Dunblane Cathedral Magazine September 2008
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Dunblane Cathedral Magazine September 2008
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Dunblane Cathedral Magazine September 2008
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
SEPTEMBER/EARLY OCTOBER
WHEN WHO WHERE WHAT
Back to Church Sunday
Sunday 28 September
“Because it’s you, I’ll...
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Dunblane Cathedral Magazine September 2008
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Dunblane Cathedral Magazine September 2008
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
SEPTEMBER/EARLY OCTOBER
WHEN WHO WHERE WHAT
Back to Church Sunday
Sunday 28 September
“Because it’s you, I’ll come”
Back to Church Sunday is about making a personal
invitation to someone in order to welcome them
‘Back to Church’.
The idea began in the Church of
England and is being extended throughout other
denominations and nations.
It is estimated that during
the four years Back to Church Sunday has been
running, 30,000 people have come back to church.
2008’s Back to Church Sunday is being piloted in
Scotland and is being facilitated this time by ACTS.
To learn more about the initiative please contact Rev
Lindsey Sanderson on 01259 222361
or email: lindseysanderson@acts-scotland.
org
ETHICAL PURCHASES
According to Ethical
Consumer’s Ethiscore Reports,
Samsung mobile phones
come bottom of the ethical
table, while HTC and
Blackberry come top, from
a possible maximum score
of 20, Samsung, along with
Alcatel managed a 5.
5,
while HTC scored 11 and
Blackberry 10.
5.
Nokia,
Motorola and iPhone earned
a 7.
5 score each.
OtherreportsincludeTrainers
- where Reebok, Adidas and
Nike linger in the bottom half
of the table of 19.
Toothpaste
finds Crest the worst in a table
of 24, with 0, and gives other
brands such as Macleans,
Colgate and Clinomyn a score
of 5,6 and 10 respectively.
Elsewhere you can see how
ethical the various Fair Trade
coffees actually are, as well as
seeing how well your desktop
pc fares.
To access all these reports
and more and to see how the
ethiscore is compiled see:
http://www.
ethiscore.
org/
reports.
aspx?free=true
SEPTEMBER
Sun 7 8.
00pm Arts Guild Cathedral halls AGM – see page 4
Tues 16 7.
30pm Kirk Session Cathedral hall Meeting
Sat 20 10.
00am Dunblane Scouts Cathedral hall Coffee Morning
Sun 21 1.
00pm RSCM Cathedral hall Training Day
Wed 24 7.
45pm Dunblane Council of Churches Cathedral halls Meeting
Sat 27 Society of Friends of Dunblane Cathedral Cathedral and hall Annual Festival - see page 3
Sun 28 Queen Victoria School Cathedral Centenary Service
EARLY OCTOBER
Sat 4 10.
00am Boys’ Brigade Cathedral hall Coffee Morning
Mon 6 7.
00pm The Guild Cathedral & halls Dedication Service – see page 5
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CHASING THE RABBIT
FROM THE MINISTER
THE olympic games have
closed for another four
years.
Billions of people
around the globe watched
enthralled as athletes
from every nation pushed
themselves to the very limits
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Despite the controversial
choice of China as the host
nation, and protests about its
human rights record, there
is an idealism still about the
Olympics.
commitment, but above all
of sacrifice - revealing what
can be achieved by those
who stop at nothing in their
pursuit of excellence.
What Is The Purpose?
It is strange to think that the
Games were being played in
St.
Paul’s day, and he wrote
about them in his letter to
the Corinthians.
“Do you
not know,” he told them,
“that in a race all the runners
compete, but only one
receives the prize? So run
that you may obtain it!” But
then he went on, “I do not
run aimlessly, nor do I box
beating the air.
” He seems to
be urging them to live with
a sense of purpose, just as
runners and boxers compete
.
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Sport is an example for us all
on how to live.
What is it that
we will strive and compete
for, make sacrifices for and
stretch ourselves to the limits
of endurance? What is the
purpose?
Some teenagers were part
of this summer’s visit to
Likhubula, our partners in
Malawi, and they’ve been
reflecting on it.
One of them
writes: “I used to enjoy
shopping, getting my nails
done, wearing make-up.
I
went shopping a few days ago
and hated it.
” Now there’s
someone thinking about the
purpose of things.
The car manufacturers BMW
have just produced a new
model, the X6.
It’s a huge
car, a “two-ton black cloud of
opulence”.
It will cost you
over £52,000.
One reviewer
asks - what is the point of the
X6,apartfromlettingyoulook
down on others in their quaint
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What is the purpose?
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session is a good time to
ask about the purpose of
things.
Being part of a
church makes us part of a
community that sees other
“We believe that
justice, compassion
and forgiveness are
the gold, silver and
bronze awards to
be prized more than
anything else.
We play
a different game.
”
That idealism began with
the ancient Greeks who saw
the Games as a celebration of
the human body and a way
of honouring the gods.
The
Olympic idea was revived
in 1896 by Baron Pierre
de Coubertin.
He was the
founderofthemodernGames,
and it was he who said, “It’s
not the winning that counts,
it’s the taking part.
”
Eversince,theOlympicshave
been an enthralling narrative
of the heroic.
They are
stories of courage, tenacity,
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HARVEST THANKSGIVING
SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER
Our Harvest Festival is being held a week earlier this year
than is normally the case.
The Centenary of the Queen
Victoria School is being marked on the following Sunday
with a special service in the Cathedral in the afternoon, and
we have agreed to bring our Harvest celebrations forward
to accommodate this important occasion for the School.
However, only the date changes and our thanksgiving for the
harvest will follow the pattern of previous years.
Gifts of fruit
and flowers are invited for this celebration.
Please note that
we are not distributing confectionery this year.
The gifts may
be brought to the Cathedral on Saturday 20 September from
9.
00am onwards.
Christian Aid envelopes will be available in
the pews during the Sunday service to enable us to make a gift
to those whose own harvest will not be abundant as ours.
If you can help decorate the Cathedral on the Saturday
morning, you will be made most welcome.
Approximately
150 parcels were distributed within our own parish, so
assistance is required to organise the distribution on Sunday
after the service.
Drivers and other helpers are also
needed to deliver gifts after
1.
30pm.
If you can offer any help,
please note your name
on the sheet at the
Welcome Table
throughout
September.
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