Are you Ready?

Are you Ready?

We are pleased to announce that the fourth Godly Play Scotland Conference will be held at Portobello and Joppa Parish Church in Edinburgh on 2nd and 3rd June 2023. Our speaker is Andrew Sheldon, Godly Play Advocate for International Development. Andrew will speak about 'readiness' and what that means for Godly Play Storytellers and Door People. If you would like to come along to our conference, you can book your place here ... ...
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Welcome to our new trainers

Welcome to our new trainers

Huge congratulations and welcome to our two newest Godly Play Scotland trainers, Jessica Lang and Hilary Lacroix!!! Congratulations to Hilary Lacroix nd Jessica Lang, newly Accredited Godly Play Trainers. They have been working hard behind the scenes as part of the Godly Play Scotland team for the last two years in preparation for the Training for Trainers course led by Godly Play UK in March. It has been an absolute joy to journey with them both over the last two years preparing for the training. Both Alex and Michelle are are thrilled to officially call them our co-trainers. Welcome, welcome, welcome! ...
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Godly Playing on the Isle of  Lewis

Godly Playing on the Isle of Lewis

Welcome and congratulations to the new Godly Play Storytellers and Door People on the Isle of Lewis. Storytellers and Door People at the end of the Accredited Godly Play Training course on the Isle of Lewis Michelle and Alex spent two fantastic long weekends on the Isle of Lewis - in November and January - leading a Discovery Day and a Storyteller and Door Person Training Course. A visit to the Godly Play room, which is in one wing of the Morven Gallery, is worth all the miles, ferries, wind and waves. ...
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Circle (network) meetings – an optional extra?

Circle (network) meetings – an optional extra?

Circle (network) meetings – an optional extra? Not for me!  I came off the planning group nearly a year ago, and from being deep in the thick of planning, organising and presenting, I’m now for the most part just working away in my own small corner like most of you.  And I’m realising how important it is not to become isolated and forget the wider picture.  When I realised how much I was looking forward to the meeting we had last Saturday, it dawned on me that I’m so out of the loop.  If you are not one of the lucky ones working with a team of Godly Players, you’ll find, like me, that it can be ages since you’ve actually talked “Godly Play” to anyone. Network meetings ground me and strengthen me in the essential work we do.  Saturday’s was no exception.  I was delighted to hear that the hope is that there will soon be regular Network Circle meetings  in...
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