Aberdeen Ecclesia

For those who are interested (and for the sake of our diary) I've put in a few photos of the Aberdeen Ecclesial Hall and the brethren and sisters we met and enjoyed fellowship and friendship with. The Hall is a community centre and so has many rooms for private hire, along with a music room (drums, percussion, electric organs etc etc), laptop/internet stations, small gym and lots of other facilities and resources. As you can see the interior of the room hired by the ecclesia is hot pink with black leather lounges and some wooden chairs which are used for the meeting. At the back of the room is a ball pit (it only appeared in the last month) but the children and visitors love playing in it - as photographed. Bro Joe and Sis Lydia Coutts are another couple at the Ecclesia and were very helpful in getting us settled in when we arrived - giving us bed linen, some food and a meal on our first day in Scotland! Bro Tony Miller (on the left), Bro John (centre) and Bro Vernon (right) - made us feel very welcome at the Ecclesia.
We really got to know Vernon and Tony while we were in Aberdeen. John lives some distance from Aberdeen and can't make it every weekend. Then there's John again with an older brother named Jack - a lovely man - a self confessed hoarder and we really enjoyed talking with him. I've heard the short version of how he discovered the truth but we never seem to find the time for the longer version! Bro David and daughter Zoe - David's wife passed away in May this year - rather tragic for the family. David used to work offshore but is now at home caring for Zoe (6yrs) and a 14yr old son who we haven't met.
Sis Lydia Coutts with Sis Lorna (on the left) - plays the organ every week. We had a few laughs together over the blunders we've made when playing the organ!
Bro David and Sis Sarah (his daughter). Sarah has an interesting job which sounds very technical but she seems to thrive on the challenge. David reminds me of a professor - he always seems to be carrying a pile of books and have something interesting to tell you.

Bro Martin and Sis Claire O'Dona____ with their children, Matthew (16yrs), Jamie (12yrs) and Sarah (not pictured - 14yrs). Matthew, Sarah and Jamie introduced our children to the music room at the Centre (on the first Sunday we arrived) after the meeting and we could faintly hear the roll of drums, clash of cymbals and an electric organ in the background as we talked.
On the weeks when there was other children this kept them very happy while we talked with the bre/sis. We also met other brethren who visited the Ecclesia during the time we were there - Bro David Mills, Bro Hamilton ____, Bro Kenneth and Sis Sarah Yuile with their son Paul (13yrs) - Kenneth, Sarah and Paul are pictured with Tony.
PS - I've tried to line up these photos and the comments for nearly 1/2 an hour with little success - so you'll have to piece the people and words together yourself!