Well, another New Wine is in the books.  We had a FANTASTIC time.  Vicky Beeching was an amazing worship leader.  Kenny Borthwick’s humility and insight was inspiring. The seminars though, rose to a new level.  I had the chance to sit in on a couple, and I’ve listened to two more (looking forward to hearing the rest).  The ones I’ve heard thus far are: Peter Moore’s teaching on postmodernity, Rob Sturdy on discovering our purpose, Andy Morgan’s encountering the glory of God and Sherri Grady’s address on grief.  Andy Morgan has posted the text of his talk which I’ve reprinted below.  Other talks will follow.  If you wish to obtain a CD or MP3 of the talks, contact Catherine Guerry in our bookstore (843.284.4339 or  CGuerry@WeAreStAndrews.com).  Now, the talk: “Encountering the Glory of God”:

The Westminster Shorter Catechism begins with the Question What is the Chief End of Man. The answer is to Glorify God and to enjoy him forever.

What does it mean to both glorify God and enjoy Him?

How do we enjoy God? What happens, or what should happen when we encounter the glory of God?

This is what I hope to begin to explore and at least scratch the surface of this topic this morning.

Why do we need to understand or grasp this issue? Because, I think, that the Church and Christians today in the west, and especially in the USA and UK have not fully grasped what it is to encounter the glory of God and how that should effect us. Of course that is a broad brush stroke and you may know many people who are indeed living a life glorifying and enjoying God. But generally most of the Church is not, as we can see when you look at the impact of the church in our society.

Christian conversion and discipleship have become a sterile transaction for many.

You accept Christ as Lord and Savior after a period of time of reflection and interaction with Christians or a fellowship; you join a Church; you begin to get some teaching; you stop doing some things which you used to do (sins) and you do some things you did not do (reading the bible, praying and going to church). But generally our lives remain pretty much the same – we continue in our jobs (although some do leave their careers often to go to seminary) and our lives go on.

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We will have the pleasure of having Vicky Beeching join us for a few days this summer.  And, rather than a one-off concert she will lead us in worship for the New Wine USA Summer Conference (June 24-26) as well as offering a workshop on the subject of worship/worship leadership.

For more information on the New Wine USA Summer Conference follow this link.

For more information on Vicky Beeching, enjoy:

Why don’t you join us for this great event?

Melissa tells about her back being healed at the New Wine USA Conference held at St. Andrew’s last month. Subscribe to the New Wine USA channel on YouTube.

Will confesses that he only came to church because he parents made him attend. A story from New Wine USA conference, held last month at St. Andrew’s. Subscribe to the New Wine USA channel on YouTube.

Daniel tells us about a beach evangelism event that took place at New Wine USA, held at St. Andrew’s last month. Subscribe to the New Wine USA channel on YouTube.