ST. LEONARD’S-IN-THE-FIELDS CHURCH
PERTH
Minister—Rev. James K. Wallace M.A.,B.D.,S.T.M.
[Manse Tel: 621709]
Church Secretary—Wendy Lindsay
Church Office:
Open Tuesday and Thursday mornings 9.00 a.m.- NOON
[Office Tel: 632238]
[e-mail: office@stleonardsinthefields.co.uk]
October already! What happened to summer? The delights of autumn are upon us and we haven't really had much to enjoy, weatherwise, except for two lovely weeks in September when our wonderful county was looking great.
I was at the Airshow at Leuchars in September - one of the best days out to be had - and no, I didn't get stuck in the car park (£10!) but used the excellent park and ride facilities. The flying displays were quite breathtaking and it was very moving to see the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight and also the last Spitfire which flew in WWII - contrasted spectacularly with the very latest Typhoon Eurofighter jet.
Fifty thousand people attending - and I met our Treasurer and his son!
Remember the concert on 7th October (Band of the Royal Marines with Perth Choral Society; check out the Friendship Club's activities on 7th and 21st October - and lots more to come.
Dalene Radin,
Editor.
Communion Roll Additional Information
At its last meeting, the Session agreed to a proposal from the Roll keeper Hendry Lindsay. He suggested that our Roll would be improved as a source of information for use by the minister and office bearers if there were additional information. This would be: Christian name; Post Code; Telephone Number and E Mail address, where appropriate. The District Elders have been asked to obtain this information when they come round with the Communion invitations in October, your help would be much appreciated.
David Combe
Dear Friends,
By the time the next edition of this magazine is published I will have had my 50th birthday. It would be kind if you could respond to this information with gasps of astonishment, telling me you would “never have guessed”. But yes – the big half century is coming. Time, while it can be measured very accurately, plays tricks on us. Small children have little concept of time. Then, when we are still young, it seems to pass slowly and we are impatient, keen to be grown up. When I was at school a week seemed forever: now a year flahes by and I can hardly believe it.
Of course all this talk of age and time is relative. During the last few months some of our folks in St. Leonard’s have reached very notable milestones. Mrs. Flora Ritchie and Mrs. Tib Duncanson had their 100th birthdays within a month or so of each other. Then, in September, Bob and Margaret Sutherland celebrated their diamond wedding anniversary – 60 years of marriage. We offer our warmest congratulations to them all. Now Mrs. Ritchie and Mrs. Duncanson were already 50 when I was born. And Bob and Margaret had been “Mr. & Mrs.” for 10 years at that time. Perhaps youth is on my side after all... Perhaps something about St. Leonard’s is good for the health...
During our recent Harvest Thanksgiving I quoted a verse from Genesis:
As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest,
cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease. [Gen. 8.22]
The words are part of God’s promise to Noah. They speak of faithfulness, providence, a God who can be trusted. The God of Noah remains the God of all time and history. This is a God who will not let us down. This is a God we can trust not only for today but for all our days.
Sincerely,
Jim
From our Session Clerk
Burma Star
We have received a letter of thanks from the Burma Star Association for allowing them to participate our worship in July.
Church of Scotland Publications
Session Clerks receive many publications and publicity material from 121. I am putting these out in the top two rows of the book stand in the entrance foyer to the Church. Members are most welcome to borrow these. Where there is only a single copy could you please return them when you have finished with them so others may share them.
Communion- Common Cup
As a precaution against swine flu, we have been advised that the Common Cup should not be used at communions. Members should note that as a consequence we shall not be using at the next Communion in October.
Linkage Liaison Group
Our minister has requested that we set up a small group from St John’s and ourselves to discuss matters of common interest in our Linkage. The Session agreed that David Lindsay, Ian McMillan, Lorraine Russell, Evelyn Robertson and David Combe represent St Leonard’s.
Presbytery News
Perth Presbytery approved at their last meeting to a reduction of £2600 in the 2009 contributions to Ministries and Mission Fund for St. Leonard’s in the Fields and St John’s Kirk to help them fund assistance for their minister.
Time of Sunday Service
The Session reviewed the trial of the 11.15 start over the summer at their meeting on September15th. There was positive support for the new time, in particular from the minister who felt that although it appeared to be a fairly minor time shift it did provide him with an opportunity to reflect and prepare himself for the second service. The Session agreed that our normal time of service on Sundays would be 11.15am.
