| Now that spring is finally here, it
is time not just to think about seeds for your garden but also ‘Seeds of
Hope’, the Scottish Ecumenical Gathering being hosted by ACTS, on Saturday
17 June, at Bells’ Sports Centre, Perth. We hope that this further detailed
information about the day will encourage you, your family and friends to buy
a ticket and come and share in the day. If you have already bought your
ticket you can begin the hard task of deciding which events to go to during
the course of the day. The planning group is looking forward to meeting you
in Perth. Tickets
These are available from the ACTS office priced £5 for an individual and £10
for a family comprising two adults and up to four children. A booking form
for tickets can be downloaded here or obtained by ringing 01259 724336.
Tickets will be sent out by post from mid-May onwards.
Travel
Getting to the Gathering couldn’t be easier, thanks to the generosity of the
Soutar Foundation. A free shuttle bus service will run throughout the day
from the Broxden park and ride car park to Bells’ via the train and bus
stations. Another free service will run from the Scone park and ride car
park. The times will be as follows:
• Broxden - Leaves Broxden on the hour, 20 past and 20 to the hour
• Leaves Bells on the hour, 20 past and 20 to the hour
• Scone - Leaves Scone on the hour and 30 minutes past.
• Leaves Bells at quarter to the hour and quarter past the hour.
Please note that the only parking available at the Sports Centre is metered
and time limited.
Further Queries?
Contact Joan Pennycook on 01259 724336 or
ecumenical@acts-scotland.org.
Speaker programme
Titles are provisional. With regret, Douglas Alexander MP and
Jurgen Moltmann have had to withdraw from the programme. The planning group
are making alternative arrangements for the day and these will be posted on
the ACTS website as soon as they are confirmed.
Seeds of Hope
Joel Edwards (Evangelical Alliance)
Ecumenical Futures
Cardinal Keith Patrick O’Brien
Hope in the Future: Church, Children and Society
Kathleen Marshall (Scotland’s Children’s Commissioner)
Living in Hope?
A conversation involving Kathy Galloway (Iona Community),
Richard Holloway (Scottish Arts Council), Andrew McLellan (HM Inspector of
Prisons)
Also on offer...
- Scottish Churches Community Trust Annual Meeting
- Scottish Churches Racial Justice Conference
- The Mobile Bibleworld Experience (Scottish Bible Society)
- Market stalls
- Workshops
- Pre-school crèche and 5-12s programme
Find out more
If you would like to take a stall, run a workshop, or buy a ticket,
please
dowload this information sheet (pdf, 165kb) and
accompanying letter (pdf, 165kb).
Showcase
We see this as a real opportunity to showcase the work of a wide range of
organisations. There will be the opportunity for organisations to have
stalls, and run workshops in the smaller rooms available during the day.
There will be a small charge for participating in the event. If you are part
of any organisation and would like to participate in ‘Seeds of Hope’ then
complete the form below and return it to Joan Pennycook, ACTS , 7 Forrester
Lodge, Inglewood House, Alloa FK10 2HU. Tel 01259 724336. Email
ecumenical@acts-scotland.org.
Download
participation form (pdf, 215kb) and
accompanying letter (pdf, 165kb). |
