St Oswald's Magazine StOM 1607 | Page 16

Meet your MSP This is an exciting new project from the SCPO (Scottish Churches Parliamentary Office) building links between congregations and their recently elected MSPs. The SCPO wants church communities to be at the heart of the decisions that affect our everyday lives and what better way to get involved than for your church to meet local MSPs early in their term of office. The project begins this summer as MSPs are on recess from the Scottish Parliament and will be based locally. The SCPO will provide ideas and information that will help you to organise meetings that will be interesting for everyone involved. It could be a public meeting, an invitation to a project or church event that you are already organising, or it could be a walk in your local area to highlight issues that you would like addressed. The possibilities are endless, but making contact early is crucial. The SCPO would like as many churches as possible to get involved and for you to let it know what you are planning leading to a celebration of church engagement at a Scottish Parliament event in February 2017. Further information will be available on the SCPO website www.actsparl.org including ideas from the following networks: Eco Congregation Scotland Scottish Churches Housing Action Priority Areas and Faith in Communities Scotland. The project is also gratefully supported by ACTS (Action of Churches Together in Scotland). What’s ON @ St Oswald’s Monday 1900-2100 (Last/month) Kings Park Community Council Tuesday 1930-2130 St Oswald’s Vestry (First/month) Wednesday 0930 1130 1730 & 1930 Slimming World C Ellis 0773 353 8448 Friday 1900-2000 AA Contact Helpline 08475 697 555 Saturday 1930-2200 Sequence Dance Contact: H Warnock (01355-265233) StOM Page 16 2000-2200 Sequence Dance Contact: J Barr (01698-853652)