BOOK A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION

Book a date for your WfM, SWRI, Fund Raising Activity, Testimony Evening, Friendship Club, etc.

The area I am willing to travel is limited to the Highlands of Scotland.

Rev Sandy Sutherland

Tigh na Mara

83 Dalchalm

Brora

Sutherland

KW9 6LP

01408 622557

brorasutherland@googlemail.com

POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS PRESENTLY AVAILABLE

A Postcard from Strath Brora
Chanonry Sea Shore Treasures (Winter)*
Chanonry Sea Shore Treasures (Summer)*
Rosemarkie Ramblings
The Fairy Glen (Rosemarkie, Ross-shire)
The Four Seasons
Bird Migration
Beauty and The Beak–A Black Isle Odyssey
Beauty and The Beak–Brora Beach and Beyond
Black-Isle Beauties: Birds, Butterflies and Bottlenose Dolphins
Black Isle Bounce
Broxburn Birds
Birds in Places Around Scotland
Celebration of Harvest
Consider God’s Creation
God’s Second Book
- Quotes & Notes (biblical texts & notes from various authors set to pictures of the creation)
- The Uists (A Snapshot of Life from Berneray to Vatersay)
Revelation in Creation (Testimony 1)*
Garden Centre to Vineyard Mentor (Testimony 2)*

Quizzes

So You Think You Know Scotland? (1)

So You Think You Know Scotland? (2)

So You Think You Know Scotland? (3)

So You Think You Know Scotland (4)

So You Think You Know Scotland (5)

So You Think You Know The Black Isle?

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Generally the above presentations last for 1 hour.

*Short description below

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The lists below are of old format slide presentations. I am slowly upgrading these to digital PowerPoint presentations. However it is likely that some of these presentations will never see the light of day again.  Therefore, as no slide presentations are now undertaken, some of the presentations below are presently unavailable. However, if one of the slide presentations (below) is more suited to your needs then please phone to discuss.

All presentations are ‘live’ rather than in an audio-visual format and can thereby be tailored according to the audience or needs of the afternoon / evening.

LIST OF SLIDE PRESENTATIONS (Please read note above)

A) TESTIMONY

REVELATION IN CREATION

This slide presentation may be preceded by a 10-minute word of personal testimony. The slide presentation looks at the creation (mainly birds) from the perspective of the presenter’s pre and post-conversion experience.

Seventy slides plus testimony—1 hour.

REVELATION IN CREATION—II

Sequel to the above. ‘What value is the creation evangelistically?’ ‘Where have we come from: evolution (chance) or creation (design)?’

1 hour. 110 slides.

GARDEN CENTRE TO VINEYARD MENTOR—THE BIRDS MY TEACHERS

This presentation gives a close-up of the presenter’s ambitions to developed Gladstone Garden Centre, Brora, before having his vocational aims changed. The presentation includes slides of the Garden Centre and its birds, plus places where the presenter has served as a minister of the Free Church of Scotland.

1 hour. 120 slides.

B) CREATION

BIRDS IN PLACES AROUND SCOTLAND

The trip around Scotland takes us from the presenter’s home village of Brora to Inverness, the Grampians, Dundee, Edinburgh, Ayr, Bute, Islay, Mull, Coll, Oban, Loch Awe, Fort William, Wester Ross, Durness, John O’ Groats, Wick and back to Brora.

75 minutes. 175 slides.

AROUND FASSFERN WITH FAUNA AND FLORA

This presentation contains slides taken on the ‘dog’s walk’ at Fassfern near Fort William. The presentation takes us on a circular walk through the different seasons of the year (8 years in the making) looking at a diversity of wild life though mainly birds.

75 minutes. 175 slides.

BIRDS OF MOUNTAIN AND MOORLAND *

This presentation has its focus in the Highlands of Scotland. The talk is informative at a basic bird-watching level.

175 slides.

BIRDS OF SEA CLIFF AND SEA SHORE *

This slide presentation contrasts and compliments the presentation on Birds of Mountain and Moorland. The two presentations show the rich diversity of bird-life in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. The talk is informative at a basic bird-watching level with special features of the creation being emphasised.

175 slides.

