H2O Coordinate Oban High School 'Faith Perspectives' conference for S6 Students

Around 60 S6 students from Oban High School took part in last Friday's conference falls under the banner of 'Religious Observance', held for the first time at the Scottish Association of Marine Science, SAMS, at nearby Dunstaffnage.

11 invited guests from all over Scotland provided 7 workshops, giving students the opportunity to meet with folks from a variety of faith pespectives including Baha'i, Muslim, Jewish and Christians from a variety of traditions and backgrounds. We also ran an inter-faith workshop. Our Humanist representative had to call off due to ill health on the day, a we wish Mandy a speedy recovery.

Further to our survey of students way back in June, the outcomes directed that we provide as many faith persectives as we could source and that all attending wanted to experience all workshops. With the help of the S6 planning group, and further to asking the students what questions they would like to ask invited guests, the wide and varying list was whittled down to:-

- Is it important to have a faith/ spirituality perspective? Why?

- How did you find faith/ God/ your spirituality?

- What are your views on other faiths, beliefs?

- How are your lifestyle and faith perspective related?

Students therefore experienced a very full day, which included 7 workshops, a time of reflection and an opportunity to quiz the hosts and to take part in a full-on feedback session.

All-in-all a very busy, challenging and worthwhile day.

A great big thank you to all who took part, particularly workshop hosts and SAMS.