December
2014
/ January 2015 - Vol. 77
Kairos
EME Bible Week held in Northern Ireland -
July 2014
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Bible Week
- Summer 2014
Learning
and Growing Together in the Word of God
Resting and Reliance
Mary McCarthy | Dublin, Ireland
Bible Week 2014 was my first-ever Bible Week,
and I really hope it wasn’t my last! Being at
Kilmore House, nestled for a week in the
rolling Glens of County Antrim in the north of
Ireland, alongside a group of young people who
were hungry to grow in their relationship with
God is an experience that I hope I will never
forget or stop thanking God for.
I could feel the Holy Spirit’s presence
throughout the whole week, from the silence of
our morning meditations to the soft murmur of
group discussion and the joyous laughter
during mealtimes. Every day of Bible Week was
a warm, gentle and affirming reminder of God’s
love for me and his perfect plan for my life
in him. I learned that putting my complete
reliance in Jesus is imperative in living out
a Christian life, and that the importance of
daily morning prayer cannot be
over-emphasised.
Unplugged
Karl Ghosn | Beirut, Lebanon
Bible Week 2014 was a very
good week, full of fun activities, Bible
teaching and prayer times. There were two
main things in this Bible Week that really
helped me focus on God. First, there was no
internet coverage
in the area we were in, so we were a little
isolated from the outside world. This really
helped in setting aside our families, our
problems, our friends, even our boyfriends
and girlfriends. We were set
apart for the Lord.
Secondly, we had 28 people at
Bible Week. This small number of people really
gave us a chance to know each other well, and
not just by name. Even though we were from
different countries and different cultures, we
quickly built close friendships. What always
amazes me at Kairos events is that we can
quickly and easily become helpers and
encouragers for each other despite the fact
that we don’t know each other that well at the
start.
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