Scrumming Scots (and a bit of 24-7)

Steve Meehan took me to see his team, Ayr Rugby FC, play the top team, Currie, this afternoon. Ayr won 21-7, which was good. I'm not convinced by the pink rugby shirts though?

I'm in Scotland for a few days, visiting with some of 24-7 prayer's friends and family up here. Most people know that I love this kind of stuff, I think it's me at my best... eating and drinking, dreaming and scheming, asking questions and imagining possibilities, exploring ideas and strategies, growing communities. It's such a privilege to weave in with people's lives. :)

Steve wife, Debbie, set up a prayer room in their house a few months ago... and they've never been the same since (they even had a woman healed of cancer during the prayer week?!). Debbie has been enthusiatically championing 24-7 in Scotland ever since, and I'm staying with them for the first few days. :)

Yesterday, Debbie and I met with Paul Davie (Alpha Scotland) and Lynne Howson (Firestarters) to explore how 24-7 prayer fits into the mix of all that's going on. We felt that there were four areas to work on;

• challenging church/Christian leaders to pray together, and to develop their own prayer lives
• hosting larger prayer gatherings, collaborative 24-7 prayer weeks, etc. such as the Alpha Vision Day
• encouraging and supporting local churches to host prayer weeks, either on their own or together in an area... maybe looking towards a non-stop season/year of prayer in Scotland
• inspiring some wild, prayer-fuelled/ful, missional pioneering across Scotland... especially amongst young people

Fun fun fun...

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By the way, does abyone know the meaning of the phrases, 'jings', 'crivens' and 'help ma boab'? We can't find anything that explains the origin of these weird phrases.

Comments

[Carla]

Er... no idea about the words. Looking forward to hearing all about your trip though :)

[toggers]

i should've thought of this. thanks debbie for the link to oor wullie's page, which explains the meanings of the scottish phrase; http://www.thatsbraw.co.uk/Oor%20Wullie/OW-Page.htm

[headintotheheavens]

Hi Phil, Aideen here from Canters. T'was lovely meeting you at Spoons earlier! Can't speak for the rest of the group but I certainly felt energised by the ideas and input you gave us. Thanks for your hard work!