BIRDS OF WOODLAND, HEATHLAND AND WATERSIDE *

175 slides.

BIRDS OF MARSH AND ESTUARY *

175 slides.

The above two presentations are of general interest but they do not have their emphasis in the Highlands and the birds are not so well-known.

BIRDS OF TOWN AND GARDEN *

The birds in this presentation are familiar to most but it also includes some that will not be known to non bird watchers.

175 slides.

A LOOK AT BIRD PHOTOGRAPHY *

This talk is specialised but may nevertheless be of general interest.

175 slides.

BIRDS OF THE NORTH

This presentation looks at birds in the diverse habitats found in the Highlands of Scotland.

175 slides.

A VISIT TO STRATH BRORA

Birds, animals, flowers, and points of interest on a day trip to Strath Brora, Sutherland.

175 slides.

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C) CHURCH / CREATION

THE FREE CHURCHES OF SCOTLAND IN ARGYLL AND LOCHABER

All the Free Churches in Argyll & Lochaber can be reached by sea but only those on Islay, Mull and Coll have to be reached this way by necessity. After travelling by ferry to the island churches we travel by car to look at the mainland churches.

175 slides.

THE CHURCH IN MULL AND COLL

An overview of the church situation in Mull and Coll with views of a beautiful part of God’s creation.

175 slides.

D) SHORT PRESENTATIONS

1) JOURNEYS / CREATION

TOBERMORY TO THE CARSAIG ARCHES

A trip from Tobermory on Mull travelling south through Craignure stopping at Torosay and Duart castles before walking to the impressive Carsaig Arches on the south coast of Mull. Birds and points of interest are photographed along the way.

TOBERMORY TO LUNGA

A trip from Tobermory on Mull travelling west to Ulva to board the Island Lass for a boat trip to Staffa and on to the island of Lunga to see the Puffins.

TOBERMORY TO LOCH BUIE

A trip travelling from Tobermory to the sea inlet of Loch Buie in the south of Mull. Birds and points of interest are photographed along the way.

TOBERMORY TO MACKINNON’S CAVE

A trip from Tobermory to what is reckoned to be the deepest cave in the islands. Birds and views are looked at along the way.

TOBERMORY TO MACCULLOCH’S TREE

A trip from Tobermory in the north of Mull to the shores of Loch Scridain in the south of the island looking at birds and views along the way ending the trip at the fossil tree at the end of the Ardmeanach peninsula.

CHANONRY’S SEA SHORE TREASURES—SUMMER **

A walk along the seashore between Chanonry Point and Fortrose & Rosemarkie Golf Clubhouse; looking mainly at wild flowers, but with butterflies, birds, etc.

CHANONRY’S SEA SHORE TREASURES—WINTER**

A walk along the seashore between Chanonry Point and Fortrose & Rosemarkie Golf Clubhouse; looking mainly at birds, but some flowers, etc.

‘THE EDGE OF THE WORLD’**

A trip round Shetland looking at birds and flowers with views of Hermaness, Noss Head, etc.

2) JOURNEYS / CHURCHES

OBAN TO IONA

A return trip to the Abbey on Iona looking at places of interest on the way.

A SNAPSHOT OF ISLAY

An overview of the Islay church situation with views of Islay and Jura.

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Apart from the presentations marked ** (100 slides) these short presentations are 50 slides in length (approx. 30 minutes) but can be added to if required. They are ideal for fitting in with other agenda or having a cup of tea half way through two 50 slide presentations.

3) BIRDS / CREATION

A LOOK AT SUMMER BIRDS

A LOOK AT WATER BIRDS

A LOOK AT WOODLAND BIRDS

A LOOK AT GARDEN BIRDS

These presentations are 50 slides in length (approx. 30 minutes). The first four are ideal for an introduction to bird watching (Guides, Scouts, schools, general).

Slide presentations on a specific subject such as for a school class project or church meeting can be tailored for.

E.g.: The Danger of Pollution on Birds – Wildlife Quiz –

Birds To See In Rogart This Summer / Winter.

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* Presentations for University of Glasgow (Department of Adult and Continuing Education) Evening Classes at Tobermory, Lochdon and Benderloch.