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WHEN LIFE GETS HOT

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Many years ago, I was literally in a desert wilderness. A wise person with me on pilgrimage said, “It’s not what we do in the wilderness that matters, rather it’s what the wilderness does in me.” Here is a simple story to show what is meant by this. ... More

CHAPLAIN INVITED TO ROYAL GARDEN PARTY

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Geoff Findlay (Dundee City Chaplain) and his wife, Debbie, pictured with the Queen's Royal Bowman, when they.attended the Queen's Garden Party at Holyrood Palace last week. The Lord Provost of Dundee nominated Geoff and Debbie to receive an invitatio... More

COULD YOU BE OUR NEXT VOLUNTEER CHAPLAIN?

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Please use the attached poster to further promote this introduction session in your churches and places of worship. Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland Introduction Session Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland aims to meet people where they are - in the settin... More

Clyde Opera Goes Doon The Water

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Fancy a night at the opera? Clyde Opera Group are performing at Portland Church, Troon on Saturday 20th July at 7.30pm. Tickets, priced £10, are available at the door and include complimentary refreshments. All are welcome.

Keith Banks receives a standing ovation.....................

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Glasgow Airport’s Chaplain Keith Banks retires later this month. He received a standing ovation when he was presented with the Lifetime Contribution as a Frontline Employee Award at the Scottish Transpor... More

Use ALL Your Resources

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A young lad wanted to help in the garden so his dad gave him a job to do; to remove an old tree stump “using all the resources available to him”. He set to with gusto, and at the end of the day returned crestfallen. He had tried everything and u... More

West Chaplains say congratulations to Marion Perry........

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Cate Adams and some of the volunteer chaplains, including Jack Quinn, from the West had their Team meeting this week. This was a particularly special team meeting as it was the last one before Marion Perry gets married. We look forward to... More

Welcome to Edinburgh!

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Something in the news this week caught the eye of Chic Lidstone, Lead Chaplain (Support), and made him think about how life does not always work out the way we think it should. Here's Chic's comment : Did you see th... More

Ferryhill Parish Church, Friendship Team, make generous donation

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Ron Flett, Aberdeen City Centre Workplace Chaplain, was delighted to attend the service at Ferryhill Parish Church on Sunday (24th March) and share information about the work of Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland. During this service, Ron was prese... More

WPCS Chaplain - Hazel Brooks - Inspires Others

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Hazel Brooks, chaplain at Braehead Shopping Centre, has been described as an “inspiration” on International Women’s Day. The undernoted article appeared in the media last week. Inspirational Woman

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HOMELESS JESUS

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Monday, 29 January 2018

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The sculpture outside (behind the church) is cast in bronze and was first created in Canada by artist Timothy P Schmalz. Many copies have been made. They are installed in different cities all over the world. This is the first one in...

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Adam Plenderleith

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Thursday, 11 January 2018

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Breaking news: Our most recent volunteer chaplain in the West, Adam Plenderleith formerly a healthcare chaplain with the NHS has attracted the interest of one of our national newspapers! Adam, together with Rev Neil E Allison, has recently published ...

Wishing you a great 2018

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Tuesday, 09 January 2018

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There’s a well-known story of a chicken farmer who found an eagle’s egg. He put it in with his chickens and soon the egg hatched. The young eagle grew up with all the other chickens and whatever they did, the eagle did too, thinking it was...

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WPCS gets involved at Dundee Airport Airex 2017 exercise

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Wednesday, 27 September 2017

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Airex 2017 was a disaster exercise at Dundee Airport which tested the terminal buildings in use as a survivor and repatriation facility. WPCS worked in partnership with British Red Cross under the direction of Dundee Airport and Police Scotland...

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Cast all your votes for dancing!

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Wednesday, 20 September 2017

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Hafiz was a 14th century Persian poet who wrote this telling piece on depression. It is interesting to think that mental health and wellbeing is not necessarily a modern thing. This is particularly for the one in four of us who struggle with mental w...

A Bit Of A Let Down

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Tuesday, 15 August 2017

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As he was driving along a deserted country lane his car got a puncture. Easily sorted he thought; until he couldn’t find the jack. The evening sun was just setting and it was getting dark as he started to look for a farm where hopefully he could borr...

Alloa Firefighter recognised for his services to the community

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Monday, 17 July 2017

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Congratulations go to Alloa Firefighter, Alan Faulds BCA, who has been awarded the British Citizen Award for his services to the community. He and his local volunteer team have spearheaded a roadshow campaign for safer roads in Forth Valle...

Thermostat or Thermometer?

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Monday, 17 July 2017

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A thermostat sets the temperature while a thermometer records the temperature. “Oh, it’s hot in here”, says the thermometer, while the thermostat says it’s too hot in here and does something about it. Which are you? It’s an old question posed by a mu...

Supporting Workplace Chaplaincy Mission across the UK

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Monday, 03 July 2017

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Last month, Chic Lidstone (East Coast Area Organiser) took a trip to Derby to attend the Workplace Chaplaincy Missions UK (WCM UK) team leaders day. WCM UK has 500 members, with 22 teams, spread across the UK. There was a good representation of chapl...

A Generous Gift Appreciated

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Thursday, 22 June 2017

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Ron Flett, our Aberdeen based chaplain, received a very welcome gift on a recent visit to Marischal College, Aberdeen. He was handed an envelope containing a cash donation to WPCS. This was received from an anonymous donor so we were unable to ...

Work Place Chaplaincy Scotland Blog

WHEN LIFE GETS HOT

CHAPLAIN INVITED TO ROYAL GARDEN PARTY

COULD YOU BE OUR NEXT VOLUNTEER CHAPLAIN?

Clyde Opera Goes Doon The Water

Keith Banks receives a standing ovation.....................

Use ALL Your Resources

West Chaplains say congratulations to Marion Perry........

Welcome to Edinburgh!

Ferryhill Parish Church, Friendship Team, make generous donation

WPCS Chaplain - Hazel Brooks - Inspires Others

HOMELESS JESUS

Adam Plenderleith

Wishing you a great 2018

WPCS gets involved at Dundee Airport Airex 2017 exercise

Cast all your votes for dancing!

A Bit Of A Let Down

Alloa Firefighter recognised for his services to the community

Thermostat or Thermometer?

Supporting Workplace Chaplaincy Mission across the UK

A Generous Gift Appreciated

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