Friday Evening – Outreach Meal at Mackay’s Hotel, 6:30 – 9:30pm
Gavin and Steve’s first event of the weekend was an outreach meal at Mackay’s Hotel on the
Friday evening. We enjoyed a great meal in a very attractive setting and Steve spoke on the
question of “Is there any hope for the future?” Approximately 60% of the audience would
have been “seekers”. It was great to see lots of heads around the room nodding in affirmation
as Steve gave a very clear presentation of the Biblical case for hope. After the talk, Steve
gave an opportunity for questions. One person pushed back quite strongly against Steve’s
statement that there is no basis for morality without reference to God. This gave Steve an
opportunity to address the question and reaffirm the fallenness of human nature. While the
questioner remained unconvinced, my sense was that the majority of the audience recognised
the reasonableness of Steve’s explanation. More than one “seeker” said “That was brilliant!”
to me at the end of the evening. We gave away about ten copies of Have you ever wondered
and Steve had a couple of good one-to-one conversations with people responding to his talk. I
was delighted with how the evening went.
Saturday morning – Confident Christianity Conference at Wick Baptist Church,
9:30am – 1:30pm
Christians gathered from at least five congregations around Caithness on Saturday morning for the Conference. Gavin and Steve led four teaching sessions between them and held a
Q&A session at the end. It was great to see people engaging with the teaching. The feedback from the Wick Baptist congregation has been overwhelmingly positive, with one lady telling me that it was incredibly helpful and just what she was hoping for.
Saturday evening – Youth Event at Wick Baptist Church, 7:00 – 9:00pm
Sixteen young people turned out for the youth evening on Saturday evening. Twelve were
from our youth group, but four have very little connection to the church. After some games
and pizza, Steve gave a talk on the question of whether science and God can co-exist. The
young people listened carefully throughout. Steve had a brief conversation afterwards with
three young lads who aren’t part of the church. Not knowing their background, Steve asked
them if they came to Wick BC, to which one of them responded. “No, we’re not
Christians…yet.” We’ll keep praying for these three young guys who we have regular contact
with through one of our youth ministries.
Sunday morning – Church service at Wick Baptist Church, 11:00am – 12:30pm
Gavin preached a challenging message from Paul’s visit to Athens (Ac. 17:16-34) at our
service on Sunday morning. One of the biggest encouragements for me was that a lady who
had come to the outreach meal on Friday evening as a “seeker” turned up for church on
Sunday morning and brought her son to the Sunday school! They both had a great time and
are looking forward to coming back.
