Category Archives: Mission

Another view of Christmas

Posted on December 6, 2016 by drew24x7

serendipity (noun) – the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way. “a fortunate stroke of serendipity” I don’t regularly listen to Radio 2, but flicking through the channels while driving home last Thursday morning I came … Continue reading →

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Music Prayer Film Video and Festivals

Posted on October 11, 2016 by commaandco

How do we as Christian celebrate the seasons including secular celebrations? Today, I was stopped in my tracks by 4 artpieces which I now find are related.  I began by feeling drawn to picking up and rereading a section in … Continue reading →

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Bishop John Coleridge Patteson

Posted on September 20, 2016 by drew24x7

Today is the feast day of the Anglican Bishop and Martyr John Coleridge Patteson, 1871 When I come across a feast day I like to see who is being remembered and found a summary about John Colleridge Patteson… (which I’ve paraphrased … Continue reading →

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Work Place Chaplaincy – Churches information evening in Inverness

Posted on October 29, 2014 by drew24x7

Early this month a team from Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland facilitated an information evening for Churches in Inverness. The purpose of the evening was to encourage local churches with the stories of how Chaplaincy is supporting people in their workplaces … Continue reading →

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Street Pastors Commissioning in Inverness

Posted on October 9, 2014 by drew24x7

2014 has been a bumper year so far in many ways… and one of those ways has been in recruiting and training a new group of Inverness Street Pastors. In January we held an Information evening – hosted by the … Continue reading →

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Sponsor an apple pie – Inverness Street Pastors

Posted on October 6, 2014 by drew24x7

Did you know 340 million tonnes of ‘ugly fruit’ is dumped by producers every year in the EU as super markets look to have perfect fruit on their shelves?… ugly fruit are odd shapes and weird sizes and spotty… not … Continue reading →

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Shed Church – church for the non-religious?

Posted on September 30, 2014 by drew24x7

Recently I’ve read (and shared) a number of articles on difficulties the church experiences in evangelism and engaging people in the life of the church… BUT today… I came across an article on the fresh expressions website that takes a … Continue reading →

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Work Place Chaplaincy in Inverness

Posted on September 25, 2014 by drew24x7

At the start of 2014 I met with Chic Lidstone regional Co-ordinator of Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland (WPCS) for a coffee, and little did I know it at the time but a new opportunity to lovingly serve the people of … Continue reading →

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Albanian trip Photo Gallery

Posted on September 21, 2014 by drew24x7

Here are some photos from the recent trip to Albania…    

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On the Streets at the Commonwealth Games

Posted on September 20, 2014 by drew24x7

At the end of July I was in Glasgow for the Commonwealth Games. Not for the games themselves but to serve as a Street Pastor in the city for the week. Tens of thousands of people visited Glasgow over the week. The … Continue reading →

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