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Contact DetailsFeel free to contact Norrie at anytime.Email:cantybay@gmail.com Mobile phone (and text) 07799 383295 or +447799 383 295 Address: 21 Grigor Avenue, Edinburgh, EH4 2PQ Return to index. |
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The Back Room Trust.
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The whole idea behind the Back Room is about supporting national Christian workers in poor countries. Usually these people are working with children. So it's Tanzanians working in Tanzania; Latvians working in Latvia, and so on. These people are often doing the Master's work, and getting paid very small wages. And sometimes they are not getting paid at all. People who have a passion to tell children about Jesus often do so at great personal cost.
Why 'Trust'? We are registerd as a Scottish charity (Number SC040075). This allows us to get Gift Aid added to money donated by individuals who pay tax in the UK. |
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Recent News and Prayer Points.
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| We produce occasional Prayer Letters. The next one should be produced in early January 2012. If you would like a copy of the latest one please get in touch. :: Contact details:: |
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That feeling of impotence.
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| The problems of the world are overwhelming. They seem so vast that all too often we feel there is nothing we can do. May I respectfully disagree? It seems to me that we should all start with the things right in front of us. Then it's possible there could be a ripple effect and great progress might be achieved. |
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Projects we support.
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Scripture Union Latvia SU Latvia is run by a handful of part time staff who work full time hours, plus  a few volunteers. One of their key activities is running camps for children and young people,
mosty in the summer months. We support camps in Latvia by sending money to assist poor children with their fees and sometimes we send experienced leaders to help out.Occasionally we have been asked to help with leader
training. We also support the staff in several ways.
A Family Orphanage in Ukraine
Scripture Union in Zanzibar
Scripture Union in Mbeya Tanzania |
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Support.
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| I would never ask you for anything for myself, but when it comes to our Christian brothers and sisters who are so much worse off than we are, then I have no problems. If you were to support the Back Room what would you get? Well in all honesty, at first sight you don't get a lot . The whole point is that we remain in the Back Room. We hope they will not really know who we are; other than a group of God’s people supporting another group of God’s people in a far away place. You’ll get a report from time to time but the big thing is you will have the 100% knowledge that because you give in this way children in these countries are hearing about Jesus - and there is just nothing better to do - on the planet - ever. |
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How to make donations.
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As we want to support our brothers and sisters on a regular basis, we would really like you to give on a regular basis - to be blunt!! Of course a one off donation would be very welcome; we would make very good use of it. So . . . . . .
One off donations. Regular donations. A word about Gift Aid. Receipts.
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Children's Ministry Ukraine.
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A house in Rzhyshchiv We are building a large house in Ukraine to be used as a family orphanage. Ukraine: Until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991 it was an important More than half of the population speak Russian as their first language and those who speak Ukrainian tend to be those in rural and poorer areas. The dominant religion is Russian Orthodox Christianity, and this has heavily influenced their architecture, literature and music. Ukraine has a long and proud history. Children In the west children are valued, protected and cherished by their families, society and the culture. In Ukraine children have economic value as workers on the land and so there is a tradition of large families in rural areas. However the consequence of this is that if children become an economic burden on a family they are often ejected and abandoned. They are not orphans as we would define that term, rather unwanted and unloved. This has led to a proliferation of The government of Ukraine has a poorly publicised scheme to get children out of these institutions into Family Orphanages. The idea being that anyone, after approval and training, can open up their home to up to 10 of these children on, what we would recognise as a long term fostering arrangement. A small allowance is paid for each child. Children's Ministry Ukraine So with money miraculously provided a large house is nearing completion in a village called Rzhyshchiv about 50 miles from Kiev. Don’t worry the locals can’t pronounce it either! It is supposed to sound like a horse sneezing! The ‘parents’ are Simeon and Asia Ewing. Simeon is from Muir of Ord on the Black Isle and Asia (Ass -ia) is from Poland, and they have a young daughter called Amelia (the ‘e’ pronounced as in ‘egg’). Finance |
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Hudson Taylor - my hero..
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Of all the biographies I have read, the life of this man, a missionery to China, is probably the most impressive. What a life of service. What God can do with one wee man committed to Him. The following are quotes from his life or thoughts I had as I read it.
