Donations of gifts received from congregation for handing out at
Castlemilk Family Fun Day
Member of Men’s Shed group has drawn up a sketch plan for a basic
woodwork shop
Planned Next Steps:
Continue to run pilot group, listen & learn
Explore how men with learning challenges can be involved
Increase publicity (Facebook, posters etc.)
Take advice about research methods (mentoring from SCLD)
Continue to meet local agencies & people
Prepare for report to funders at end of June
Make more visits to other Men’s Sheds & local projects
Come, Creator Spirit, we are waiting.
There have been many periods in my life when I have had to wait.
Sometimes I have waited for a short time, other times - much longer. Along
with waiting, there has always been a sense of anticipation. Joyful
anticipation, when waiting on the birth of my children. Mournful anticipation,
when waiting on a loved one to die. Every period of waiting has involved a
journey. Pregnancy, took me on a journey in preparation for motherhood. A
time to adjust to the responsibilities that motherhood would bring and a time
to become less selfish. Caring for a loved one at the end of their life, gave
me time to be humble, to serve unlike I had known before – a time to know
the privilege of sharing in one of life’s most intimate moments.
Recently, waiting has been an important part of my journey in faith. The
Bible is full of stories of people having to wait – Noah, Abraham and Sarah,
Moses, Joseph, David, Daniel, Jesus, Paul and a great many others. The
greatest wait of all…waiting on the promised Messiah. There is something
very profound and life changing when we consciously and prayerfully ‘Wait
on the Lord’. I am in a period of waiting. It is conscious, it is prayerful. I have
no idea what the outcome of this time will be, yet, for now, I feel perfectly at
peace, I am learning patience. During February, this year, I prayed a
heartfelt prayer. ” Here I Am, Lord, send me”. Lesley-Ann calls this the
‘Hineni’ prayer - a deeply powerful psychological and spiritual prayer and
indeed it was! My journey since praying this prayer has been like none I
have experienced before.
God began with my identity. Who and what I thought I was is no more. I was
a deeply political woman, with deeply rooted views – this has changed. I still
have political opinions, I still enjoy a good political debate, but no longer is
this part of my identity. I was a highly ambitious professional, an academic
and worked long, long hours. I still work as a professional in a privileged
position. I still contribute to academic papers, I still work, but no longer do I
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