Sun shines on Cheltenham

Adrian Reynolds  |  Features
Date posted:  1 Sep 2007
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After months of anticipation, Cheltenham Bible Festival (CBF) finally arrived (August 9-11 2007) and, judging by this year’s success, will be around for quite a few years to come. The festival promised much — refreshed for life was the strap line — and it did exactly what it said on the tin.

Those who attended were extremely positive about the three days on the edge of the Cotswold hills — one word heard a lot by the jazz stage, kids’ clubs, main venue, exhibition halls, splash pools, creativity tent and circus area was ‘great.’

God’s intervention

What made CBF 2007 great? Beyond any doubt, it was our great God. No one can have failed to notice the crisis that gripped Cheltenham in the wet weeks prior to the festival. Right up to the last moment, this crisis affected the very existence of CBF. Would it be able to go ahead? Would there be drinking water for the 2,600 people planning to descend on this attractive Gloucestershire town?

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