Spotlight Magazine - Issue #3 (Autumn) - 2023

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Welcome to Spotlight Magazine!

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s always, there’s a lot to cover at this time of year – and while both the Kirkliston Gala and Ferry Fair Festival are behind us, there is still time to look back on the latter with 12 glorious pages of photo highlights.

The 2023 Ferry Fair Festival was blessed with a lot of sunshine and the happy, smiling faces that beam out from these pages reflect this.

It was a jam-packed week with no fewer than 12 events over the 7 days, many of which had their own separate components or competitions. There simply isn’t enough space to show everything but you may be interested to know that this was my 10th Ferry Fair festival since taking the cover image for the programme in 2014! A comprehensive library of all my Ferry Fair photography is now on display at www.wordsandpicturesuk.com/Local/FF including everything from the 2023 festival.

Feel free to take a walk down memory lane and visit images from the last 10 years.

I’m pleased that we have once again been able to feature articles from local organisations in this issue. St Margaret’s primary school is celebrating a quiz win, and this is featured on p36. There is also news from Queensferry Heritage Trust and Green Ferry. Regular contributions from the RNLI and QDCC will return in the next issue as they have graciously made way for the photo feature. If you run an organisation or charity that would benefit from being featured in Spotlight, just drop us a line at spotlight@wordsandpicturesUK.com and I’ll do my best to accommodate you – I am particularly keen to hear from groups in Kirkliston!

The Spotlight publication schedule is for 2023 is close to completion, with just 1 further printed issue planned this year, in winter (November). This will be preceded by an online edition. The deadline for contributions is on the last day of October 2023. We’ll be kicking off 2024 with another spring edition – contributions for which are invited no later than the end of January please.

As always, thanks to all our regular contributors who continue to use Spotlight as a communications channel for their customers and communities. We’re delighted to continually welcome new contributors and advertisers to Spotlight and a shout-out goes to the latest additions to the Spotlight family, the South Queensferry Baby & Toddler Group and Time for You, a local cleaning business that is expanding rapidly and is recruiting... fancy a job?

Special thanks to all our contributors, contact details are listed with features where appropriate.

Cover picture: Party Girls, Ferry Fair Festival closing ceremony by Alistair Pryde Editorial & pictorial enquiries: alistair@wordsandpicturesUK.com Advertising sales & enquiries: spotlight@wordsandpicturesUK.com

Have a great autumn, whether it’s back to school, work, starting something new or simply carrying on from where you left off!

Alistair Pryde Spotlight Editor

Whilst every care is taken to ensure the accuracy of this publication, Spotlight Magazine is not responsible for 3rd party content submitted in good faith from contributors. Readers should always check with advertisers directly before making bookings or purchases.

Spotlight Magazine is a Words & Pictures publication.

Write to us at 48 High Street, South Queensferry, EH30 9HN. Back issues available online at: www.wordsandpicturesUK.com/Spotlight Keep your stories coming: spotlight@wordsandpicturesUK.com

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n 2023 there has been a resurgence in faith-based movies coming out of Hollywood.

One of this summer’s biggest takers at the box office was Sound of Freedom, from Christian media company, Angel Studios. Based on an incredible true story, a federal agent turned vigilante (played by Jim Caviezel) embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue children from sex traffickers in Colombia.

It grossed an incredible $155 million against a $14.5 million budget.

Earlier this year, Kelsey Grammer (of Cheers and Frasier fame) starred in the movie Jesus Revolution, a retelling of the unlikely alliance between Christian hippie, Lonnie Frisbee, and the uptight but respectable pastor Chuck Smith, who both play a key role in a revival known as the ‘Jesus movement’ which spread across California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Against all expectations, this movie has become Lionsgate Films’ biggest release in over four years.

The resurgence is evident on the small screen too. The Chosen, a crowd-funded series portraying the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ, completely passed Hollywood by until its first three series drew in over 110 million viewers from across the world. That was enough to

cause Lionsgate to pounce and put the series on mainstream services like Netflix and Amazon Prime. Series four will be released in 2024 and a further three series are in the pipeline.

So what is behind this renewed interest in the Christian faith on our screens?

Craig Detweiler, president of Wedgewood Circle, (a collective of Investors, Patrons, Artists and Entrepreneurs committed to creating good, true and beautiful and entertainment for the common good) stated recently that, ‘There’s a deep hunger for spiritually significant stories rooted in eternal questions of life and death and life after death.’

Some might argue that this hunger is just a phase prompted by the challenging times we’re living in (the recent pandemic, the long-running war in Ukraine, our difficult financial climate and so on).

However, the Bible has a deeper answer.

In Ecclesiastes 3:11 the writer says that God has ‘set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.’ In other words, we have a desire to understand all of life, but we’re limited in our ability to do so.

Therefore, we need outside help to understand life. Thankfully Jesus provides this help.

He says to his friend Martha in John chapter 11: “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

Do you get what Jesus is saying? Jesus doesn’t simply say that he will bring about the resurrection or that he will be the cause of the resurrection (both of which are true), but something much stronger: He is the resurrection and the life.

He’s saying that resurrection from the dead and eternal life forever with God are so closely tied to Jesus that he embodies these terms. That’s the best news ever! That’s why he urges Martha to believe in Him.

Maybe you’ve lived your life hungry for answers to questions about life and death, maybe you’ve got a vague idea that everything will work out in the end, or maybe you think there’s nothing when this life is over. Whatever your position is, we would love to meet you at Christ Church Queensferry, listen to your questions and help you explore the claims of the Christian faith.

You can find out more here: www.christchurchqueensferry.org/ planyourvisit About the author Adam McNinch lives with his wife and two children in Queensferry. Adam is the pastor of a church called Christ Church Queensferry that began in 2021 and meets in Rosebery Hall on Sunday afternoons. You can find Adam at The Hub most Thursday evenings living out the twilight of his 5-a-side football days.

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Over the past year we have identified and, with help from various interested groups, developed a community orchard in Hawthorn Bank. Along with Friends of Ferry Glen we tend to the walled garden, also at Hawthorn Bank, and the Scotmid cycle/walking path, Station Road park and triangle, Rosebery Hall garden and Jacob’s Ladder. We are also involved in the ‘planting up’ of the planters outside the Priory Church, Queensferry Medical Practice, The Toppies, Dalmeny Station and along the High Street. GreenFerry works with both primary and secondary schools by encouraging their students to take an interest in plant and vegetable growing as well as community and environmental matters.

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From Carlowrie to the Arctic kicks off QHT’s 2023 autumn/winter programme on 18 October with a talk by Jenni Calder – literary historian, novelist and local resident. Jenni will tell the story of Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889-1982) born at Carlowrie Castle (located on the back road close to the airport runway).

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The 2023 Ferry Fair Festival The 2023 Ferry Fair Festival basked in the glorious August sunshine and was a fantastic occasion, attended by hundreds of spectators and participants throughout the week. Kicking off with a football tournament on Sunday 6th and closing with the flag being lowered on the high street after a live concert on Saturday 12th, it will be fondly remembered. Were you there/ Did the camera catch you?

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Quiz Success for St Margaret's Primary School!

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