David Combe
Diary for October 2009
October
Sat 3rd Welcome Coffee Morning 10 am – 12 noon
Sun 4th Morning Worship at 11.15 am – Rev. James Wallace Church Duties (7) Iain Grant - Church Officer Graeme Giles - Reader Janet Michael
Wed 7th Friendship Club – Salvation Army 2.30 pm
Sun 11th Morning Worship at 11.15 am – Rev. James Wallace. Church Duties (8) David Lindsay - Church Officer Linzee Lindsay - Reader Wilf Bainbridge.
Sun 18th Morning Worship at 11.15 am – Rev. James Wallace. Church Duties (9) Ed Miller – Church Officer Wilf Bainbridge – Reader Beryl Smeaton.
Tues 20th Congregational Board Meeting 7.30 pm followed by Session Meeting
Wed 21st Friendship Club – Workshop – Creative Boxes 2.30 pm
Sun 25th Morning Worship and Holy Communion at 11.15 am – Rev. James Wallace. Church Duties (10) John Pringle – Church Officer Lynne Mitchell – Reader David Combe.
November
Sun 1st Morning Worship at 11.15 am – Rev. James Wallace. Church Duties (1) Bert McDonald – Church Officer Pat Giles – Reader Pat Giles.
Wed 4th Friendship Club – Dunkeld Bell Ringers 2.30 pm
Sun 8th Morning Worship and Remembrance at 10.50 am – Very Rev. Dr. James A. Simpson. Church Duties (2) Alastair Smith – Church Officer – Keith Seivwright – Reader Hendry Lindsay.
Sun 8th Concert – John Scrimger Singers 7.30 pm in the Church. See article.
Fri 13th City Centre Parish Grouping Churches St Andrews Day Ceilidh in the Salutation Hotel at 7.30 pm. See article.
Church Concert—8th November 7:30p.m.
FOR OVER 20 years John Scrimger’s annual week-long musical extravaganza “Sounds Spectacular” packed Dundee’s Whitehall Theatre, raising vital funds for the self-supporting live entertainment venue and setting standards worthy of London’s West End.
Since retiring from that physically and mentally demanding enterprise John has been contemplating how best to use the large collection of original “Mitchell Minstrel” type arrangements which flowed from his inspired pen during that fertile period. (John is not writing this, by the way!).
Two years ago he revived The John Scrimger Singers for a series of concerts, using voices “in tune” with the cascade of evergreens which distinguish his output. Several of the members were regulars in Sound Spectacular and others have been chosen by John to achieve his ideal sound concept.
The inaugural concert was given here in St.Leonard’s-in-the-Fields and proved a great success. The Singers have since repeated that programme, with a variety of guest soloists, at venues in Dundee, Fife and Perthshire. Several good causes have benefited.
Now you are poised to witness a significant development in the choir’s history.
The Singers, slightly augmented, have been rehearsing a completely new programme and it will be presented, in aid of Church funds, in St. Leonard’s-in-the-Fields on Sunday 8th November at 7.30pm.
As in 2007, the guest soloist will be tenor James Nicol, and the whole programme will be given an added lift with instrumental backing provided by members of the talented band which so greatly enhanced the Whitehall concerts.
The content of the vocal selections could hardly be more varied, ranging from a version of the Hallelujah Chorus, through up-beat Gospel and Broadway numbers, then on to some of the most poignant love longs and a dreamy sequence calculated to tug at the heart-strings.
The Church doors will be open at 7pm and tickets, (£10 including refreshments) are on sale at Concorde, Scott Street, Perth (tel.621818), or at the door on the night of the concert.
Christmas Cards
After great success in 2005, selling Christmas cards which depicted our church in the snow, it has been decided to repeat the exercise.
The cards will be available at the Church coffee morning on the 3rd October & then on subsequent Sundays. £4.00 for pack of 10 cards c/w envelopes.
We hope to make a profit form these cards, which will go towards church funds
A picture of the card is shown on the website to remind you what it looks like. www.stleonardsinthefields.org
Christmas Stamps
After last year’s issue of ‘pantomime’ stamps, this year we have stamps which are religious and they depict the Christmas story in stained glass windows. The topics are Angel, Madonna and Child Joseph, Wise Man and Shepherd. The new stamps go on sale on 3 November.
