At most retreats in the past we had a speaker and we
followed the traditional setting of students sitting in rows, and the teacher
delivering the message from God. Not this time. It was complete participation
on the students' part as the format was very interactive. Andy Atkins from the UK led a Bible
study for the whole group. We did not sit in rows, but in small groups the
whole time. There was a brief teaching part, followed by a series of related
questions, and the students turned to one another and tried to do some
expository Bible study on their own. Following that part came a brief teaching
and summary. They wrote parts of their own teaching session. And when listening
to Andy their minds and hearts were already engaged! I believe students took
home a lot from the passage they studied all weekend long: Acts 20-17-38.
Paul's comments to his leaders from Ephesus.
Andy, our
speaker said: "any movement, that places God's Word as a central part of
their existence has the potential to last for a long time!".
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