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DAVID LUNAN
We’ve much to thank him for. He encouraged us to come to what was then his church, Renfield St Stephen’s, to start LAST NIGHT OUT (the event that preceded and out of which HOLY CITY grew). That was 20 years ago, and he has been a frequent, regular attender at both these events, offering quiet words of encouragement, support and telling bad jokes about priests, prayer and pensioners. Now the Church of Scotland has chosen him to be Moderator for the coming year. We salute such a fine choice of appointment. At a recent event, and just before he took up his position, we passed on our congratulations, dress tips, hints on table manners, jokebooks etc. A fine man and another fine mess he’s got himself into...
SECOND DUTCH BOOK
Our friends in the Netherlands are at it again. ‘Oopstaan!’ (translation: ‘Rise up!’) will contain around 50 WGRG songs in translation, with a few others from around the world.
JAMIE
As part of her WGRG remit has taken to modelling (an admirable commitment to all things creative, Holy City and Art!). Indeed, not only modelling but moulding and moulded, as she consented to being sculpted (with the protection of cling film). She has been immortalised in sellotape, and stuffed with newspaper by our resident artist, Jo Love. As you can see in the image (below), even when giving her all for art, the possibility of proclaiming the Word is never neglected. Her sermon (on the first chapter of Matthew) lasted the entire 7 hours 23 minutes that it took Jo to complete the last. Jamie even managed to fit in a psalm of approach, a prayer of intercession, and some glossolalia too...