As was the case last last year, the first and second class Madonna stamps are available provided they are requested.
Stanley Brown
Circle of Care Calendars
Orders are being taken for the above calendars. These are very popular Scottish scenery calendars, with information panels on crossreach services and projects. The profit from them helps to provide income to support the work which Crossreach does throughout Scotland. They are priced at £4.00. A sample copy may be seen on the table in the vestibule beside the magazines. If you wish to by one please phone 625312.
Soup and Bread Lunch for Christain aid
Sunday 30th November after Morning worship.
If you are unable to stay for lunch, there will be an opportunity to make a contribution as you leave the Church. Please support this event.
The Friendship Club
23rd September 2009
The president welcomed the Rev. J and Mrs Wallace, visitors, members and guests to the first meeting of the session. A happy and lively afternoon followed giving everyone the opportunity to get to know each other and enjoy some home-baking.
For our next meeting on the 7th October we will be welcoming representatives from the Salvation Army. Come along and enjoy the fellowship.
Bette Donaldson
Life and Work
Payment of ‘Life and Work’ is due in January 2010. Please give your annual subscription to your Church Magazine Visitor. (£19.20)
If you do not wish to continue with your ‘Life and Work’ please let me know before 8th November. This allows me to cancel any magazines. If this is not done, I shall continue to order the same number of magazines for 2010. May I recommend this church magazine to anyone who does not subscribe to it. It would be refreshing if our order could be increased this year.
Evelyn Robertson - 625312
Perth City Centre Kirks St Andrew’s Day Ceilidh
A date for your diaries. On Friday 13th November 2009 the Perth City Centre Kirks are holding a family ceilidh to celebrate St Andrew’s day. The event is being held in the Salutation Hotel from 7.30 to 11.00, and will include a stovies supper, a variety entertainment, dancing and a quiz. Tickets priced £7 for adults and £5 for children will be available from mid October at coffee time after the service or from Mary Wright - Tel 635881. As numbers are restricted please get your tickets early to avoid disappointment. Any surplus money after the event will be donated locally to charity.
Wanted—your talents! We’re looking for volunteers to provide entertainment at various intervals throughout the evening, and play music for dancing. We’re also looking for volunteers to make floral table decorations and tablet to accompany tea and coffee. If you can help please contact Mary Wright Tel 635881, Mob 07880
818664 or Email mary_wright27@btinternet.com
Sunday October 25th
Aniother date for your diary is the fundraising concert in aid of the St John’s Kirk Vision for the Future Appeal is being held in St John's Kirk at 7.30pm. Those taking part are Donald Maxwell, the Fair City Singers and the Young family string quartet - the grandchildren of Agnes Young and the late Rev. Allan Young. Tickets priced £10 will be available from the Concorde Music Shop.
VISIT TO
THE CULLODEN VISITOR
CENTRE
Thanks to Willie Coupar and our newly
formed social committee, thirty members and friends set off on Saturday 12th
September to visit the Culloden Visitor Centre.
We couldn’t have asked for a better day for
our journey. The sun shone from the time we were welcomed onto the bus in front
of the church at 9.30 until we arrived back at 6. One of these days when you
think that there is no finer place in the world to be than Scotland.
Our invitation from the social committee
which appeared in the Summer edition of the church magazine was
headed , ‘improve your knowledge of Scotland’s Story by a visit to Culloden
Battlefield’ . Willie certainly did help us do that. We were no sooner on the
road when he started to prepare us for our visit with his lively
informative commentary , which was much
appreciated and most helpful.
However, for some there was a great sigh of relief that there
wasn’t a worksheet to complete on the
road home on the bus !
But Willie did so much more than fill our
heads with facts and figures. Willie’s passion and enthusiasm for the
countryside we passed through made the
journey an absolute joy. He took great pleasure in pointing out landmarks; he
recalled stories of days spent on the hills and
of adventures licking trainee officers into shape before reluctantly returning to barracks at
Catterick. All interspersed at
appropriate times and places with the magic of Burns poems and songs.
On arrival at Culloden there was plenty
time before lunch to tour the impressive new visitor centre. Willie encouraged us to go to the area where we
could encounter a simulated re-enactment of the battle. The technology was
certainly impressive. As for the battle, no doubt the experience would evoke a range of thoughts and emotions.
