One day, an old Native American chief was walking by a river with his grandson. Thinking about what wisdom to impart to the boy, he told him that our minds are like rivers, in that to be fresh and healthy, they are always flowing. When they are not f...
Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland Blog
FIREFIGHTER'S WEDDING
Firefighter Hilary Green arriving at her wedding with her colleagues from the Cupar Fire Station. Hilary and her husband Gary Marshall were married on Saturday 16 February 2019 by Chaplain Brian Porteous who is an Ordained Local Minister in the ...
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ABERDEEN CHAPLAINCY
Ron Flett, (Aberdeen City Centre Work Place Chaplain), was one of a number of guests who attended a lunch, on Saturday 9th February, at Mannofield Parish Church and met the Moderator of Church of Scotland, Right Reverend Susan Brown.
The guests...
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MARBLE JAR FRIENDS
Brené’s daughter, Ellen, came back from school and slumped down dejectedly behind the door saying, “I will never trust anyone again”.
It had been one of those awful days when she had shared something in confidence, something personal and was vulnerab...
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“Crossing the Rubicon”
It’s that time of year again when we look ahead and wonder what the New Year will hold! We can look forward with anticipation to opportunities and holidays, or dread what’s ahead.
On holiday in Italy, I crossed a river called the Rubicon. “Crossing t...
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A Change in Altitude
In 1997 Steve Fossett was at 24500 ft, trying to fly round the world in a hot-air balloon when he faced a serious problem.
Steve takes up the story; “Whilst heading east across the Atlantic Ocean, the prevailing winds were carrying me straight for Li...
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Visit to Cameron House Chaplaincy
Chaplains visiting Cameron House on Wednesday got into the spirit of the day by dressing up as Little Miss Muffet and Jack O' Lantern.
They then became spontaneous judges of the staff pumpkin crafting competition.
We didn't hear the ...
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An Unsung Heroine
Lynne and Jacqueline went down to the dark and dusty basement to find some more loo rolls! When rummaging through cupboards they came across a treasure trove, not of money but the story of a heroine which had been forgotten for over 100 years ..........
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Steve Brown - Chaplain at Ayrshire Hospice (former WPCS Intern)
An article about inspirational hospice workers appeared in an edition of The Scottish Sun last week.
One of the workers interviewed was Steve Brown, who was an Intern with WPCS before he was appointed Chaplain at Ayrshire Hospice.
As chap...
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Passing Out Parade of Recruits at SFRS, Portlethen Training Centre
Ron Flett, Aberdeen City Centre Chaplain, was invited to Portlethen Training Centre on 2nd August where he attended the Passing Out Parade of the newest recruits of SFRS.
It's always a privilege for our chaplains to be invited to these ty...
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Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland - Summer Newsletter 2018
Meet three of our Volunteer Chaplains in our 2018 Summer Newsletter
Health and Wellbeing Poster
On Thursday, 6th September, Midlothian Council are running a health and wellbeing event.
This event is for the staff at Midlothian Council and Paul Hayes, Midlothian Council Chaplain and Paul Wilson, WPCS Central Scotland ...
Residents in Gairn Court (Bon Accord Care) gatthered earlier this week to wish one of their senior carers/support workers a happy retirement and happy birthday.
Sylvia has worked as Senior carer/support for the last 10 years, and we wish her both a H...
Back in the 1920s when Polish-American entrepreneur Leo Gerstenzang saw his wife putting little pieces of cotton balls on to toothpicks, he invented Q-tips®, known to us as cotton buds. He thought this was a safer way to clean his baby’s ears. Mr. Ge...
Christina, Ann and Chic enjoyed making lots of new friends, and meeting old ones, at the Black Isle Show near Inverness.
They all agreed that it was good to have a presence at the show and have many good conversations.
Could you be involved in this rapidly expanding area of Christian Service? For those interested, or involved in workplace chaplaincy:
Wednesday 22nd August, Palmerston Place Church, 10 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh EH12 5AA
Introduction Session -...
Here is a simple poem, attributed to various authors including Spike Milliagn. In its simplicity it actually says quite a lot; if you think about it!
Smiling is infectious, you catch it like the flu,
When someone smiled at me today,&n...
The Great Get Together - In Memory of Jo Cox, MP, was held in Glasgow on the morning of Saturday, 23rd June.
The invitation came from Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow region who invited people of all faiths, beliefs and backgrou...
On Sunday 1st July 2018, a service will be held in St Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh to mark the end of the WW1 Centenaries. Start time is 10.30am for 11.00am. The attached poster gives full details of the event and we would enco...
WPCS has been provided a display space at St Mary's Episcopal Cathedral in Edinburgh for the next 6 weeks. Andrew Greig (Edinburgh City Centre Chaplain) and Andrew Reddish (volunteer chaplain) got the stand set up on Friday morning.
Andrew...