>It is not a great faith that we need, it is a realisation that the faith we do have is in a great God. (Stop reading and go away and think about that for a while.) >He said “God cannot lie, God cannot mislead you, God cannot fail” – not “does not” – a great man may rarely lie, mislead or fail. But God CANNOT. >He said “God and God alone is my hope, I need no other . . . . . I am determined to trust in God.” . . . . In my deepest heart I believe that and have that determination, but somehow it gets diluted by the world I live in. >He said it is important to learn “to move men, through God, by prayer alone.” >His attitude to money was how I believe it should be. He determined never to appeal for funds or to have a “collection” taken. He determined never to incur a debt. [At another time I read about the life of George Muller who was an Austrian who developed homes for thousands of street children in the Bristol area. He never asked anyone for money and yet never reached zero. On one occasion just before breakfast his staff came to him and told him there was not enough food to get through the day. They suggested that the children be given half of what they had for breakfast and half for lunch. He said ‘no’ and instructed that they serve a full breakfast and then, after breakfast, they would have a prayer meeting. This they did. Not long before lunch time his staff came again, asking what to do. There was now no food. ‘Lay the tables anyway’ he instructed. This they did. As the children were assembling for lunch, before a very nervous staff, a van drove up with exactly the right number of hot pies for everyone. Had they come any earlier they would have been cold by the time the children came to eat them. Anyway; back to Hudson Taylor . . . . >His attitude to people’s qualification for the Lord’s service was as I believe it should be. He did not think much formal education was necessary. He said “the most important spiritual quality needed was an unshakable conviction that there is a faithful God . . . . . coupled with an ability and willingness to trust Him.” >He expected things to be hard. He said that the cost of following Jesus would always be great. His daughter died in the work in China. As he sat by her bed he said “our heart and flesh fail, but God is the strength of our heart”. Later he said “I shall never more feel the pressure of that little hand . . . . . And yet she is not lost. I would not have her back again. The Gardner came and plucked a rose.” >He expected to stand alone at times and experience the sneers and even opposition of good, godly men. He said “China is not to be won for Christ by quiet ease-loving men and women.” >He realised that real happiness does not come from striving, effort, longing, hoping or struggling; instead it comes from abiding in Jesus through grace. He said “I realise that He is able to carry out His will and His will is mine . . . . . I have not to make myself a branch, the Lord tells me I am a branch. I am part of Him, and have just to believe it.” TRUST >At a time when he was gravely ill he said “In the Master’s presence the servants only responsibility, and his sweetest joy, is to obey.”OBEY >He asked “Is anything of value in Christ’s service which costs little?” >He believed in work and “unwasted days”. >He said “Depend upon it; God’s work, done in God’s way, will never lack God’s supplies” >Later in life, when he had become famous, and was asked to preach, he spoke little of China and mostly about the beauty and glory of Jesus. >On guidance . . . . He said “It is first about prayer and then about common sense.”
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Resources for Godly Play Click here to find out more about Godly Play. or just Google 'Godly Play' . . .it's international! Scroll down to find out what we offer. |
In the Back Room (Find out more about "the Back Room") we can produce most of the "toys" required for the various Godly Play lessons. We can also provide underlays, baskets, cords, candles and other items, however you will probably find it less expensive to buy these yourself. The following are a few samples of what we produce.
Noah's Ark with removable deck, door, ramp, several pairs of animals, a dove, a raven, Noah and his wife.
The items are hand made. The quality of our work is good but not flawless.
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Why 'Back Room'?
These people are, as it were, in the front line, or the front shop. The plan is to
remain in the back room, quietly supporting them.
who is the SU Staff Worker on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar.
We paid for him to go on a training course for teachers and Leaders. Now he spends a lot of his time visiting teachers and leader of various denominations on the island, to improve their skills. He also runs several clubs and Children's Bible Groups himself.
purpose centre with a kindergarten, vocational training, camping, a dispensary, etc; so there are dormitories, classrooms a large playing field and much else besides. When we started it was just a maize field.
registered charities. If you pay tax, we can claim back the tax you have paid on the money you donate. It works
out at 25% extra on every payment - big or small. So if you give £100 - we can claim a further £25. All you
have to do is sign the certificate box in the middle panel of our form; and that is once and for all.
in Europe. It has borders with seven other countries most notably Russia, Poland and several of the poorest countries in the world. To the south lies the Black Sea.
part of Soviet Russia; consequently much of the culture is Russian. There are two cities with special status: Kiev, its capital and largest city, and Sevastopol, which houses the Russian Black Sea Fleet under a leasing agreement.
huge state run orphanages. These places are bleak and cold, with hundreds of children crammed into overcrowded facilities although they are broadly clean and the children are sufficiently nourished.
Advent cards
Bethlehem (base and
Tabernacle with outer fence, tabernacle walls and curtains, four covers (not shown), and furnishings (8) including a priest and a bull.
The scale is small, but fairly accurate to give correct impression. Larger pictures of the furnishings are provided to show detail.
Lots of parables available.