Invite A Generation: Run Alpha 166 different nations 110 languages 24 million people have done the course 20 to 50% express that they’ve fully come to faith. A – for anyone L – learning and laughter P – Pasta/ food H – Helping each other A – Ask anything This was a great session, where we were shown how to run an Alpha course by the man himself, Nicky Gumbel. Went through some icebreakers; 1) What’s your name, and a positive adjective? 2) You’re stuck on a desert island – what two items would you take with you? Then they get a little more pointed… 3) How did you end up coming here to Alpha tonight? 4) If it turned out there was a God after all and you could ask God any question, what would you ask him? Write down the questions! You hope to answer them as the weeks progress. NB. The leader is not the main conversationist here. The guests are there to pass it around each other. This […]
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Can a nation be changed? Nicky Gumbel at #exponential #bgbg2
Luke 5: One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,[a] the people were crowding round him and listening to the word of God. 2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 4 When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, ‘Put out into deep water, and let down the nets for a catch.’ 5 Simon answered, ‘Master, we’ve worked hard all night and haven’t caught anything. But because you say so, I will let down the nets.’ 6 When they had done so, they caught such a large number of fish that their nets began to break. 7 So they signalled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them, and they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink. 8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ […]