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DOWNLOADS AND RESOURCES

Resources for Guild events

The following events and resources are available for Guild members and office bearers:
Theme and Topic Days
Project Co-ordinators' Conference
Educational Representatives' Conference
Council Conveners' Conference
The Guild Annual Meeting
Guild Week

General resources

You can also download general resources:
Guild logo
Dedication service
Theme guide - music
Theme guide - speakers' notes
Initiative Fund
Helpful list of suggested speakers

Please note that all resources are available in Word [.doc], rich text [.rtf] and text only [.txt] formats.

Events and resources

Theme and Topic Day

The Guild's training days are run annually to help encourage local leaders and to provide them with assistance and ideas to promote the Guild's current theme.

For further information contact Fiona Punton, information officer.

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Project Co-ordinators' Conference

This conference is run annually for Presbyterial Council Project co-ordinators to bring them up to date with progress of the Guild projects and provide them with new information and material with which to promote them. The next conference will be on:
Thursday 23rd April 2009
10.30am to 3.30pm
St Cuthbert's Parish Church, Edinburgh

Further information and resources are available from Fiona Punton, information officer.

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Educational Representatives' Conference

This conference is run to help and inspire Guild 'ed reps' in their role. The next conference will be held on Saturday 25 April 2009
at the head office of the Scottish Bible Society

Further information is available from Fiona Punton, information officer.

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Council Conveners' Conference

This conference provides an opportunity for presbyterial council conveners to meet together and exchange ideas. A valuable chance to keep up to date with all that's happening in the Guild. The next conference will be on Thursday 28 May 2009 at the Church Offices

Further information is available from Fiona Punton, Information Officer

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The Guild Annual Meeting

The Guild Annual Meeting 2009 will be held on Saturday 5 September 2009 in the Caird Hall, Dundee. Further details have yet to be announced.

Contact the information officer here for more details.

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Guild Week

This annual event in the Guild calendar aims to inspire local Guilds to promote the work of the organisation throughout their communities. Our resources for 2008 and for the previous years are listed here in order to help build up a library of resources, and includes information, news and suggestions.

Click here to read about Guild Week 2008
Click here to read about Guild Week 2007

Click here to read about Guild Week 2006
Click here to read about Guild Week 2005
Click here to read about Guild Week 2004

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General resources

Guild logo

A copy of the Guild logo is available to enhance your group or church's publicity material.
Guild logo and link to high resolution version To obtain a copy you can email Fiona Punton, information officer, or click here to open the image in a new browser window. Once open, simply 'right click' to save to your own computer.

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Dedication service

At the beginning of each new session it is common for Guilds to hold a service of re-dedication. The complete service can be downloaded here.

Download the dedication service guides:

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[.doc]
(76KB)
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[.rtf]
(67KB)
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[.txt]
(18KB)
 

 

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Theme guide 2006 - music

Music to accompany the song written especially for the theme, Honouring the Body, is available as an electronic download, or on disk. Please contact Fiona Punton, information officer here for more details.

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Theme guide 2006 to 2009- speakers' notes

The following are handy notes and guidelines to give to speakers who are invited to talk about our themes.

Note that additional, supplementary material is available. Please contact Fiona Punton, information officer here for more details.

Download Let's Live:
He restores my soul notes:
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[.doc]
(37KB)
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[.rtf]
(17KB)
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[.txt]
(7KB)
 
Download Let's Live:
Think on these things notes:
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[.doc]
(34KB)
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[.rtf]
(15KB)
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[.txt]
(7KB)
 
Download Let's Live: Honouring the Body notes: word icon
[.doc]
(34KB)
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[.rtf]
(13KB)
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[.txt]
(7KB)
 


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Initiative Fund

Further details about this fund, and how to apply for grants, are available below.

Download the fund guidelines:
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[.doc]
(32KB)
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[.rtf]
(44KB)
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[.txt]
(2KB)
 

 

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List of speakers

A helpful resource, this lists some suggestions for speakers at a Guild meeting.

Download the list of speakers:
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[.doc]
(76KB)
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[.rtf]
(42KB)
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[.txt]
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In this section

Introduction
Welcome to the Guild's extranet pages

Minutes and meeting dates
Read the latest minutes available online and find out about forthcoming meetings

Downloads and resources
A range of information and resources to download specifically for Guild members and office bearers

Private administration area
Password protected administration area

Contact details
Committee members and contact information


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