A highlight of our day was a meal we shared
together. Willie had arranged for a room to be set aside for us. What was to be
soup and sandwiches turned out to be more like a banquet. We all seemed
ready for some food and a rest. Conversations for a while turned away from the battlefield
to talk of where we had been on holiday
and such like.
Lunch over and time for a tour of the
battlefield in brilliant sunshine . Quite a contrast to the time of the
massacre on 16th April 1746 when so many lost their lives in atrocious
conditions. This was also another opportunity to have conversations as we
walked along with members we knew less well and visitors .
Time left was spent visiting the shop; a photo call in front of the Visitor centre (
look out for it in the P.A. ) and on the
road again to be safely driven back to
Perth.
We hope this gives a flavour of the first
outing arranged by our newly formed social committee. From the buzz in the hall
at coffee time the following day there seemed to be lots of stories being
told.The committee are keen to hear your suggestions for future outings or
events you wish them to organise for the
enjoyment and benefit of our congregation and friends.
If
you have any ideas Willie would be pleased to hear from you. Please speak to
him at coffee time or contact him on Tel.
620868 or e-mail
williecoupar@hotmail.co.uk
Ron Ferguson writes:
I WAS over on the Orkney island of Westray recently, doing some research on Orkney bard George Mackay Brown. I’m very fond of Westray, and it’s not unusual for me to head over there with the laptop to do some concentrated writing.
I was living in a lovely cottage which is part of the West Manse, a comfortable Grade II listed Georgian/Victorian manse which has been beautifully restored using local traditional materials and skills, combined with modern insulation and a ground-source heat pump.
Last year, broadcaster Lesley Riddoch and I ran a weekend writers’ workshop in the manse, and it proved to be a fine venue for what proved to be a lively event.
When I was doing the research, I sometimes had an evening meal at the Pierowall Hotel, consisting of haddock and chips and a pint of one of Orkney’s famed beers. Dark Island and Skullsplitter are my favourites.
You may remember that recent attempts were made to stop Orkney Brewery from selling a beer with the name Skullsplitter. The argument was that the title promoted violence. Fortunately, commonsense prevailed, and the historic Viking name, part of Orkney’s history, was preserved.
A few years ago, Skullsplitter beer, which is a fruity, 8.5% barley wine, was voted the best winter beer in the UK. This was a real coup for Orkney Brewery, which was up against companies 100 times its size.
The man after whom Skullsplitter is named was quite a guy. Earl Thorfinn, first Viking ruler of all Orkney, did not get his nickname because he was a gentle fellow.
If you were an innocent wee Pict going about your lawful business in Kirkwall in the 9th century, you would cross the road to avoid meeting Thorfinn the Skullsplitter. He wouldn’t be on his way to a Quaker meeting. If you got on the wrong side of him, he would offer you a radical cure for your headache. He would chop off your heid. None of this “I’m OK, you’re OK” nonsense for Mr Skullsplitter.
Another man worth avoiding was Eirik Bloodaxe. His nickname told you everything you needed to know. He was another who didn’t believe in win-win negotiations. It was always win-lose, with you losing.
Eirik’s daughter, Ragnhild, was even worse. She married the son of Earl Thorfinn. Yes, Thorfinn the Skullsplitter. So the Bloodaxes married into the Skullsplitter family. It wasn’t exactly a pacifist dynasty. (“Who is coming for dinner tonight, dear? Oh, the Bloodaxes. That’ll be nice.”)
Ragnhild murdered three husbands before they twigged that something funny was going on. Those who think that the world would be a more peaceable place if women were in charge should read the Orkneyinga Saga to cure themselves of that illusion.
Frakokk, wife of Ljot the Renegade, made a poisoned shirt to kill her sister Helga’s son, as part of another game of happy royal families. (“Try this on, dear. It’ll fit you like a glove.”)
Unfortunately, another punter put it on by mistake and went straight to the happy hunting ground.
These were cheery Viking days. In order to pass the dark winter days, people played a primitive game of rugby, using a severed Scottish head as a ball. This is believed (by the Orkney tourist people) to be the origin of the Ba’ Game between the Uppies and the Doonies which is played even now in the streets of Kirkwall on Christmas and New Year’s Day.
What insipid times we live in nowadays: we cure headaches by means of aspirin. How boring.
