blessed land
Braveheart the Conqueror
Of our historical foes
Celtic heritage
Universal explorers
Integral inventors
Politicians, statesmen
People of every ilk.
Lochs of scotian silk
Highlands and islands
Of every hue
God loves our Caledonian shore
The one we all adore.
Aye the one we all adore.
Garry Miller
Scottish Independence Scotland
Caledonia
Our
Thistly nation under
Threat
It is a
Shame for our
Heroes William Wallace and the Brucey
Independent
Nation
Declaration of Arbroath
English
Politicians are an
Embassy of eely
Nitpickers
Definitely NOT
Eligible rulers
NO to the
Covenant with
England
Monique van Aalst ‘Adopted Scot’
Independence Independence is the thing every Scot wants or do they want, but I know I want independence in Scotland. The first Minster Alex Salmond also wants independence and some other MSPs want inde-pendence too.
Why I want independence is I think we should have the right to vote how we want when we want, the right to pick a house or flat where we want and l would like to see the right for people to help the children in care and would like the oil companies to stop drilling in the sea and ocean. For the wildlife; we need more people to help the wildlife now.
Sue Johnston
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THIS IS MY STORY by GEORGE WHYTE I don’t come from a Christian family I did not believe that there was a god until I met someone who has over the
years has been a very good friend to me and pointed me in the right direction of Christianity.
I come from one of the largest towns in the Scottish Borders in February 1987 I was offered a job up in Royal
Deeside and within a week I had given up my house
For this job when I got up there.
There was no job for me and I found myself sleeping on the beach in Aberdeen in the winter and one Sunday
afternoon I went along to Aberdeen city mission and there I met a guy called Jim Lawrence and he said to me
that he would try and get me some help for my alcohol problem so he told me that I was to come back and see
him in the evening so I did that.
I was thinking that night he was not coming back so I was set to walk away when he arrived and he give me
phone number to phone someone call Norman Ogston who run Sunnybrae Christian Centre in Fyvie so I did
that so he came to Aberdeen to meet me and he said to me he had a place if I wanted it and I said to Norman
that I would accept it. By the end of March 1987 I had given my life over to the lord, but over the years I have
had my fair share of problems then.
I came to Edinburgh to Bethany Christian centre there I met Alan Berry and stay there for a few month when I
first move in you had to have references ‘and I didn’t have any so I gave his one name and it was Norman’s
manager who was Alan’s friend. I was by myself but at times I walked
away.
From my Christian friends but over the past few years I have stay at
one church that I like I am very much so involved with and now I hope
to get stronger I am enjoying life in the church I have met a lot of very
good people in the church and I can’t do enough in the centre.
I enjoy one of the best festival events in Edinburgh where I have met
people from all over the world.
It has taken me a long time to get to where I am now and also this is the
biggest thing I have ever had to do in my life and I’m looking forward to
getting baptised.
This means a lot to me and it will make me stronger in my walk with god
and hope I can tell more people about what sort of life I have had to live.
As I am a Christian I should done it years ago and now I see it took me
so long to make up my mind I have been thinking about it for 25 years
which is about a long time for me to think about anything.
George Whyte
Edinburgh’s Time Check The clock stands tall
The castle stands proud,
Treasures adored
By the city’s vast crowd,
Come one o’clock though rainfall,
Mist and cloud,
All eyes look up
‘Just checking’
Peter Yates
My new house when I moved
I just moved into a new house on the 19th July this year. It’s a ground floor flat with Link Living Housing association and I’m in it now and it is great and brilliant and I am not moving again. I’ve just put down new carpets in the hallway and living room. I am getting a new kitchen this year in October and I need to get a new toilet in at some point. Apart from that it’s fab.
Sue Johnston
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Interview with
Peter Anderson of Destiny Church
Why did you stop being an architect to become a pastor?
I became a Christian when I was 15 and ever since then I have had a sense of calling to ministry - so instead of ministry being a surprise, architecture was a surprise! God led me to do a degree in architecture which not only enabled me to use my artistic talents but also to initially support myself and my family. I gained invaluable experience working in the real world, but ultimately I knew that my architecture career would come to an end.
What made you go to Destiny College?
Five years after starting the church and working concurrently as an architect, in 2003 I gave up architecture to go to Destiny College in Glasgow and this proved to be the perfect transition into ministry. I believe our best preparation for ministry comes “on the job”. At Destiny College there is a great mix of strong theological training and practical ministry.
