Spice girls, Stings, and Sightseeing

Three days left and it feels like we just got here. Early mornings are instantly made better by hot tea or coffee for breakfast and then a coffee break a couple hours later. The past week and a half we have finished lectures on Intro to the Bible, Christian Life, and Creation, God, Man and the Fall. All three have been very good with lots of new information that I will absorb as I read over my notes. It's refreshing to talk about practices and daily routines we should do to strengthen our relationship with our God and to learn how Christians interpret parts of creation differently. The morning lecture times are so intense that you need time to unwind after. One of the things about going to Bible College is that you are looking at the Bible so much that you find so many great verses but too many to memorise or keep in mind. :) Here is our whole group, FirstServers and first years (and one second year!):

Last February, the FirstServers did a Charlie's Angels theme for their group picture for Echoes. We decided to take some regular photos:

And then, since there are five girls, naturally, we transformed into the Spice Girls :)

We got a little crazy at PoundWorld and invested in some fake eyelashes!

On Friday night, a few of us girls went to Selkirk Street Evangelical Church for the Ladies Supper Club. There was dinner (and pavlova!) and then a speaker, Fiona, who talked about her jewelry company. It was a fun evening and nice to spend some time with these girls:

 



On Saturday evening, a few guys brought us into Glasgow to a praise night at a church. A really cool band called the Royal Foundlings (everyone should look them up! http://www.royalfoundlings.com/ )played worship songs and we sang along. They invited us to see them play again during the week and so on Wednesday we sat in the back of a church and watched them perform to school children. Before the concert, we were standing outside waiting for our ride and a wasp flew right into my eye! I still wanted to go to the concert but I could only see through one eye. :) It swelled up quite a bit. I ended up going to the doctor to make sure I wasn't allergic but it is all better now!

After their concert, the band members invited us to go with them to see Philippa Hanna in the basement of a restaurant/bar. I would also recommend you look her up! She's amazing.

It has been so cool to be so immersed in Christian activities and by Christian people, an experience that one of our lecturers said will probably never happen in our lives again.

Last Sunday, we went to Roman Road for church and the message was on Luke 6 about judging others, which was a good reminder that we should work on our own faults first. I also helped at their soup kitchen on Monday night which was a great experience!

On Friday, I went to find the house where my grand-grandad was born, right in Motherwell. The street was still there but not the house number. Apparently there were red sandstone apartment buildings but they were knocked down a while ago. Here are some pictures:

where's the house?!

 

Later that day we went to a Ceilidh at a church in Glasgow. It was the first time for most of us but it was great banter and full of laughs.

We tried the gay gordon

and failed

so we gave up.



On Saturday, we took a trip on the train to Edinburgh! It was so cool to see the capital and it was a lovely day. We walked around and snapped some pics.

random wedding at a cathedral

FirstServers take on Edinburgh!

 

On Sunday, we went to Greenview Evangelical Church in Glasgow. We drove and got a little lost but we made it in the end! After, we went to one of our lecturers house for lunch which was lovely.

All of us on our last Sunday together!

We have our last few lectures this week on Children's Ministry and the Gospel of Luke. And hopefully some time to make a few final memories!