Changes in YWAM Stirling

I feel like this could be an almost constant title for our team. In September we had new team members come and join us Gary and Vanessa Irvine with their daughter Dara and my sister has come back from sabbatical.
In November, my sister announced her intention to leave the YWAM Stirling team and therefore the Team Leadership position in April 2012.

So what does that mean for us? Several things.

1)That means I will soon be the only original team member left.

2) We will have to agree who will take over the team leadership with the national leadership team of YWAM Scotland.

3)We will need to find a new office, as our current office is associated to my sister's home.

So as ever we are in a state of change. Over the next few weeks and months we will be trying to seek the best way forward.

On the up side though, it is an exciting time to be in ministry in Stirling.
Just last week saw the introduction of a Bible in the chapel at the castle. Ministry like light and life is developing. There are obviously the Stirling Street Pastors.
New ministry is also being explored such as a Stirling House of Prayer and there is also the potential that Teen challenge may set up in Stirling which would complement the work of Street Pastors.

Prophetic Art Workshop
I am currently in the process of organising a one day prophetic workshop. The date and venue of this is still to be finalised but if you are at all interested in this please get in touch as it would help me to know the demand for it.

Getting an Office
This is a big commitment, so we are currently putting the feelers out. Ideas vary from working from home ( which I have done for a while but it is not easy with no designated room), virtual office or mail address to an office or building.
I think our preference is a building /office where we can go to work or have meetings.
It is a big vision and big commitment. My question would be is anyone else excited about such a vision, comments would be appreciated.

So there is a lot of change in the coming year and lots of potential, looking forward to the new challenges that lie ahead.

Summer Holidays

Well the summer holidays are nearly over...just under a week until the school goes back. I must say at the start of them, I thought 8 weeks was going to be long. In actual fact it has flown by. We have had a week away at CLAN Gathering, a week doing the kids club at church ( 60 kids a morning), and a week of swimming lessons.
As well as that we have taken in the Medival jousting and various sport and craft days.
We did have quieter weeks too however, Jen had her second ear operation and Douglas had chickenpox (so we were out of circulation for a bit) Never a dull moment.
Study has been few and far between with the kids off but I am hoping to get some done next week.
I have continued to help try and save our local pool complex and we are now a constituted group called Ochil Leisure Enterprises. We hope to develop a business plan to convince the council to asset transfer the facility to us by mid Sept. So it feels like its been busy...not sure if it will get busier once next week comes along and brownies, tennis and swimming restarts or whether it will be more of the same only different..

People who know me well don't expect me to take it easy and so you are proably used to my madness by now.

I will try to update soon about YWAM Stirling, the new members are due to join us in October so we will know more soon.