We have spindoctors leaking quiet malice instead of doing the honest thing by sticking a poisoned shirt on an enemy. And nowadays, our names tell people nothing. Gordon Brown. David Cameron. Mark McGhee. Not like Magnus Bare-legs, Einar Belly-Shaker, Arni-Pinleg, Botof the Stubborn, Halfdan Longleg, Olaf Tit-bit, Sigurd the Fake-Deacon and all the other crazed characters who limp or slaughter their way through the Orkney sagas.
Sigurd the Fake-Deacon probably got himself voted Moderator of Orkney Presbytery.
These were the days when men were men, and women were shirt-makers to royalty. Life wasn’t boring – it was just short. Just when you thought you’d got life in Kirkwall sussed, Thorfinn the Skullsplitter crossed the road in order to have the kind of rapid conversation that did your heid in.
Aye, people had more fun in the old days. They might have been poor, but they were never bored. Not when guys like Eirik Bloodaxe were treading the Earth.
These were men you could look up to, probably because they tended to be very tall. There was more discipline, as well, when Thorfinn and Eirik were free to give you a clip around the lug, or even chop your lug off. No interfering social workers, then.
There was also more respect for authority and royalty. You would always call a man like Stary-Eyed the Horrible “sir”. OK, I just made that name up, but you get my drift.
That kind of society also saved a fortune by not having law courts and soft stuff like that. Thorfinn or Eirik simply decapitated the troublemakers. That taught the cheeky sods a lesson.
Nor did Kirkwall have the expense of looking after the elderly. The cut-off point, so to speak, was about 30.
Ah, the good old days.
On my last evening on Westray, I realised at the end of the meal that I’d left my wallet at home. This was a little embarrassing.
I offered to leave my mobile phone and my copy of the P&J and drive home to get the money. The man in charge would have none of it. Just drop the money in when you’re going to the ferry tomorrow, he said.
Now that’s what I call civilised. In the Viking days, Eirik Bloodaxe might have been the owner of the inn, and I might have lost the heid completely. That’s what it means to live at the cutting edge.
Ah well, maybe the old days weren’t quite so good after all.
Church Family
Deaths of church members:
Elma Smith
Mary Hewitt
Sandy Blacklaws
John Alston
Jean Richardson
Baptism:
19 July Abbie Lynn Cameron
Weddings in St. Leonard’s:
6 June Joanne Lawson and Craig MacPherson
20 June Glenn Taylor and Rob Paterson
17 July Tina Morrison and Craig Connor
8 August Susan Mitchell and Barry Baynton
19 September Gillian Donoghue and Dalon McKay
26 September Laila Liekne and Mark Lacey
Rev Roy and Dr Jane Dodman
78, Barbican Road
Kingston 6, Jamaica
Email: royjanedodman@hotmail.co.uk
September 2009
Dear Friends,
We thought that the theme of Celebrations would be a suitable one, particularly given the personal, local, national and international challenges facing us at this time.
Celebrating in Scotland
We have recently returned from our holiday in Scotland and England. As always, we enjoyed meeting and sharing with family and friends and returned to Jamaica re-energised. We were able to arrange our visit to Edinburgh to coincide with the Sunday when Stockbridge Parish Church was celebrating with our friends Jim and Irene Wilkie on the occasion of their Golden Wedding and the fiftieth anniversary of Jim’s ordination. Jim worked for the then Board of World Mission of the Church of Scotland and in the 1980s, as the area secretary for Jamaica, made a significant impact on our ability to do our work effectively. We continue to appreciate Jim and Irene’s friendship and counsel. It was a pleasure to share in their service and congregational lunch. We also welcomed the opportunity on the following day to meet and share first at Balerno with some friends from our Edinburgh partner congregations and then later in the day with the Jamaica Education Support (JES) directors and their spouses. We value the continuing care and support from these friends and others of you across Scotland and England.
Celebrating Jamaican Athletics
Since our return, we have been celebrating with friends and colleagues the success of the Jamaican athletes at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin. We had the opportunity to see Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell run at Crystal Palace whilst we were staying with David and Vicky. As soon as Usain approached the track, the crowd erupted and the Jamaican flags all around the stadium were waved even more enthusiastically. His relaxed demeanour, his dance moves and his whole personality have done much to endear him to the world and he inspires the Jamaican team.