What is the focus of your job?
My job focus has changed over the years. When the church got off the ground, my focus was very wide – I had to be a “jack of all trades”. In those days I was involved in administration, meeting church members, organising events and preparing for preaching. As the church has grown, I have become narrower in my focus so these days I give most of my time to leadership development and preaching and there is a team of other people on staff who now carry these other very essential areas of ministry.
What is the growth in attendance at Destiny Church?
It took us 4 years to grow to 30 people and in the last 10 years we have grown to between 500-700 people. As we have made evangelism a high priority, a large percentage of our growth has come from people coming to faith or coming back to faith.
Who will be preaching at the re-launch of the Sunday evening service at Destiny?
We have just re-launched Leith campus at our First Sunday event on 2nd September when Peter Wenz was live streamed to the entire Destiny network over the world. Peter pastors the largest church in Germany and is a dynamic speaker. In 2008 when we bought our Gorgie building, a lot of our focus went into getting that campus off the ground – however over the last year God has put in our hearts to raise our Leith campus to a new level and this will include the addition of a 6pm Sunday evening service, the start of a 12-step Celebrate Recovery program, kicking off a youth ministry in Leith, and starting English classes for the immigrant community.
What is your main focus at the moment?
Up until now I have been doing most of the preaching at Destiny myself, but from September onwards I will be preaching half the time in Gorgie and half in Leith and the rest of the preaching will be carried by a very capable team of emerging preachers.
My main focus locally is to develop a strong discipleship culture in our church which will do 2 things:
It will deepen relationships in the church, and (2) it will increase our missional effectiveness in the city. My focus is also to raise up church planters with the purpose of starting new campuses in Edinburgh and planting new churches in Scotland and overseas.
Douglas Forbes
Water Shortage in
Palestine Water shortage in Palestine forces shepherds to abandon their flocks and go and look for another way of living.
Little water comes every winter which raises food prices. Lamb and meat in general is expensive. 1KG of fresh lamb was 60 shekels which is about 310 but now is 70 to 80 shekels.
There are mass prayers in Palestine in churches and mosques for God to bring rain. The lack of water stops workers, especially builders, going to work. Vegetables are more expensive as well as fruit.
Finally the fact that there is more land and water in Israel forces Palestinians to buy Israeli products which is always more expensive.
I think that as water and electricity for Palestine is controlled in Israel they do not worry about the Palestinians.
Jamal Salah
Never Again When I was 18 I started drinking, no reason in particular, just not much to do. My dad and sister drank as well. Just carried on drinking and just kept getting into trouble, in and out of prison most of life. In 1985 was the first time in prison and last year was the last time, most of the time I was drunk and disordly out on the streets. My dad died in 2002 of lung cancer and that made me go even worse and turn to drink. My sister who I was close to died in 2008 of a heart attack.
I myself have had three heart attacks which were to do with the drinking, I was told to stop but I carried on and finally I went to the doctors myself to get help. The turning point was when I had been in jail the last time. Now I take medication every day and have been off drink since last January 2011. I can walk past the pubs or get offered a drink and I can refuse it cos I know I would get into trouble; for a lot of years I couldn’t have said no.
During the prison sentences my family didn’t speak to me, after the third time, they said they didn’t want anything to do with me. They told me I need to get a grip and that I was giving myself a bad name. I have a six year old bairn, it’s not fair on him either. I get on well with my family now that I am not getting myself into trouble and I feel a lot better for it. I now would like to get a council house, so I don’t have to keep moving on from private lets, homeless lets, hostels, I’ve been in them all.
Think about your family and your health if you are still doing it now. My heart is damaged, and I’ve had both my legs broken running away drunk and these will affect me for the rest of my life. I would try and speak to someone instead of going back to drink, go and get help, go walking, and get together with people that don’t drink. I’ve learnt my lesson now, I should have learnt a long time ago, for me – never again.
Iain Kemp
Glorious Golden Yellow is my colour of summer. I think things of this colour makes a poor one better, with breeze and wind or cold and clouds and drizzle or light rain or even wetter Think of all the things that are yellow like peppers or lemons or flowers, cars and the sun and the book ‘The Yellow Pages.’ Things that brighten up the longer winter hours and even though we count death and accept it can come to us in many ways, a glorious golden, that yellow colour is one of the things that can cheers us to love more days. To me it’s so hot as the sun yet it’s as cool as the musical cello. We should all paint our faces yellow one day each year every girl and fellow, so that even if the weather’s bad and there’s black cloud and the sun doesn’t shine, there will be many suns that brighten everyone’s day and we will all feel fine.
