Where in the Wor(l)d is that?…..

The title is a bit of a pun in response to last Sunday’s ‘Redefine’ Bible study we had a Llandudno Youth for Christ.

We were looking at the Bible. D’uh! Of course, it’s a Bible study…..

No I mean we were looking at how to study the Bible.

We were giving the young people tools for them to be able to dive into the Bible and fish out treasure for themselves.

This is really important to do. At Llandudno Youth for Christ we are wanting to equip the young people that come to our events with all the tools we can give them for them to grow and mature in their relationship with God.

On Sunday night we were looking at the macro and the micro when studying the Bible.  Macro: Looking at how to understand a section, passage or verse of the Bible in its proper context, and also  micro: looking at how to study a single verse and ask important questions like ‘How‘, ‘What‘, ‘Who‘, ‘When‘, ‘Where‘ & ‘Why‘. To, as a friend of mine used to say, ‘suck the marrow out‘ of it.  To get more than just a surface or cursory glance over the Bible, but learn how to draw out as much as possible from reading it.

As a fun lead up to the night’s workshopping and studying we had a picture quiz where the teams had to guess, in the first section, where in the world an aerial shot of a landscape or landmark was taken, and in the second section, what the close up photograph of an image was.

It was lots of fun and set the platform for the evening’s discussion (and hence the slightly witty title).

There’s an oft quoted phrase that’s variously attributed to the likes of Confucius or Lao Tze or other ancient writers and philosophers that says
‘give a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day, but teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime.’

By giving the young people the tools to ‘fish‘ for treasure from the Bible, we’re equipping them to feed themselves on the Word of God for a lifetime.

Jesus wanted us to make disciples, not converts (Matt 28:19). He wanted us to make people that would be life-long followers of Himself. The mentality being more like a farmer cultivating a field, or a shepherd tending his sheep than a fighter pilot notching up ‘kills’ (converts) on his fuselage.

That is why we hold evening such as our ‘Redefine’ Bible study nights – we’re all about making disciples of Jesus.

In the last 6 years since Llandudno Youth for Christ first started, we have shared the gospel with hundreds of young people every year. We have also supported other youth groups and youth leaders throughout the North Wales region.

We have regular, annual contact with 65% of the pupils that attend the local High School in Llandudno, Ysgol John Bright. We do this through assemblies, lunch-time clubs, teaching in lessons and our large scale RE conference.

We want to continue to do this great gospel work, but in order to do that we need your support.

Support in prayer (prayer is the engine room of everything we do).

Support in people (we need more volunteers in the various projects we run).

Support in provision (we need the finances to pay for the different projects that we run).

If you feel God is calling you to help with the work we are doing in any way, please contact us.

PS: If you like some of the illustrated Bible pictures in this post, they’re called ‘Bible Art Journaling’ and you can find out more about this at the following links:

http://www.rebekahrjones.com/ & http://kindawonderful.typepad.com/pink_paper_peppermints/2015/03/free-bible-art-journaling-printables-and-tutorials-the-ultimate-list.html