International Sunday Lunch

Another great International Sunday Lunch - thanks to Derek & Alison Peakman!

Dean Castle Country Park

Had a great day out today. My friends, Lisa & Heather and I went to Dean Castle Country Park. I hope that sometime in the future this will be the venue for a student day out.








The grounds are beautiful and I even got to try on some chain-mail armour. It was unbelievable heavy and I have no idea how someone was supposed to fight a battle in it because I could hardly walk!!

Meal & Movie

A huge thank you goes to Jean and her mum for hosting today. The day was attending by most of the students who have done or are still doing the Christianity Explored course. We had quite a feast, enough food for an army. Then afterwards we watched the JESUS film, based on the Gospel of Luke, with time for questions and discussion together.
Many thanks to all those who came along and helped make the day so special.

TABLEtalk - International Night

Our annual INTERNATIONAL NIGHTS are always great fun and this year was no exception. We started the evening with a Scottish Quiz which was won by Munish & Sandra - although other teams came up with some very creative answers.



Lynne & Sam from India














The quiz was promptly followed by our international feast, with a variety of fabulous delicacies from Germany, China, Malaysia, Poland, Scotland and England (many thanks to all who brought items).

A couple of our Polish students then taught us all their national dance and finally David led us in some ceilidh dances.

Day Trip - Largs

Unfortunately the weather wasn't so kind to us on our day trip down to Largs, but even so 10 students came along. We walked along the sea front and ate our lunches in the wind and cold :-/

Fu Yu, Sugu, Summer & Fiona on the train to Largs

After some free time to walk around the town and enjoy a coffee or ice-cream we all caught the train back home together. On the train ride there and back we had a lot of fun playing a game, taught by Jasen, which involved a lot of laughs and some mildly embarrassing dares!!

Then we visited the Vikingar Museum and learned a little more about the history of the Vikings here in Scotland.

Day Trip - Easter Passion Play, Edinburgh

Kathleen & Co took a number of students over to Edinburgh for the day to see the Easter Passion Play in West Princes Street Gardens. I think a great time was had by all.

Kate wrote and told me, "The Christianity Explored course really helped me to understand all that was happening in the play."

TABLEtalk

Over the past few weeks we've tackled a number of new themes at our TABLEtalk evenings ...

On March 20th our theme was 'COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN' in which we talked about the art of communication, speaking & listening. As part of this evening we did a group exercise entitled 'The Zin Obelisk' which was quite a challenge.

On March 27th the topic was 'FEARS, PHOBIAS and all things Frightening'. Part of our evening included students writing some 'agony aunt' letters which were then passed to different groups to be answered. Some of the advice caused much hilarity.

Then on April 3rd the theme was 'HEALTH MATTERS' in which the students put together posters depicting their 'Top Ten Tips to a Healthy Lifestyle'.

If anyone ever has any ideas for TABLEtalk themes we'd love to hear from you!