Christian Education: Scottish Highland Games
Sunday, September 12th we will be having our own Scottish Highland Games to celebrate the start of our children/youth/and adult program year. Meet in the fellowship hall at 9:45 to kick off our program year with games for all ages.
Sunday, September 19th adults will meet with Dr. Bragan at 9:00am in the Fellowship Hall for our book study /review of Christ of the Celts by J. Philip Newell. Be sure to let Dr. Bragan know if you would like a copy of the book. Children and Youth will meet Rosie Robinson in the youth building at 9:00 for their activities.
We will worship at 11:00 am with bagpipes and tartans and conclude our celebration after worship in the Fellowship Hall for a tasting of a Scottish meal.
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Here are more interesting Scottish facts.
When did Scotland become Presbyterian? 1689 Charles I, who ruled Scotland and England, preferred the episcopal form, while the Scottish people insisted on the presbyterian form. The struggle was long and complicated, but, when William and Mary became the English monarchs in 1689, Presbyterianism was permanently established in Scotland by constitutional act.
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SOME THINGS SCOTS SEE AS NORMAL BUT THE REST OF THE WORLD DEEMS SLIGHTLY WEIRD:
• Calling soft drinks juice. If someone offers you a glass of juice, you may want to check to see what they really mean
• Square sausages and triangular potato scones – geometric shapes for breakfast
• Ceilidhs or wild dance brawls - as one high schooler Dayna McAlpine tweeted “I have left all my non-scottish pals mindblown that PE at Christmas was country dancing – just jigging aboot and hurling each other around a hall....”
• Singing Loch Lomond at the end of every wedding
• At a certain age, many Scots suddenly just take up hill walking: Hangovers, early mornings and the thought of strenuous exercise - nothing seems to be able to put Scots off a spot of Munro-bagging when the notion takes them.
• Don’t mess with Irn-Bru – there was almost a national day of mourning when Barr’s removed some of the sugar content from their original Irn-Bru recipe.
• In Scotland, its customary to try and fit a full meal in a pie – for instance the delightful Macaroni Pie or Haggis Pakora and then there is the favorite – Irn-Bru pulled pork.
• And of course, Hogmanay is more important than Christmas. The fact that Christmas was technically banned in Scotland for almost 400 years has meant that Hogmanay has become the pre-eminent holiday for many Scots.
https://scottishheritageusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/7-2021-JULY.pdf