‘The Great Drama of Scripture – Your Place in God’s Story’– was the wide-ranging theme for the 15 and 16 September ‘Word on the Wash’.
Dr Chris Wright looked at Exodus 19 and who we are as the people of God, and our response to God’s grace as a community of priests whose task is to make God known to the world. From the depth and breadth of the Great Commission we focused in on individual situations. People can be not only be ‘gospelling’ the good news of what God has done, but also serving in society, demonstrating compassion and justice, and caring for God’s creation.
Example of a servant
2017 marks the 150th anniversary of Scripture Union, and SU’s director, Tim Hastie-Smith, spoke on Jesus’ example of servanthood in John 13 with his command to love one another and his demonstration of love in service. SU’s current ‘95’ campaign refers to the fact that 95% of today’s young people have no knowledge of the Scriptures, and Tim challenged his seminar to analyse a passage of Scripture through the eyes of someone engaging with the Bible for the very first time.
