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research snippets On 30th March we’ll be presenting the findings of two of our big research projects at the Building Resilience, Enhancing Wellbeing: Spiritual Care and Community Assets conference in Perth Concert Hall. This will be a chance to debate and contribute to the evidence in this area with research colleagues from Mowat Research, NHS Education and many others across Scotland. If this sounds like something you’d like to know more about we’d love to hear from you... Email: [email protected] ’’ Fire.Cloud EDITION 6 / FEBRUARY 2011 welcome... Hello and welcome to our first newsletter of the new year. We've had a happy combination of interesting research and innovative arts work going on at Fire.Cloud since our last installment. We've put together our calendar for 2011 and it's shaping up to be an exciting year. Watch out for forthcoming events including music, prayer, film and comedy (to mention just a little of what’s in store) as well as the usual opportunity for a party here and there. This month we are delighted to have been asked to contribute to the April edition of Open House Magazine, so watch out for that. Our film crew is also back in action this month catching footage of our various projects, so we’re all trying very hard to look busy! Wishing you a great New Year for 2011... Suzanne Bunniss Fire.Cloud Director contact Want to know more about Fire.Cloud stuff? • There’s loads of info at www.fire-cloud.org • Follow us on Twitter (Firecloud1) and Facebook (Fire.Cloud) • Finally, If you have any ideas, thoughts, or something you think we should hear about let us know at [email protected] Suzanne Bunniss newsletter introducing... NAME: Claire Ferguson ROLE AT FC: Hostess with the Mostest CLAIRE’S MOST MEMORABLE F.C MOMENT: “My favourite Fire.Cloud moment so far was ADVENTure 2010! It was an especially great year for me as I feel like I got a real confidence boost through the art of baking. Since ADVENTure began I have provided the home baking and served the hot chocolate, tea and coffee - and to me being able to make people happy through my baking was really rewarding. People were very generous with their compliments and in turn have encouraged me to experiment and continue baking for my family and friends.” F.C SAYS: “Claire is one of those wonderful people who never let you down. She has become part of the backbone of the ADVENTure team over the years and has developed the special role of baker extraordinaire. If an army marches on it's stomach, then Claire has kept us all moving with the incredible effort she puts into her role. More importantly the warmth, thoughtfulness and consideration she puts into looking after the people who come to ADVENTure is a reflection of the way she lives life. We couldn’t do without her. Thanks Claire!” want to get involved? With new ideas always springing up we’d like get even more people involved with our plans this year. Our projects require a lot of creative arts input (e.g. art, music, writing, dance) and many other skills (e.g. event planning, social media, promotions) to make it all happen. Over the coming months we’ll be giving details of this year’s volunteer internship programme and other ways to get involved. We’re hoping to recruit volunteers of all ages to give us the right combination of energy and experience! If you have some spare time this is an ideal chance to get involved, get creative and work with others to bring an idea to life. More details coming soon... intention of the month We are hearing about lots of people who are out of work or feeling anxious about their jobs for different reasons. Please pray with and for us that anyone experiencing uncertainty, unhappiness or difficulties in their working lives will find new opportunities soon. ‘‘ Are you telling me that you built a time machine... out of a DeLorean? Marty McFly, Back to the Future Quote submitted by Gerard Kelly! If you have a favourite quote let us know for our next newsletter. santa found us Coffee machines, mini-fridges, wine, chocolate, generous donations and your lovely cards left us completely spoiled over Christmas. You are so kind, we really can’t say a big enough thank you…but hey, let’s give it a try... 100 hearts Our next event is all heart! Where will you be on 23rd of March 2011 at 7pm? We'd be delighted if you are with us in St Margaret's church, Clydebank to participate in '100 hearts' as part of the Lentfest 2011 festival of faith and arts. We are looking for at least 100 people to join us that night for an evening of prayer, music and a chance to reflect on the things that are most important. If you have a busy life and sometimes wish for a small chance to feed your soul, then this will be an evening you'll enjoy. Bring friends, family or invite a group from your parish or school. There’s room for everyone. Email: [email protected] or check out our website www.100hearts.co.uk for more details. shout out!! We’ve had some wonderful folks getting in touch recently from, Ohio, New York, Kentucky, California and British Columbia, to hear more about what we’re up to at Fire.Cloud - a big hello to all of you! THANK YOU! plans for 2011 Our faith, arts and research work goes on in the background all year round but here’s a sneak preview of some upcoming events you might want to come along to or get involved with: March - 100 Hearts March - Building Resilience, Enhancing Wellbeing: Spiritual Care and Community Assets conference April - Launching ‘Purple Tuesday’ (regular drop-in prayers) May - Volunteer internship programme 2011 opens June - Releasing the Fire.Cloud film July - ‘Celebrating the Story’ community event in Easter Ross August - Fire.Cloud 3rd Birthday Party September/October - Faith and arts schools programme November – All Saints Day Concert December – ADVENTure 2011 More details for all these events as they come up throughout the year.
