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8 modern JESUS army Streetpaper No. 92
Rough and
scrumble!
SCRUM IN BRUM: lively lads in Birmingham last year
Jesus Army youth event “Real and
Wild” lives up to its name
“WHEN THE guys
started to get crushed
up against a huge tent
pole, we had to call off
that bit of the plan!”
says Andy Lantsbery,
24, a leader at “Real
and Wild”, the Jesus
Army’s annual youth
event. The lively menonly
workshop was
part of the event held
in a giant marquee in
Birmingham.
BUDWEISER ‘66’: the
beer to go for at the
moment?
Budweiser ‘66’: it’s new
(has to be good, doesn’t it?)
and it boasts that it’s “lightly
carbonated” with a smooth,
easy taste, which is a
reassuring factoid for those
who don’t like their tastes
“hard”.
Whatever that means.
The TV ad also promises
that the beer won’t “wear you
down”. Make you staggeringly,
pukingly, falling-down drunk if
you have too much, yes. Wear
you down, no.
So how about a swig of
uncreated life, which means
you’ll never die and, in fact, will
“The workshop was
about men being men
and having the courage
to rise up and meet the
challenges that come to
them” says Andy. “The
scrum was a warm-up to
get the lads out of their
inhibitions. It got a bit
rowdy” he says with a
grin. “It was a powerful
few days” he adds, more
seriously. “People’s lives
were changed.”
It wasn’t just the guys
who found the event
electric. “RAW is a chance
for loads of young people
“THE BEERS ARE ON ME”
taste immortality now?
Not a feature you
associate with many food
products, eh?
The woman whom Jesus
met at a well must have looked
at Him gone out when He
started talking about giving
her “living water” to drink (John
chapter 4, The Bible).
What’s living water? It’s
Jesus’ way of saying that He
meets our deepest need in life.
Think about it. You’re
going out to get beered up
again. It’s going to be a great
party night out with your
friends. But will it get you to
that place you want to be?
Deep inner satisfaction? Self
acceptance? Peace?
Did it get you there last
to get closer to God”
enthuses Amy, 19. “People
break out of their comfort
zones, make friends and
get inspired about the
future. I love going to
RAW with young people
who have never been to
church before and seeing
how God changes them.”
This year RAW
is taking place in
Northampton (see the ad
right). “Join hundreds of
young people” says event
leader, Stevo Scott, on a
promo video “as we leave
behind old junk, find new
time? Or the time before? – I
mean in a lasting sense rather
than just a fleeting buzz?
Legions of hung-over
people, vowing “never again”
would agree: No, we never
got there.
If you want to experience
what life’s really made of,
don’t have what everyone
else is having; have the drink
that only Jesus is giving: real
life. Cheers.
Pray (talk to Jesus) like this:
Jesus, I need the life You give.
Thank You for dying and rising
from death, so that I can live.
Thank You for pouring out the
life of Your Spirit. I drink that
life in now. Come and fill me.
Change me and make me
new. Amen.
It was a
powerful few
days. People’s
lives were
changed
ANDY
life in Jesus and together
experience God’s power in
life-changing ways.”
For more on RAW visit:
realandwild.com
Photo: Budweiser66, flickr.com
JESUS SAID...
“If you only knew the gift
God has for you and who
you are speaking to, you
would ask Me, and I would
give you living water.”
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