What’s the slowest thing on six legs? Three Christians trying to get through a door — they all keep saying ‘No, no! After you!’
Such was the mood at week one of New Word Alive at Pwllheli. Surrounded by Christians in an atmosphere of unity, celebration, and enjoyment we basked in the Welsh sun (believe it or not) and sat under God’s Word. Vaughan Roberts’s Bible Readings from 1 Corinthians set the tone each day before guests poured into various seminars, training tracks, and leisure activities.
Home and away
The student programme was full and varied, with opportunity for teaching and training in quite an array of areas. New Word Alive is known for its Bible Overviews, this year conducted by John Risbridger of Above Bar Church, who gave a chronological overview. William Taylor of St. Helen’s Bishopsgate led a track on Bible handling concentrating on the Gospels. These were, as ever, extremely popular with students who were getting stuck into these issues first thing in the morning! Student seminar tracks included ‘Responding to the Challenge of Islam’ with Andy Bannister, a relationships track with a selection of UCCF staff, the practicalities of social action with Dewi Hughes, evangelism training with Graham Daniels and Pete Nicholas of Christians in Sport, and apologetics with Jim Paul and Ellis Potter of L’Abri.
