Bible Reflections | Gratitude
In SU Scotland, after fifteen months of pandemic, much uncertainty, almost constant planning, advertising, cancelling and planning all over again – is it possible to have an attitude of gratitude!
Ukrainian English Club – A new venture
After Easter, we embarked on a new venture: running a weekly hour-long English club for Ukrainian children and young people on Zoom, in partnership with our friends in Open Bible. A small Scottish team was recruited. We had no idea what to expect, but we were ready to offer our services to help Open Bible reach children through this club with a difference!
Standing in the Storm | Reflections on a year of leading through the pandemic
Last month marked the end of my first year in post as Chief Exec of SU Scotland. How do you navigate and lead when the ground is constantly shifting and levels of uncertainty are unprecedented?
Trusting in God’s Provision | Gap Year 2020-21
When we applied for our gap year, we were expecting to be helping with camps, school lunch clubs, travelling to offices and much more. This is what we were hoping to do and is what we were planning on doing with our year, however, God had a different vision for our year...
Bible Reflections | God can work Miracles at any Time
Paul spent a couple of weeks in Troas on the west coast of Turkey. He was staying with a much friendlier bunch than the rioters he experienced in Ephesus in the previous chapter so Paul would have been sharing stories...
@SU Magazine | March 2021
The brand new edition of @SU Magazine is now ready for you to enjoy. This edition, titled "Doing a NEW thing", looks at how doing things differently over the last year has led to unexpected opportunities to develop ministries, reach different people and share good news in innovative ways.
Giggles of Gratitude
I recently found myself giggling at my computer screen. I had just received an email updating me on some recent donations to SU Scotland and was giggling as I was touched by the generosity this email represented...
Centres Update March 2021 | Gowanbank
...about to welcome our first primary school for their school residential with us when things came to a standstill with COVID-19. We were disappointed. But we needed to be still and see God exalted at Gowanbank and in Ayrshire.
Bible Reflections | God's Got This
We have been going through the God's Got This resource that was written last term for SU groups to use during these restricted months, which includes narratives about Joseph, Elijah and Paul, all who lived through some sort of lockdown experience. Of course, the good news is in the title: God’s got this… he really does!
Centres Update February 2021 | Alltnacriche
When the government announced that Level 4 restrictions would continue in January, we reached out to our local primary schools, and with the support of our local Rotary Club, we offered a four-week programme to those who were finding restrictions particularly challenging.
Centres Update February 2021 | Lendrick Muir
Despite many disappointments and implied restrictions, we managed to seize some opportunities to welcome smaller groups of young people to take part in Activities Days and Day Camps. We ran Schools Activity Days, Family Days and October Day Camps during the Autumn season...
Equip Online | 2020-21
During Lockdown 1 back in March 2020, the staff at SU Scotland were quick to mobilize and take Equip events online. Since then, Spotlight and Equip East, West and North have provided young people a monthly event which allows them to interact with other young people and think biblically about important issues facing them in today’s culture.