We wrote last year of the euphoria surrounding the Jamaican athletes’ success at the Beijing Olympics. This was surpassed with even more medals in Berlin – 7 gold, 4 silver and 2 bronze. Shelley-Ann Fraser and Melaine Walker repeated their achievements from Beijing in the 100 metres and 400 metres hurdles respectively, Usain won the 100 and 200 metre sprints again and Brigitte Foster-Hylton won the 100 metre hurdles.
Finally, there were team gold medals in both the women’s and men’s 4x100 metre relays. We were delighted that Asafa, former world record holder in the 100 metres, finally won an individual major championship medal. Many other Jamaican athletes reached the finals of their events in Berlin. It was a wonderful team effort.
Much has been written about the reasons for this success. Such achievements do not come easily or overnight. In the past, our successful athletes trained abroad, often on track scholarships to US colleges and universities. Now many of the athletes train locally. The international media have visited the annual high schools’ track competition, which is followed with the same passion and similar crowds as at a major international event.
The BBC World News showed footage of crowds celebrating at Half Way Tree in the centre of Kingston at the conclusion of the games in Berlin.
The success is a tribute to the dedication of many trainers and organisers of athletics meets for children and young people from their primary school years through to the tertiary level. These persons give of their time, energy and resources to enable participants to reach their potential in athletics. The fact that Jamaica has a small population and very limited resources makes this success even more remarkable. It is only one example of how Jamaicans are able to overcome many difficulties and still excel. We have frequently written and spoken about the negative self-image that debilitates many Jamaicans. Consequently, the success of our athletes internationally promotes a stronger sense of personal and national self-worth.
Celebrating at the International University of the Caribbean (IUC)
During our first week back at work, we shared in the orientation for new and returning students at IUC across Jamaica. Jane attended a special orientation at our new location just outside Port Antonio, a small town on the north-east coast in one of the least developed parishes in Jamaica. Residents have very few educational opportunities beyond high school and the University is making a difference by offering diplomas and degrees, mainly in the field of education.
In the past, we offered our classes in a local school. We have
recently acquired our own property, a large house (see picture above right) with two smaller houses in the same grounds. We gained access to the property three days before orientation and the staff team worked tirelessly over the weekend to prepare the rooms so that we could hold orientation there on the Monday. The excitement amongst staff and students (see picture right) was evident at orientation. Much hard work is required to increase the student population and the range of programmes offered here as well as to raise the funds to pay for the property. However, we are confident that the same spirit which inspires our athletes will inspire staff, students, alumni and others to make a success of this new and exciting venture.
Celebrating amidst the Challenges
We began by celebrating achievements. We think that they are even more impressive, given the challenges that Jamaica is facing. Jamaica’s major foreign exchange earners have been negatively impacted by the world financial crisis: compared with 2008, remittances (money sent by family and friends abroad) are down by 17%; tourism earning have fallen by 12% and there is news this week of the closure of a large Spanish owned hotel, only opened in 2007 as part of a drive to increase tourism earnings; and bauxite/alumina production has dropped by 50% this year, following the closure of three bauxite plants. The accompanying effect on local communities of the downturn in the tourism and bauxite sectors is not taken into consideration in these figures. In these three areas, Jamaica is adversely affected by the global climate and brave local initiatives can only slightly reduce the pain.
Celebrating Life
We conclude by sharing with you the news of the recent death of Rev Sam Smellie, former General Secretary of the United Church. Sam and his wife, Norma, a commissioned worker in the United Church, are known to some of you. Sam visited Scotland on several occasions and hosted international partners visiting Jamaica.
The service of thanksgiving and celebration for Sam’s life was a testimony to some of the ways in which he pioneered the Jamaicanisation of the church. Sam valued the relationships with partner churches, including the Church of Scotland and sought ways for people like us to feel valued contributors to the ministry and mission of the church. At the same time, he believed firmly in the necessity for Jamaica to produce and nurture her own leaders.
We think that the ability of Jamaica’s athletes to overcome the barriers of poverty and scarce resources mirrors the way in which Sam Smellie helped to lead the church to transcend its limitations and to create a vibrant, indigenous fellowship. This same spirit is clearly seen in IUC’s response to the current challenges.
We celebrate the way our athletes, Sam and IUC responded and continue to respond with faith, grace, charm and good humour!
We send our good wishes to you as you resume activities after the summer break.
Jane and Roy