Training Event on Monday 10th March 2008

I am organising a training event on Monday 10th March, from 7.30pm in the church.

This event is for everyone involved in childrens/youth work within Hilton Church. So if you are involved with creche, Kingdom Kids, Sunday Club, Teenscene, Nitelife, Hyphop, Holiday Club, MYC or Refuel then this event is for you. (This includes all you young folk in Teenscene and Nitelife AM)

Training will cover an update on Child Protection issues within our church which will be led by Elaine. This will be for everyone. Then there will be two other sessions, one on Mentoring and the other on being an effective leader/helper.

Please put this important date in your diary. I would be grateful if you could let me know if you will be attending this training event, so I know who won't be able to attend and to make sure they get the relevant notes from the event.

Thanks folks. Look forward to hearing from you. Any questions please just ask.

Chris Watt

email: chris@hiltonchurch.org.uk

Music

For anyone who loves good music here is a web-site worth exploring: www.igracemusic.com
Here you will find some of the old classic Hymns set to modern music.
Listen to 'Praise my soul the king of heaven' a couple of times and feel your spirit being lifted!
Barry

Matthew 16 - Homegroup material to support Hector's sermon

Click on the following link to download Hector's supporting Bible study material for homegroup next week. Bible commentary notes can also be found here.
Stuart

Home Group material for this week

Follow this link to download the material for this weeks homegroup.
Stuart

The Lord Provides

This past fortnight has been a good week for the fundraising around the Hilton Cafe Project. Not only did we get good news from Highland Council and have a positive visit from The Robertson Trust, on Wednesday I received a letter from The Gannochy Trust offering us £20, 000 towards our capital costs. Things are starting to take shape on the funding front at the moment but we still have a bit to go. Pray that our efforts will bear fruit over the next few months as we tighten up on costs and get closer to the scaffolding going up. Pray also for a clear focus for us as we start to think about staffing the centre and addressing the costs around this crucial aspect of the project.
The picture for this post is a handful of Mustard seeds which I thought apt after Jamie's sermon on Sunday. The image means a lot to me as we pull together some very small ideas about the manse and hold them in our hands expecting, in faith, that they will grow into big change within our community.
Stuart.

Bible Study Material

Thanks to Barry for passing through notes for this weeks Bible study on Matthew 13. You can download the material here.
Stuart

Hilton Community Cafe Project

This week was a big week for our Cafe project. On Monday I met with Highland Council to provide representation for our application for funding. The outcome of that meeting was a £45, 000 award of funding. On Wednesday, myself and Colm met with The Robertson Trust who were very impressed with the plans for the premises and also the ongoing work of both Chris and Colm in the community. We heard that our plans matched well with Robertson Trusts funding criteria and that they were optimistic that our application would be received well by the Trustees when they next consider proposals in March. Our project will be put forward with a recommendation of a sum of £10, 000 be awarded towards our development. Some way still to go but we have had a very positive week.
Prayer still required!
Stuart