RELAY:3:DAY:4

Once again Day 4 started with glorious weather and after the last few days i was wary of getting eevn more burnt before breakfast!! But it didnt happen and we again sat down for breakfast. If you have never heard of relay conferences never go without warning people of one thing. Dont get your mum to send soppy letters! Tradition has it that the relay co-ordinator reads out your post in front of everyone. This means that no matter what letters you get on relay they get read out and since this is a tradition people do send some embarrasing things in!! Be warned

The Church that shows God (1 Cor 14:20-40)
Our next session on these passages looked at the last part of chapter 14, again some more contreversial things but again Maurice dealt with them brilliantly. Maurice began with a quote from Dave Bish which said "Being spiritual is about being gospel". We saw how the passage states that what we do in church, including gifts should help people to see the gospel. The passage implies that there will be non-christians in the meeting and therefore they must look at what they do and evaluate it according to Gods word. Its a challenge to think how many non-christians we see in our meetings and so many times when we have an "evangelistic" service we change the way its done. Should it be like that all the time?
Then we saw also how all things should be done in order and how there is a self control to using the gifts. Confusion and chaos is not a sign of God. It was interesting to apply the bit where it says "29Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said. 30And if a revelation comes to someone who is sitting down, the first speaker should stop" This shows how we should use our gifts BUT they are not the most important thing to be used. Its about building up the church and encouraging them to live in love. And also church shows the trinity - Spirit brings variety, Jesus is shown in the body and the father is shown in order.

Final Challenges
During the afternoon we did alot of finishing relay type stuff. Questionaires, feedback forms and the like but we also had a visit from Richard Cunningham (Director of UCCF). Richard is a great guy and has a real passion for the gospel even if he does have a very posh accent!!! He talked to us about perseverence again and it was encouraging to me to hear a similar challenge to what we've heard before about encouragement and who God is. We were challenged to hold onto the gospel and continue to hear and live the word. A great challenge as we were leaving relay. Then we were whisked away for a posh nosh served by the Staffworkers in full waiter/waitress dress! It was a great time of fun and our table even nearly set Quinta on fire during one of the thankyou speeches. Ask me for more details! After we had a bonfire and sang some terrible pop songs and i managed to burn my hand on the bonfire so missed most of it!!! Not good!