As Peter mentioned in his blog post yesterday, just last weekend (5-6 February 2010) we had the great privilege of taking away our LIFE group (the 18-30 singles in our church) for a weekend away — an extended time of worship, teaching and fellowship together.
There was 40+ of us gathered at Hill House Christian Conference Centre, near Bridgwater, Somerset. The topic for the weekend was “Passionate Orthodoxy” — the idea that we should passionately, enthusiastically pursue knowing the truth of who God is and what he has done for us, build our lives upon those unchanging, proven and established truths, and worship him and enjoy him all our days.
We had three teaching sessions, each with a time of worship, and then a final fourth session of extended worship. God was gracious and faithful to each of us in attendance. I believe God freshly challenged all of us with his Word, brought conviction by his Spirit, deepened our understanding and appreciation of his mercy and grace, and imparted fresh faith for our walk with him.
During the weekend we recommended Joshua Harris‘ new book “Dug Down Deep“, a book written and designed to help us ensure we are building our lives on the eternal truths revealed to us in God’s Word. I’d recommend everyone grab a copy and read it ASAP.
You can read a review by Stephen Altrogge here.
The audio from the three teaching sessions can be found below, and if you click the link below you can see pictures of the weekend, taken by our resident photographer, Christian Lerke. There’s also a short video Christian made of his view of the weekend (click on the very last image of the gallery).
(Click the following links to listen online or to download and listen off-line: PC users right click and save the file. Mac users ctrl+click and “save as”.)
Session 1: What Is Your Life Built On? (Nathan Smith)
Session 2: What Are You Living For? (Nathan Smith)
CLICK HERE: Life Weekend Away Photos
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