Great Day For a BBQ

The weather during our trip to Glasgow was unique. June in Glasgow is a different animal from June in Chicago! We experienced several days of very nice weather, but the temperature would have topped out in the high 60s or low 70s. When the clouds and rain rolled in mid-week, it got quite chilly. This was the real Scottish weather we had been waiting for. When the rain and chill set in, though, life does go on. People still walk everywhere (with umbrellas and rain jackets), and they seem unfazed by the weather conditions. Sunday after church we had a barbecue with everyone from Harvest Glasgow. It was held in a beautiful field with sheep looking on as we Americans tried to learn how to kick a soccer ball between bites of grilled meat and in spite of "lovely" weather.

Quite a BBQ location!

Here is Russell lending some insight into Scottish weather patterns.

Serving Sunday Morning

On Sunday - our last full day in Glasgow - our team showed up at the worship center at 8:45 AM ready to help the road crew from Harvest Glasgow set up for the worship service. Since part of our team was helping lead worship and set up the worship center with a new lighting system, the rest of the group split up to volunteer in several different ministry areas. Here are some pictures of our morning:

Lydia, Kyle and I helped lead worship

Marty worked hard to set up a new lighting system

Kyle directed setting up a curtain

Sarah, Jake, and Nikki set up for teas and coffees

Mikey folding bulletins

Diane with Sandra

After the service - teas and coffees

Marty in the tech booth

Anna and Eric setting up the resource table

The Scooby Snack

Al and Jake served as greeters for the Sunday morning service.

One of the culinary treats we were told about during our stay in Glasgow was something called the Scooby Snack. Al, who looks a bit like Shaggy from Scooby Doo, told some of us guys on the trip that we HAD to have a Scooby Snack before we left. We were so busy during the week that we didn't have time to make it out for one until the night before we left. On Sunday night, we all were gathered in the common room we used for team meetings. We shared stories of what God had been doing in our hearts, we prayed for each other, we sang songs of worship. It was an amazing time. And then Al, Kevin, Marty, Jared, and some others left for Scooby Snacks. They brought back a couple with them, packed mysteriously in brown paper bags - fitting since they are sold out of the back of a van. I had saved my appetite for one, but was only able to finish a little over half of the monstrosity. So, what is a Scooby Snack, you ask? Let's have Wikipedia describe it for you:

The Scooby Snack consists of a hamburger, a sliced sausage, a bacon rasher, a potato scone, a fried egg and a slice of processed cheese, all contained within a floured hamburger bun and accompanied by tomato ketchup and brown sauce.  The Scooby Snack, because of the sausage, cheese, bacon and egg, takes similar resemblance to a breakfast roll but is often eaten at lunchtime. The Scooby Snack's invention is commonly accredited to The Maggie, a food truck located at the intersection of Byres Road and Great Western Road. It is now sold by a number of after-hours fast food vendors throughout Glasgow.