NMC: live for Christ
Andrew Bradley
Encouraging Men to Live for Christ was the strapline of the Northern Men’s Convention (NMC) and at its 13th event on 14 May, 450 men were encouraged to be confident in God’s Word, in God’s Son and in God’s Church.
David Robertson from SOLAS, the Centre for Public Christianity in Dundee, spoke powerfully on each of these key areas and fielded an hour of questions on a huge range of topics. Feedback indicated that men were indeed more confident as they left to take what they had learnt back to their home churches and to make a stand in the public square.
Where are you taking your holiday?
Andrew Bradley
The evenings begin to draw out and, for many, thoughts turn to the warm and sunny days of summer and holidays.
Such thoughts help to speed the grey winter days, helped by the TV travel programmes which offer us tempting vistas of what next summer could have in store if we book early for that bargain villa holiday in Spain, that self-catering gem in Greece or that idyllic week flotilla-sailing in the Caribbean! Add the weekend supplements and those visits to the travel agent resulting in a pile of brochures that help whet our appetites for that perfect week away next summer.
When God works quickly
Andrew Bradley
We easily overestimate what can be achieved in a year and under-estimate what can be achieved in five but when God works such assessments are often turned on their head!
In 1993 my wife and I took over the leadership of the Criccieth Scripture Union Beach Mission which in 2003 celebrates its centenary.