Christian – Godly Play Scotland

Storyteller and Door Person Accredited Training – Duddingston – 1st-3rd November

This is a weekend, non-residential course. It starts at 1pm on Friday 1st November and finishes at 5pm on Sunday 3rd November. The venue is the Godly Play Scotland Centre in Duddingston Kirk Manse. The Godly Play Storyteller and Door Person Accredited Training is designed to give people a better understanding of both the theory and practice of Godly Play. The course explores each of the main types of story – sacred, parables and liturgy. We concentrate on the core stories that people usually tell at the beginning of their Godly Play journey. Alongside the stories and wondering, are workshops that explore the theology and theory behind Godly Play. There is a mixture of trainer led and participant storytelling sessions - so you have the opportunity to tell a story as part of the course and see and wonder about 14 other stories. Godly Play Storyteller and Door Person training courses fit a lot in, so the days are long. This is especially true of...

The Story of Eric Liddell

4th January 202411th January 2024 By Alex Mackenzie Comment Closed

To celebrate 100 years since Eric Liddell's historic Gold Medal win, the Eric Liddell Community launched the Eric Liddell 100 project, and we have written a new story - in the style of Godly Play - as part of this project. In 1924 Eric refused to compete in his favoured 100m race at the Paris Olympic Games, because the qualifying heats were being run on a Sunday. Eric could not run on a Sunday. Sunday is God's day - Sabbath. Instead, he said that he could run in the 400m, a distance that he hadn't run before. No one expected him to even reach the finals, let alone win the gold medal or set a new world record. He did both. We have some sets of the storytelling objects you can borrow, too. They will be in the lending collections in Edinburgh, Inverness and St Andrew's soon. You can find out more here ... ...

Godly Play Accredited Storyteller & Door Person Training – Spring Saturdays 2024

This Storyteller and Door Person Accredited Training Course runs over four Saturdays in the Spring and early Summer of 2024. 6th April 4th May 1st June We'll arrange the fourth Saturday when we meet on the 6th April. Each day starts at 9:30am and finishes by 4:30pm. The venue is the Godly Play Room at Cramond Kirk Halls, part of Edinburgh Northwest Kirk. The Godly Play Storyteller and Door Person Accredited Training is designed to give people a better understanding of both the theory and practice of Godly Play. The course explores each of the main types of story – sacred, parables and liturgy. We concentrate on the core stories that people usually tell at the beginning of their Godly Play journey. Alongside the stories and wondering, are workshops that explore the theology and theory behind Godly Play. There is a mixture of trainer led and participant storytelling sessions - so you have the opportunity to tell a story as part of the course and see and wonder about...

Circle – Edinburgh – 25th November

Coffee, cake, Godly Play chat and a story to hear and wonder about - the best way to spend a Saturday morning! The story at this circle will be The Story of Eric Liddell. Everyone is welcome. There is no need to book and there is no charge. ...

Hear a Story/Make a Story – the Story of Moses

Listen to the story of Moses, from being found among the bull rushes, through meeting God in the burning bush and leading the People of God to freedom and to the Promised land. Wonder and then make the story, so you can take it back to your own circle. This is our pre-conference event, starting at 10am in the Session Room at Portobello and Joppa Parish Church, and finishing by 2:30pm - giving you enough time to relax and get ready before our Conference. The cost is £35 - including all the materials for the story. We'll provide tea, coffee and a little bit of feasting, but please bring your own lunch. Booking is essential - so we know that we have enough materials. You can Book here ......