Andrew Watt
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What Value has
Friendship
It is true; we are known by the compa-
ny we keep. A homeless person is
likely to keep company of others who
are in the same boat and feeling the
same angst as they are and so they
are going to be known and recognised
as homeless and vulnerable.
When one has little hope of a settled
life one feels vulnerable so one does
not chase or seek friends who can only
make you jealous of their settled state.
One might curse life and be bitter.
Bitterness does not encourage friend-
ships but we all want or need friends
so we keep trying. If you are bitter
enough your efforts are more likely to
get you feeling invisible or bring you
more enemies than friends.
That is why, having been homeless
and angry, I now believe, even if it
costs you pain and misery, keep con-
trol of your anger, smile and do your
very best to be friendly. The prize is
worth hard work because friends stop
you from feeling lonely, invisible and
worthless.
Help can be found in the unlikeliest
places. I moved into The Salvation
Army Hostel and asked for help. They
put me in touch with a Housing Associ-
ation and I spent time in a halfway
house waiting to be offered a home.
All of that was 15 years ago.
I had never been anywhere any where
near half that long.
Now, I am settled, have friends and
want to be sociable but I remember
how bad it was back then. I want to
help you who have not won a future for
yourselves. That is why I share my
recollections with you in the hope that
they help you to see friends can be the
saving of you and if you decide make
friends and not enemies then that hard
part of my past has had some purpose
and value.
All I ask of you is that you think how
friends can make more of a useful dif-
ference than enemies and remember
friendship is a two way thing. You
have to be worthy of friendship before
it is likely to be offered to you. The
prize is a settled, happy life and isn’t
that a prize worth working for?
Alex J. Anderson
Are our mental health problems solely
our own responsibility? Andrew Watt
thinks not:
About Mental
Illness
People can suffer from things that
have not been categorised as mental
illness though they have the same ef-
fect as being mentally ill.
For example people will not necessari-
ly deem people with low self esteem
as being mentally ill though they are.
Low self esteem may be mentally in-
flicted on a person by themselves or
by others making them feel inferior, not
worthy of being in other people’s com-
pany. This can make those isolated
from the rest of the human race, induc-
ing feelings of loneliness, depression
and suicide. Low self esteem causes
bad and unnecessary problems in peo-
ple.
Everyone needs and deserves confi-
dence in themselves. People who give
others low self esteem are bad and
wicked. They care nothing for peo-
ple’s welfare, wellbeing and life. Confi-
dence is everything to one’s life; don’t
lose it for no good reason.
When considering mental illness one
has to consider the whole picture and
not just part of it as it is common to do.
When people think of mental illness
they blame the mentally ill for their
plight though we very seldom hear of
anyone blaming society we live in.
It isn’t just in one or two things that the
communities in which we dwell cause
mental illness. It is not just the stress
of the rat race either. The rules of life
can cause it; having to meet people’s
high standards; having to tolerate peo-
ple’s intolerances and prejudice
against our individuality; people’s un-
caring and unloving attitude.
People we put our faith and trust in
can let us down and cause ill-feeling
and this can even lead to suicide.
Even the way the law operates can
cause mental illness. Society can
cause too much fear and too much
unnecessary fear is not only counter
productive, unnecessary fear can be
termed mental illness.
Inconsistency of rules, regulations and
laws do nothing for people’s mental
stability. Imagined fears are every bit
as bad and even worse than people
relating to too much fear. This fear,
being self-inflicted has been brought
on by a lack of understanding,
it is futile presumption of things that
don’t transpire, a vain attempt at self
protection.
Imagined fears not only make people
presume the present, but assume what
is going to happen in the future.
Life should not work that way. Many
things can happen to people but we
should not make up our minds about
what we think is going to be. On many
occasions we will be wrong. Fears
destroy optimism and unnecessary
fears are pessimistic and negative
without reason.
Mental illness is supposed to have be-
come more acceptable. Because
something has become more tolerated
it doesn’t necessarily mean it has be-
come more acceptable.
