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Tuesday, 31 August 2010 15:41 | and posted in Events
Sorry to interrupt… I was going to give a big ‘Shout Out’ to all those who had been to either Go Live or Go Mad last year – but then I thought, that’s so rude. I was always told that shouting out was just drawing attention to myself, and that’s not what anyone wants to see. So how about a polite ‘Hello, sorry to interrupt’ to all those who were there last October. Ah, the memories… but let’s look to the future and in particular to Friday 15th October at Lendrick Muir – close your eyes (metaphorically – you need to keep reading), picture the scene… and cue dream sequence type music...
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 15:00 | and posted in Events
With the Commonwealth Games coming to Glasgow in four years time the churches have formed a group to look at how it can play its part in the event. The aims of the group can be found at the bottom of this article but we are now looking for a logo to represent the group and its aims and we need YOUR help!
The Games will be an exciting event for the City and the Church and this is your chance to be involved at an early stage. We would like you to encourage your youth group to design a logo, with the best one being chosen to represent the Glasgow Churches 2014 steering group.
Tuesday, 24 August 2010 11:59 | and posted in Events
Ah, summer days...that amazing SU holiday...brilliant activities...time to hang with friends...being the first table called for seconds of sticky toffee pudding...nukem ball...begging the minibus driver not to put on Radio 4…no-one claiming ‘those’ pants from the lost property table...evening events...talent shows...the tearful goodbyes...
Thursday, 19 August 2010 11:14 | and posted in Events
LM5b 10 was probably the best week of my life, amazing people, amazing fun and super awesome amazing GOD! I went to LM5b for the first time last year and was blown away by God’s amazing love. It left me wanting so much more. I was really looking forward to going again this year and if you’re a member of ignite you may have noticed me counting down the days until camp on my status updates!!!
Tuesday, 17 August 2010 14:04 | and posted in Events
Next Sunday, or on one of the Sundays in September, something strange might happen at church. The "S" word might creep in - not "S" for sin, but "S" for school - 'cos ministers, youth workers and others will be holding Back to School with God services.
The services will be focussing on the brilliant story of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego (or Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah if you prefer!) in Daniel chapter 3 which tells how they refused to bow down to the statue of Nebuchadnezzar and ended up in a furnace!
Monday, 16 August 2010 15:28 | and posted in Book Reviews
Artemis, teenage genius, through meddling with magic through the hi-tech underworld of fairies has contracted the horrible Atlantis Complex disease. This has resulted in him becoming nice, amongst other symptoms such as OCD and multiple personalities.
Soon though, the fairies once again call on the criminal mastermind’s help, only to find him in a deranged state of mind. Can they get Artemis back to his true self before they are overridden by reprogrammed gelatinous robots?
Definitely the best so far in the series, I thoroughly enjoyed it, and would probably read it again.
Thursday, 05 August 2010 14:38 | and posted in SU Scotland
On Tuesday night ignite's membership total reached the awesome heights of 800 members! It has been just over a year since we re-launched ignite and we are absolutely delighted to have reached 800 members in that time.
This news came at the end of a great week where we saw over 200 members login within a seven-day period for the first time ever. Thanks to everyone who is logging in and making ignite such a vibrant community!!
Friday, 25 June 2010 12:00 | and posted in Features
This week I have been spending time at the Scripture Union Scotland office in Glasgow experiencing the daily life of a charity based organization. Each day I have worked with different people within the office to see all the different areas of work involved in Scripture Union. Having gone to SU Holidays (and recently back from Basecamp) I found this really interesting to see what goes on in the office and how much work is involved in organizing camps!
Tuesday, 08 June 2010 22:04 | and posted in Events
It's finally here guys and gals, so start getting excited (if you're not already) because in just 4 days it's the last ever FRENZY! It's gonna be big, it's gonna be loud, and it's gonna be a scorcher of a day (ok, we can't guarantee that one, but we can hope).
SU is going to be in the exhibition area like last year, so come over and say hi - better yet, bring your friends over too! If you're nice, we may even let you have a go on the bungee run ;-)
Thursday, 15 April 2010 11:06 | and posted in SU Scotland
Over this past weekend ignite reached the exciting milestone of 500 teenage members!! With this figure accounting for over 80% of our members (the rest are SU leaders), this makes ignite a great place to socialise online and make new friends your own age.
Of these 500 members, over 300 have logged in within the past three months and we've seen 135 of them online this past week.
Strictly Come Praying 2010 (also known as SCP) is over for another year. It was an awesome two days (one in Inverness and one in Grangemouth). Taste (the worship band) were outstanding and really challenged us all as they led the worship and teaching. On the feedback forms lots of you said how much you had gained from being at the event. Below you can read what the P7-S6 young people attending the event thought about SCP 2010. 
1. 1.4 billion people live on less than 83p a day ($1.25). This means 20% of the global population live in "extreme poverty".
Three weeks before Hannah died of an overdose she wrote a moving letter to Heroin detailing how it had ruined her life and her determination to kick her addiction to it once and for all. 
I've recently seen the all new, break through movie Avatar and I loved it! I highly recommend it, with its thrilling storyline and unique characters the movie has got you sitting on the edge of your seat! I really want to go and see it again and I would definately buy a DVD of it though the experince won't be the same as the big screen. It is a bit long but the greatness of the movie overcomes the time.