Another Christmas means another poem written for the good folks at Millburn Academy. This year S3 - so I thought I'd try something a little more complex. In reading through the Christmas story this year, I was struck by the mini narrative of the magi who responded to seeing a new star appear. The thought that occurred to me was that following stars is one of the big things we do nowadays on social media and yet, that seems to be a very different proposition from this one. But

On Sunday 29th October the touring teams from Youth For Christ arrived at Crown Church – tired, hungry and inexplicably having taken 6 hours to arrive from Uddingston! This was the second time we have hosted them, and the mission was all at once very familiar and yet totally new. The teams are operated by Youth for Christ and are a band (the Sense) and dance crew (Stance) which tour the country performing, teaching and sharing their faith in schools and other youth settings.