IAN CAMPBELL ADDRESSES THE SCOTCH FAMILY EASTER BREAKFAST
IAN CAMPBELL ( CENTRE ) WITH SCOTCH VICE PRINCIPAL , HEAD OF SENIOR SCHOOL KATRINA BRENNAN AND SCHOOL COUNCIL MEMBER ANDREW WILSON (' 78 ) WHO FACILITATED IAN CAMPBELL ’ S SCOTCH IMMERSION
SALT – HELPING COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS THEIR OWN
JEREMY GRAY ’ S ‘ MAGNUS EFFECT
CRITICAL ISSUES
WIND TURBINE ’
AN INSPIRING ADDRESS AT SCOTCH FAMILY EASTER BREAKFAST
As dawn broke on the cool morning of Thursday 21 March , 80 Scotch Family members got together in the Cardinal Pavilion ’ s Boykett Room to continue a Scotch tradition that dates from 1996 – the Scotch Family Easter Breakfast .
After Chaplain Doug Campbell ’ s grace and a hymn , How Deep the Father ’ s Love for Us , breakfasters tucked into scrambled eggs on sourdough toast with tomatoes , potato rosti and sauteed kale , accompanied by a fruit platter and the obligatory hot cross buns and Easter eggs .
Guest speaker , London-based medical doctor Dr Ian Campbell and his wife Alison , work as independent volunteers with a community practice called Affirm . Their work is summarised as supporting local communities by working as a team under the acronym SALT : S – stimulate stories , A – appreciate strengths , L – learn through listening , T – teamwork .
The mission is ‘ Participation with others , in their living space , as well as our work and worship space , in growing to know God better in the grace of Christ ’.
The modus operandi is to come together as a local group and get to know each other , before venturing out and engaging with local communities to devise practical ways of dealing with locally-important issues , such as HIV and AIDS , addictions , Ebola and COVID .
By 2012 Ian and Alison had worked with SALT for 30 years in more than 50 countries and many local communities who were affected by conflict-related health and life issues . After 2012 they revisited these communities in an initiative called GloCon ( standing for global-local conversation ) in an effort to examine the longevity and efficacy of SALT , and to continue listening , learning and encouraging .
In Sierra Leone a team of 40 people from three communities in the city has been doing SALT practice every fortnight for three years . The team , which got under way after the Ebola epidemic of 2014 , called its approach ' Amplifying Voices through SALT ’ ( AVS ). A catastrophic mudslide in Motomeh , at the foot of Moint Sugarloaf , west of the Sierre Leone capital , Freetown , in August 2017 buried many houses and killed more than 1000 people . After the mudslide , the AVS team sprang into action using SALT practice and their growing counselling skills . Their action helped in resolution of grief and reduction of competition for commodities following the tragedy .
Ian ’ s passion for the SALT program shone through in his address at the breakfast , along with his determination to continue the program and maintain the positive impact it is having in a wide range of countries . It was another memorable , inspiring Easter Breakfast address .
A thoughtful prayer for the Scotch Family by Jayden Li ( Year 9 ) and Doug Campbell ’ s benediction brought the breakfast to a close .
Earlier in the week , Ian had participated in an immersion with Years 10 and 11 Scotch boys , facilitated by School Council member Andrew Wilson (’ 78 ), during which he said he had perceived a strong sense of connectivity and resonance in the Scotch Family . He could perceive linkages at Scotch which he had experienced and encouraged globally . ‘ There is a deep sense of community here ’, he said . www . scotch . vic . edu . au Great Scot 41