Scots Chapel

Through our weekly chapel service Scots College places value on time to pause, consider the week that has been and reflect on our growth. This is a time to sit back and relax. Breathe slowly and deliberately, still our bodies and minds as we reflect. At the conclusion of IB exams and the end of the first week of NCEA exams Rev Jackson offers us a time to reflect and rest.

Through our weekly chapel service Scots College places value on time to pause, consider the week that has been and reflect on our growth. This is a time to sit back and relax. Breathe slowly and deliberately, still our bodies and minds as we reflect. As NCEA exams begin and IB comes towards the end Rev Jackson offers us a time to reflect and rest.

With exams underway for some and about to begin for others, Rev Jackson reflects on how our regular rhyth of chapel can be practice for this time we may find stressful.

We have a YouTube resourse to use during exam prep to help you pause and reflect.

Over this exam season we pray for all those setting and studying for exams. As IB completes the first week of exams and NCEA prepare Rebecca offers us a time to reflect and rest.

This is a time to sit back and relax. Breathe slowly and deliberately, still our bodies and minds as we reflect.

As we reach the pointy end of the year lot of learning comes to its culmination. Rev Jackson reflects on the all round nature of learning and reminds us not to become too narrow in our vision.

You can join in with our 'Pause and Reflect' exams reflections here

you might not think it to look at the weather, but spring is here. Rebecca reflects on how in the pleasant days and the wild wind God is still with us.

As we celebrate Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, Rev Jackson reflects on the power of language to expand our understanding

Rev Jackson references Psalm 42:1 "As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God."

This week has been Winter Tournament. Schools from all across the country have been competing for glory.

Rev Jackson references 1 Corinthians 9:24-25 "You’ve all been to the stadium and seen the athletes race. Everyone runs; one wins. Run to win. All good athletes train hard. They do it for a gold medal that tarnishes and fades. You’re after one that’s gold eternally."

Each year we celebrate our College's founding and its founders. This is a time to do more than loo to the past, we also consider the future.

Rev Jackson references Isaiah 51:1 “Look to the rock from which you were hewn and to the quarry from which you were dug”

Rev Jackson has spent this week with other chaplains and RE teachers, reflecting on how Zealandia can be a model for us bringing goodness into the world.

Rev Jackson references Matthew 5:14-16 “You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on a light stand. Now that I’ve put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven."