A newsletter filled with ideas, courses, events, and more!
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| Adventures in Faith
April 2025
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Welcome to Adventures in Faith, where everyone in the Diocese of Edinburgh can explore, learn and grow in fullness of life. |
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| Finding Adventures in Faith Online |
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Homepage – Outlines what Adventures in Faith is, with links to other landing pages. Newsletter – Links to all previous newsletters and to sign-up for emails. Calendar – Events happening across the Diocese, in congregations and partner organisations. Courses – A list of courses & retreats from across the UK: something for everyone! Awareness – Awareness days that link in with our faith and Marks of Mission. |
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| The BIG Day: Blessings on The Way! |
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Our 2025 Diocesan BIG Day is just a couple of weeks away! We are so looking forward to welcoming you to the Cathedral on Saturday 10 May, where we will be sharing together on the theme of "Blessings". We hope you are engaging with your congregational input ahead of time, capturing blessings received and blessings offered, and creating your congregation's poster! Please do make sure you sign up to join us, either via your congregation or using the link here, just to make sure we have enough lunch for everyone. |
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| L'Arche is a worldwide movement with a community in Leith and 10 more across the UK. It is currently offering year-long Soulful Internships. Interns live in intentional community with people with learning disabilities, spending four days a week supporting members with disabilities, and one day on a reflective practice programme. Applicants need not have any particular experience or professional background, but should be open to growth and relationship. Read more here. |
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| Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 |
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| The theme of this year's Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) is 'community', and how being in community benefits mental health. Resources, including posters and tip sheets are available on the MHAW website if you'd like to mark this important week. |
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| If you're interested in training in Scotland's Mental Health First Aid,
Public Health Scotland runs subsidised courses where you can learn to: - help someone in a crisis
- ask helpful questions and listen without judgement
- offer relevant information.
Courses are running in Edinburgh on 29 April, 21 May and 11 June. Find out more. |
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Youthscape's Head Strong Mental Health Resource Hub contains a wealth of information for young people and those who support them. There are resources from videos to worksheets on all aspects of mental health, and a contact form if you need to ask the team a question.
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| These are a few of the learning opportunities that are listed in the Adventures in Faith: Courses page on the diocesan website. There you will be able to find the full range of courses running in the next few weeks, some that are running later in the year, and the website addresses of course providers so you can explore further. We list retreat providers on the same page. Happy learning! |
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| From 30 April for six weeks the Godly Play Book Group is reading and exploring Dr Rebecca Nye's Children's Spirituality: What It Is and Why It Matters. The group will meet on Zoom on Wednesday nights from 8pm. Find out more and register here. |
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For six Wednesday evenings from 7 May, the Epiphany Group will be running a free online course, 'God's Invitation to Relationship: An Introduction to Ways of Praying'. There's more information on the Epiphany Group website. |
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| The Bield at Blackruthven, near Perth, has a number of retreat events running in May and June: - Enneagram Introduction Day
Saturday 3 May, 10am–4pm - Holding Space – Vessel Making
Wednesday 7 May, 10am–4pm - Journey into Healing
Saturday 17 May, 9:30am–4:45pm - Multiday Silent Retreat
Wednesday 21 May to Friday 23 May - Going Deeper with the Enneagram
Saturday 28 June, 10am–4pm
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| Abernethy Kilmalieu, near Fort William, is offering these retreat events: - Individually Guided Retreat
Friday 2 to Monday 5 May - Mountain Pilgrimage
Monday 2 to Friday 6 June - Rest and Restore: Relax, Enjoy Nature and (Optional) Environmental Tasks
Monday 16 to Friday 20 June
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| Last call for the 'Meeting God in the Mountains' hillwalking retreat for young adults on 26–28 May! This is for 18–25 year olds, and will be led by Claire Benton-Evans and Rev Dr Richard Tiplady. Activities include a short night hike experience, an ascent of Mount Keen and opportunities to explore faith through facilitated discussions in the Angus glens. Offered by the Diocese of Brechin to any young adults in the Scottish Episcopal Church and beyond, this retreat is especially recommended for those at university. Full information and booking here. Booking closes on 27 April, so hurry! |
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| Below is just a small selection of events in and around the diocese. Find the full range of upcoming events on our events page. |
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| Jesuits have figured prominently in the history of astronomy, engaging both the mind and the heart, considering how we find God in the joy we experience observing the sky. Brother Guy Consolmagno SJ, Director of the Vatican Observatory, will be presenting on 'A Jesuit's Guide to the Stars' at Lauriston Hall on 3 May. His talk will be based on his book, which was published under the same name in February. More here. |
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| Christian Aid Week runs from 11–17 May. Why not visit a Christian Aid book sale to stock up on your reading for a great cause? Don't forget to donate as well as buy! |
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| On 17 May there is an 80th Anniversary Service at St Giles' Cathedral. Christian Aid will be joined by the Right Honourable John Swinney, First Minister of Scotland, and Temwa Kasakula, Christian Aid’s Global Thematic Advisor for Sexual Reproductive Health & Gender, visiting from Malawi. The service will start at 7pm with doors open from 6.15pm. |
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| A Royal College of Church Music 'Study and Sing' day will take place at the Laidlaw Music Centre, St Andrews, on 17 May. The day's focus will be on hymns. The session is open to anyone who likes singing in church – congregations as well as choristers. There will be an end-of-the-day service at St Andrew's Episcopal Church to share what has been learned during the day. More details. |
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| The 2025 Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts runs from 10 to 16 August and has a range of offerings from music to poetry, and architecture to textiles, all held in the context of opening and closing worship. Tickets now available! |
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| Last Call for Young Poets and Young Composers!
Poets and composers aged 30 or under have just one week, until 1 May, to enter two competitions being run by the Edinburgh Festival of the Sacred Arts. - The first, in collaboration with the Scottish Poetry Library, is a Young Poets Religious Poetry Competition. Prize winners will be announced during the Festival. Get the details here.
- The second is a Young Composers Competition. Prize-winning pieces will be performed during the Festival. Get the details here.
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| In this section, we share a resource that might help you explore, learn, or grow in your faith: it could be a book, a podcast, an email subscription, or something else!
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| If you're fond of audio books or podcasts, have you tried listening to the Bible in this way, too? The NIV Bible in One Year, read by actor David Suchet, can currently be accessed for free on a Spotify Premium subscription or with credits if you have an Audible subscription. Each day's reading is a psalm or proverb, then a New Testament and Old Testament reading, lasting around 15 minutes – perfect to listen to while you're walking the dog. You start on 1 January's reading whatever the time of year, but the progression of dates, even if they don't match the day when you listen, helps you keep tabs on how you're doing. |
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| 😃 We hope you have enjoyed exploring this Adventures in Faith newsletter. 🔼 Check out the dedicated AiF webpages via the menu options above. 📧 Please forward this email to congregational friends, who can sign-up using the button below. 👈 Share the QR code via church magazines, noticeboards, pew-sheets, etc. |
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