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Our Men’s ‘Freedom’ Weekend at the
Portadown Faith Mission Centre in April One teaching point, which I think resonated
was my first time away with a group from the with a number of us, was the need to make a
church. deliberate effort to get up and go to a solitary
place, as Jesus did, and spend quality time in
With a good crowd away and a relaxed relationship with our Heavenly Father.
atmosphere, the weekend provided a great
opportunity to get to know or better know a Within each teaching session, not only did
lot of men from our church. we hear from the front, but we spent time in
discussion in smaller ‘pod’ groups.
Two such men who I got speaking with were the Undoubtedly, these groups were a strong point
two Roberts, who cooked for us over the course of the weekend, as we not only explored what
of the weekend. Aside from appreciating all had been spoken on, but also pulled on the life
they did in putting on a first class fry-up each experiences of the men from within each group.
morning and ensuring we were well catered for
each evening, it was great to get chatting with The weekend was a real encouragement with
each of them and hear their stories. a great balance of teaching and relaxing and I
look forward to the next one!
Our teaching for the weekend was structured
in such a way as to provide an opportunity to Clive Fulton
spend focused periods worshipping, praying
and learning together as men seeking to better
grasp our freedom in Christ.