Society contributes to the causes of
mental illness and the continuance of it
by stigmatising the mentally ill. Simply
because psychiatrists are what they
are so called criticism of them is
deemed to be bad. People think of
psychiatrists as understanding, caring,
kind, sensitive and sympathetic people
who can do no wrong. However psy-
chiatrists will do a better job when they
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When Bobby McLean first wrote the words to 'Twa Fields of Dreams" as
a poem to celebrate the camaraderie between football rivals
Hibernian and Hearts, few could have predicted that the teams would
make it into the cup final just
months later.
Now his poem has been turned into a song and professionally recorded. It even has a dedicated website.
But 60 year old Bobby, from Wardieburn, hasn't yet listened to it online - even though it's already been listened to hundreds of times in just a couple of days.
A lifelong Hearts supporter, he says his inspiration was his disgust at the sectarian chants he heard from fans at an Edinburgh derby match.
He saw "no place for that rubbish in Edinburgh," and decided to do something to celebrate the old rivalry between Hibs and Hearts in a more positive way.
"Sectarianism? I've got no time for it at all," he says.
"I've been a Hearts fan for years. When I was a boy, my Dad used to take me, and then I got more into amateur football. Then it was my daughter. She got me back into going to the football. She went to school in Gorgie.
"She pestered me and pestered me as a wee girl to take her, and eventually I did, and we've never stopped going since."
"I've got a lot of friends who are Hibs fans. There's a lot of banter, but I've
never seen any trouble."
"But the thing is, especially when you go through to Glasgow to watch a game, all you hear is sectarian songs. The Government is trying to stop it, but they'll never stop it with laws. The police don't even know what they're trying to enforce. It has to come from education, from the parents."
But as well as the serious point he hopes to make with the song, he's also proud that it is giving him a chance to give something back to two charitable projects that have helped him overcome his personal difficulties in recent years.
The original words Bobby came up with were set to music and recorded with the help of a music group run between The Bethany Christian Trust and the Scots Music Group. Bobby says he hopes that people who enjoy the song will consider making a donation to the charities.
The two groups first started working with Bobby when he had become unable to work and then had his home care cut. Several months later Bobby credits the regular men's group run by the Bethany Trust for boosting his confidence and giving him the support he needs.
And although he didn't think the music group was for him at first, he says his confidence has improved so much after taking part in it that he has found his speech impediment, once quite serious, has almost disappeared.
He's even found himself broadcasting on Leith FM.
He said: "I was getting housing support, but they thought I was too independent, and now all I really need is help filling out forms. Here at the Bethany, that's not a problem, I can ask any of the staff for help.
"I had no intention of joining the music group when it first came in, but one of the staff talked me into it. I used to have a really bad speech impediment, and I just didn't think I'd fit in, but now I'm singing with the group."
And although Bobby wrote the lyrics he's keen to acknowledge the other members of the music group that have also been involved. They include professional musician, Scott Murray of the Fife Sangsters and Charlie Farrell, Bennie King, and Ali Mitchell.
"I'm very, very pleased about the song, because it'll give Bethany a bit of publicity for their work with homeless and vulnerable people, which they richly deserve." he adds.
Despite his new found fame, Bobby will not be travelling through to Glasgow to watch the big game and he was canny enough not to be drawn on who he thinks will win.
Instead, he's chosen to watch the game in his local pub at Newhaven because he's convinced his presence at the match would jinx the result.
He said: "I'll be in my local pub to watch it. But if they win the cup I'll go up to town to meet my daughter off the bus to join in the celebrations. The thing is, I'm a bogey. The last cup final I was at was in 1996 when Hearts got hammered by Rangers.
"So, I'm being superstitious and staying away. In '98 and 2006 I wasn't there and so hopefully they'll be lucky if I don't go this time," he says laughing.
Whoever wins on Saturday, one thing's for certain. Bobby will enjoy the banter.
Bobby McLean
Twa Fields of Dreams Why always stand alone, defined by your differences? Bobby McLean’s now well-known song suggests another way.
http://local.stv.tv/edinburgh/magazine/100181-twa-fields-cup-final-song-aims-to-celebrate-edinburgh-teams-rivalry/
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Bethany Gets Fair
Who knows what this symbol means?
It means Fair Trade - basically it guarantees a fair deal for third world producers
who grow the tea & coffee we drink and the sugar we put in it (amongst many
other things). At Wednesday's Discussion Group we look at lots of different
issues, and back in March we were talking about Fair Trade. Everyone agreed
that it was a great idea - it only adds a tiny bit to what we pay in the shops, but
makes a huge difference to some of the poorest people in the world. Looking out
for the symbol ourselves and making an effort to buy the products where possible
is a good start, but we also thought that Bethany could show its support as an
organisation as well.
