Welwyn: Open Day
On 6 May, the European School of Biblical Studies, formally School of Biblical Studies, held its annual Open Day at Welwyn Evangelical Church.
About 200 people came to hear from this year’s students and from Dr Garry Williams, Director of the John Owen Centre. The theme Celebrating the Reformation not only reflected on this year being the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, but is also the subject on which Garry lectures at the School.
EMF: European Huddle
10-12 July saw the second European Huddle held at Guessens, Welwyn, headquarters of the European Missionary Fellowship (EMF). Over 60 attended with a total of 19 nationalities taking part. The meetings were also streamed live over the internet, with many people tuning in from Spain, Hungary, Romania and the UK.
The main speaker for this year was Dr Jan Hábl, pastor of the Free Evangelical Church and a Senior Lecturer of Pedagogy in Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic. He spoke on the main topic of the weekend; ‘Neither angel, nor demon – who am I?’, giving a mind-provoking detailed analysis of who we are as humans.