A chance to reflect on what makes our communities tick

A wee advert for an event that I think will be very interesting. The speaker, Rev Joe Naika, a South African Presbyterian, has been ministering in Leith for around 3 years and is due to head back to South Africa in a few months. He says that it's been an interesting experience to come from a country that is around 80% Christian because of at least in part, the work of Scots missionaries, to Scotland because of a shortage of ministers in Scotland...

His talk is about much more than that but the influence of faith on very different communities is a key point of reference.

scottish churches parliamentary office annual lecture

"From Xaba to Leith:
Communities in Scotland and South Africa and What Makes Them Tick"
Rev Joseph Naika

17 September 2008
at 7pm

in the Scottish Storytelling Centre
43-45 High St, Edinburgh, EH1 1SR
refreshments and conversation to follow
rsvp to rosemary@actsparl.org (0131 558 8137