So we wrote to Iain Gordon, Bethany's Chief Exec, asking if Bethany could make
a Fair Trade pledge - this would commit Bethany to buying Fairly Traded products
where possible, for example tea and coffee for staff. It wouldn't affect donations of
course! It would show that we are in solidarity with others around the world who are suffering from poverty, and
demonstrate that we can act positively for change around the world as well as in our own neighbourhoods.
After a careful process of consultations with staff and management, this has now been agreed, so watch out for posters
announcing the new policy. We're really pleased to have influenced how Bethany runs itself.
And why not find out more about Fair Trade and maybe try some of the goodies?
Our favourite Fair Trade products:
Geo Bar Tate and Lyle Sugar Co-op Chocolate Café direct coffee
All are welcome at the Discussion Group - 12.30-2pm on Wednesdays at the Learning Centre, including tea,
biscuits and lunch. Share your ideas, listen and learn from others in a friendly atmosphere.
YOU SAID
You said I am a loser, a loner, a bad runner,
A non-looker, a fooler, a bad counter,
A poor high , long, hurdle jumper,
A rubbish painter.
I am a loser, losing selfish desires.
I am a loner, I comfort the lonely.
I am a runner, I run my life.
I am a non-looker, I don’t look back.
I am a fooler, I confuse the wise.
I am a bad counter, I count not faults.
I am a poor jumper, I don’t jump to conclusions.
I am a rubbish painter, I draw smiles instead.
Valentina Russell
THE BIG WIN
I placed my hope on money.
I thought this time I should win.
As the wheel spun round
I saw before me
My wife, my home, my kids.
As the chips were laid
The winner said
“I’ll take all but his skin.”
Oh what a fool I’ve been.
I’ve lost everything.
Then the Lord Jesus took me in
And cleansed me of my sins.
Valentina Russell
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Streetwork Crisis Service 22 Holyrood Road (0131) 557 6055 24/7 Freephone 0808 178 2323 24 Hour provision of advice and support. Food, laundry, showers & lockers available for those accessing support.
Support for Women:
Women’s Aid Crisis Helpline (0131) 315 8110 Shakti Women’s Aid (0131) 475 2399 Streetwork Women’s Service (0131) 476 2023
Support for Young People The Rock Trust (16-25) 55 Albany Street, EH1 3QY (0131) 557 4059 Medical Help NHS 24 0845 42 42 424
Helplines: Drinkline Scotland 0800 7314 314 Advice and information for anyone concerned about alcohol misuse Frank 0800 77 66 00 24-hour drug helpline Samaritans 08457 90 90 90 Crossline 0845 658 0045 Shelter 0808 800 4444 Housing info and advice. 9am-5pm Mon-Fri
Counselling:
Depression Alliance Scotland 0845 123 23 20 - Mon-Thurs 11am-4pm
Breathing Space 0800 83 85 87 Mon-Thur 6pm-2am, Fri 6pm-Mon 6am Salvation Army Regenr8+ 25 Niddry Street (0131) 5231060 A drop-in that provides food for a small charge (£1 for 3 courses), showering facilities, a clothing store, an advice service and various events organised from time to time.
Food: Grassmarket Mission 86 Candlemaker Row (0131) 225 3626 Various activities for people to get involved in. Free Meals served Tuesday 6-7pm, Wednesday & Friday 12-3pm (limited space) Little Sisters of the Poor 43 Gilmore Place (0131) 229 5672 Free sandwiches available for collection. Everyday 12-2pm and 5-6pm. St Catherine’s Convent 4 Lauriston Gardens (0131) 229 2659 Free food: Mon to Fri, 9-11.30am & 5.30-6.30pm St Mary’s 61 York Place (0131) 556 1798 Provide sandwiches at 5pm every day. Jericho House 49-53 Lothian Street: entrance on Bristo Place (0131) 225 8230 Free soup kitchen: Wed-Thu 6pm-7pm Sun 10.30am -1.30pm Missionaries of Charity 18 Hopetoun Crescent (0131) 556 5444 Meal at 4pm most days (not Thursday) Bethany Care Van Free soup & hot drinks: every night, 9:00 - 9.45pm at Waverley Bridge, and then other locations.
FEELING LOST? NOWHERE TO TURN?
YOU ARE NOT ALONE. HERE ARE SOME PHONE NUMBERS THAT MAY HELP
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