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COSY Coffee House
Over the past months one of the COSY youth groups has been planning this weekly activity for young people in the 11-16 age group. For us in Holytown and new Stevenston: Wrangholm Kirk. 'COSY' means Caring, Outreach, Support and Youth. However, for the Church of Scotland at large, COSY means 'Church of Scotland Youth'! The COSY Coffeehouse is a national programme for young people that we are taking on here. It involves purchasing a starter box which includes mugs and coffee. We then invite young people along for a very informal evening where they can talk, enjoy one of the activities on offer, or simply listen to music. Spread the word around - this will be worth coming to!
Cosycoffehouse - You're invited to come and join us for coffee. Meet your friends, chat, chill and sample good coffee and good sounds. In the process you II have the chance to change the world. Cosycoffeehouse - join us and show you've got good taste.
Queens Award
This is Christine Boyd's account of what she did to be awarded the highest award in the Girls' Brigade, the Queens Award.
"I'm just going to give you an overview of what was involved over the two years prior to me gaining my Queens Award.
"The Queens Award is divided into five steps.
"Step one of the award was the social service, which involved me participating in six months' voluntary service to the community. This involved me going to Leslie House Residential Care Home for 2 hours per week on either a Saturday or a Sunday. Whilst at the care home some of the activities I was involved in included serving meals, playing games with the residents, reading newspapers to small groups and generally socialising with the residents. I enjoyed this aspect of the award the most because I always get a sense of satisfaction when working with the older adult.
"The second step of the award was a written exam. The exam was based upon several topics. These were, The Monarchy, the National Flag, National General Government, the Scottish Parliament, the European Community, European Union, United Nations and Human Rights. Personally I found this part of the award most challenging and time consuming because I had no interest in the topics and I had to do a lot of studying and extra reading.
"The next step was a written assignment on a topic of my choice - however it had to have between 6,000 and 8,000 words.
"After debating the subject for my assignment I chose to do my assignment on dementia reaching a word count of 7,979 words. I chose to do the assignment on dementia because it was something I had an interest in and I also felt that the topic related to my voluntary service and current nursing studies. The assignment included an overview of dementia as a whole and then focussed on four types of dementia. It also contained a personal case study. 1 enjoyed all the aspects of the assignment from research and interviews to typing and completing it.
"Step four involved two initiative tasks.
"The first task involved teaching a craft to some of the junior section at 1st Bellshill Girls' Brigade.
"The second task involved going back to 1st Bellshill Girls' Brigade and having a discussion based upon Brigade Knowledge with Janey Goodall who is the Divisional Commissioner.
"Finally the last step of the Queen's Award was the final assessment. This was12 different interviews each lasting 3 minutes. The interviews were questions related to the Girls' Brigade and Christian Growth. Some of the interviews' topics included the history of the Girls' Brigade, the make up from the church to the International Council, and all the position holders from Motherwell Division to the International Council.
"Personally I felt under a lot of pressure at this stage of the award because the end was in sight. However, after the interviews l felt a sense of completion.
"I now just want to take a few moments to thank my family the captain, officers and girls of the company, the Minister and members of the church, Commissioner Goodall, and everyone else for the support and encouragement I received over the past two years. It was very much appreciated!"
Christine Boyd
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