2. Scotland…

3. Scotland…
5,062,011 population

4. that’s just over 5 million people

5. 23% of them are aged

6. that’s 1,186,006 people

7. or…

8. … just over 1 million young adults

9. somewhere between school and middle age

10. They dance

11. they rave

12. they club

13. they are in lectures

14. cafes

15. shops

16. offices

17. They play sports

18. sometimes extreme ones

20. with
friends

22. or by themselves

23. They study

24. and hold down jobs

25. But very few of them…

26. go to church

27. go to church

28. go to church

29. go to church

30. Scotland’s 5m people make up 9% of the UK population

31. yet we have 18% of the UK’s regular church attenders

32. Are 18 – 30s olds less spiritual?

33. or just less churchy ?

34. Scotland : 9% UK’s population

35. 18% UK’s active church goers

36. That’s 1.52 million people

37. Almost none of them are young adults

39. Something doesn’t add up

40. a missing generation

41. who are they?

42. who are we?

43. Madonna ?

44. in her 40’s

45. too old

46. so is Michael

47. Mel B, on the other hand, is the right age… just

48. Technology doesn’t scare us

49. We shop online

50. habitually

51. compassion matters to us

52. so do relationships

56. generally distrustful of authority,

57. big companies,

58. … and institutions

59. we’re not big “joiners”

60. Our peers think our faith belongs in a museum

61. like him

62. more powerful than ever before

63. … but not invulnerable …

64. searching for meaning on spiritual paths

65. both old

66. and new

67. but often on our own these days

69. reaching a missing generation

71. reaching a missing generation

74. reaching a missing generation