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University of Newcastle Christian Union Events Week :: Monday/Tuesday
Yesterday evening we had the Globe Café event, which was geared towards international students. What an excellent event that was! There were over 150 people there for what is a regular café evening for international students and I was able to sit and chat with a four guys from Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and mainland China – all there and all friends because of the Globe Café. If you’re an international student in Newcastle then that is the place to be on a Monday night! Mo spoke on Mark 7 and the distinctiveness of the claims of Jesus that our hearts are the big problem. Please pray for those who were there, that they would consider their own hearts and be honest with and about Jesus’ diagnosis of the problem.
This morning we met again at the bright and early hour of 8am (early for students and people that work with students!) in a freezing cold tent. In the CU guest meeting I lead the thought for the day looking at some things that I’ve been reflecting on recently from Hebrews 1 and 2. We must remember who Jesus is, we must proclaim him clearly and we must not neglect the great salvation that he offers! During the meeting I volunteered to coordinate the work outside the tent for the morning and over the lunchbars and so immediately went and bought a full thermal base-layer from Millets… I am now totally warm from my ankles to my wrists to my neck!
We spent the morning doing worldview surveys, which are a great questionnaire based tool that allow you to determine a persons “worldview” through a series of simple questions about people’s understanding of truth, reality, humanity and God. These surveys created quite a buzz outside the tent which was a good pull for those interested in today’s lunchbar: “I don’t like discrimination. Why doesn’t God accept everyone?” Mo is live-blogging over at his blog on how the talks are going and some of the questions that are being asked – do head over there for an idea of how that’s going – it’s difficult for me to gauge from outside of the warmth of the tent!
This evening we had the pub quiz and a short talk from Mark : “Would God want someone like me?” I sat with a bunch of guys who were friends of a CU member. We didn’t win the quiz, we didn’t have any particularly great conversations and they didn’t seem particularly interested, but they were there and praise God for CU members bringing their friends along and seeking to introduce them to Jesus. Please continue to pray for CU members as they invite friends along and as they seek to live and speak for Jesus among those with whom they live their lives on a daily basis.
Tomorrow we have more lunchbars, more worldview surveys and more laid-back “meal-with-a-message” type events around the city. Do be praying for myself and others as we do little “thought-for-the-day” style talks to provoke some discussion at those.
Thanks for all your prayers and support. The “photo-man” has promised photos tomorrow… We’ll see!
God bless.
Dear Freedom
University of Newcastle Christian Union Events Week :: Monday/Tuesday
Yesterday evening we had the Globe Café event, which was geared towards international students. What an excellent event that was! There were over 150 people there for what is a regular café evening for international students and I was able to sit and chat with a four guys from Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and mainland China – all there and all friends because of the Globe Café. If you’re an international student in Newcastle then that is the place to be on a Monday night! Mo spoke on Mark 7 and the distinctiveness of the claims of Jesus that our hearts are the big problem. Please pray for those who were there, that they would consider their own hearts and be honest with and about Jesus’ diagnosis of the problem.
This morning we met again at the bright and early hour of 8am (early for students and people that work with students!) in a freezing cold tent. In the CU guest meeting I lead the thought for the day looking at some things that I’ve been reflecting on recently from Hebrews 1 and 2. We must remember who Jesus is, we must proclaim him clearly and we must not neglect the great salvation that he offers! During the meeting I volunteered to coordinate the work outside the tent for the morning and over the lunchbars and so immediately went and bought a full thermal base-layer from Millets… I am now totally warm from my ankles to my wrists to my neck!
We spent the morning doing worldview surveys, which are a great questionnaire based tool that allow you to determine a persons “worldview” through a series of simple questions about people’s understanding of truth, reality, humanity and God. These surveys created quite a buzz outside the tent which was a good pull for those interested in today’s lunchbar: “I don’t like discrimination. Why doesn’t God accept everyone?” Mo is live-blogging over at his blog on how the talks are going and some of the questions that are being asked – do head over there for an idea of how that’s going – it’s difficult for me to gauge from outside of the warmth of the tent!
This evening we had the pub quiz and a short talk from Mark : “Would God want someone like me?” I sat with a bunch of guys who were friends of a CU member. We didn’t win the quiz, we didn’t have any particularly great conversations and they didn’t seem particularly interested, but they were there and praise God for CU members bringing their friends along and seeking to introduce them to Jesus. Please continue to pray for CU members as they invite friends along and as they seek to live and speak for Jesus among those with whom they live their lives on a daily basis.
Tomorrow we have more lunchbars, more worldview surveys and more laid-back “meal-with-a-message” type events around the city. Do be praying for myself and others as we do little “thought-for-the-day” style talks to provoke some discussion at those.
Thanks for all your prayers and support. The “photo-man” has promised photos tomorrow… We’ll see!
God bless.
Dear Freedom
1 comments:
week two or day two?
Also im pretty sure "base layer" is code for much more unfashionable word "long johns"
Keep on going bro.
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