Movement 102

Go away!
l: SClvt's annual retreat will from 18-20
June at same place as last year:
Bainesbury House, 'somewhere near Bath'.
It promises to be a mellow weekend
amongst scenic surroundin$s: full of
communal cooking, walks and frisbee and
impromptu worship. lt costs €,1O plus
shared food bill.
ll: wscr-Europe organises conferences for
students across Europe. lts motto is: "The
bible in one hand and a newspaper in the
other"; it is also committed to pioneering
ecumenical work at a time when the
churches seem almost ready to give it up.
There are two main ways to be involved:
one is by attending a conference as a
delegate. Another is to get involved by
planning an event (being on a Prepoom).
You will be asked to represent British SCM,
which means having some background
knowledge, being prepared to answer
questions and - mostly importantly - taking
a drink from your native country for the
cultural evening.
Recent events have been in Belarus,
Romania and France. Travel is reimbursed;
the conference fee is negotiable. However
often the information rarely comes in time
to approach people with much warning. lf
you would be interested in attending such
an event pass your name to the SCM's
national office.
lll: far less likely but still not impossible:
the students of Togolese SCM invite you to
Publications
Body building
Movement publicatlons ls startingwork on the next resource. lt
will be on "the body" and will contain reflections, workshops,
discusslon sta,ters. lt will look at ideas of disability, healing,
beauty, health, sexuality. Will the church ever strike a healthy
balance among body, mind and spirit? Su*gestions on how
to approach these topics are welcome: drop a line to
movemag@aol.com.
Previous resources have included The Crying Game (on
West Africa. They are organising a two-week
international camp (starting on August 6th)
with an informal two week exposure tour
after this. lt costs $300. NB - Togo is
French-speaking but most students speak
English.
Contact Ruben Lawson-Lartego, who is
currently studying in Britain, at
eap987@reading.ac.uk
Sowing the seeds...
lf are involved in running a local SCM or are
thinking of setting one up this is for you.
The 1999 Training Event in September, just
before the new academic year, will explore
your hope and fears of group work:
planning worship, building group identity
and running and facilitating meetings. And
the venue (St Clarat Youth Retreat Centre,
Huntingdon) has both bed and showers.
Surely an SCM first.
Thank you Graham
February 6th saw the demise of Scottish
SCM as a separate body. lt was a sad but
necessary day: Glasgow and Edinburgh are
currently the only groups meeting regularly.
A special thank you must be said to Graham
Monteith; the 'Dr Rev' worked patiently and
against-the-odds as the Honourary
Secretary for 3 years. He is now devoting his
time to the disability movement. And also a
mention should made of the many Senior
Friends for their behind-thescenes
work.
oV
Poorts
Death), No More Mr Nice Guy and Just Love. They are known for their
accessibility and word-of-mouth popularity. Expect publication of next one late in 2000.
Movement gets funky...
Since the editorial offtce moved to Glasgow, Movement seems t0 have acquired a club-night in its honour.
Keeps reading and you too could have a haircut like that... and it doubles as a portable filing system too.
Eurotrash
Aneweditionof Mozaik, thesomewhatsporadicmagazinefromWSCF(Europe),is
out. WSCFIs anelwork
ofSCMs or equivalent froups across the world; the pan-European magazine was founded in 1994 by
former Movement editor and self-confessed matazine freak Michael Feakes.
ln the current issue there are articles on images of student
activism from the 60s (Pratue, Paris) and the nineties. lt
MOZAIK
Magazine of the World Student
Christian Federation (Europe Region)
contains a survey of Easter celebrations from across Europe.
lncludintthis tem from the Czech Republic: "0n Monday, all
the men make themselves a sorl of whip from willow
branches. 0n the top they add ribbons for decoration. They
chase the females and, as they run, the males give them 'stroke! on their backsidesl' Ihis ls perhaps the
best way to persuade Tory MPs that European integration is no bad thing.
Mozaik 99 is available from the Bimingham office, with a 38p SAE.
One of those strange offers that passes
through the office and is of relevance to
those with an interest in church music or
organ playing: a good while ago Stephen
Rhys and King Palmer wrote a book called
The ABC of Church Music. (H&S 1967). Mrs
Rhys has an excessive number of these
books in her house and is kindly offering
them free of charge to any one who is
interested. The ABC of Church Music is
described as "[a] practical book for anyone
having anything to do with worship, singing
and organ music. lt discusses the place of
music in worship, the nature, performance
and accompaniment of hymns, chants and
plain song." lt is now out of print but
available for the price of postage (f.1.00
worth of stamps). lf you would like a copy,
contact Carrie in the office who will put you
in touch.
Stephen M atth ews, SCM's membership
worker, has just been given an Millennium
Award by CAFOD. Well done sir! He will
travel to South Africa for three weeks in the
Autumn to look at various social projects. lt
is "a fact-finding and publicity mission" and
he's hoping migiht be able to arrange
afternoon tea with Ne/son Mandela.
Hopefully this experience will feed back into
his work with SCM on his return.
Congratulations also go to Norwegian SCM,
one of the largest
Y,I
in Europe, who
have just
celebrated their
rel
100th birthday.
Regional Secretary
Andreas Havinger
writes: "Under the
title Across A//
Borders, the celebration began on Tuesday
16 February and ended with a festive
worship service in Oslo Cathedral the
following Sunday. ln between there were
parties, concerts, cabaret, the SCM's
regular Friday liturgy and a reception for
several hundred students, past and
present. Highlights were an updated version
of the SCM's techno-mass, celebrated in an
Oslo club and turning one of SCM's offices
into a caf6 for the duration of the
celebrations."
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