On Wednesday 10 August, our Year 9 cohort had the pleasure of listening to the full-time youth worker from Menai Anglican Church.
Connor spoke to Year 9 about the meaning of life from the book of Ecclesiastes, focusing on chapters 1-3. One of the main points that Connor drew out from these chapters in Ecclesiastes was that the pursuit of ‘things’ is fleeting and that the deeper meaning of life lies in a personal relationship with our creator and his son, Jesus Christ. Connor delivered 3 talks and after each talk, our students met in smaller groups to discuss what they had learned. We pray that the students take the opportunity to seriously consider the implications of what they hear from the bible during their time at the College.
Below are some comments from Year 9 about this event:
"Having Conner come in yesterday was a really fun and enjoyable experience. Hearing his life experiences and preaching the word of God was great. It was also super helpful to discuss in our small PC groups what the bible taught us, after each talk".
"Connor was good and relatable in a way. He was clear and informative. Group time was also good as the group talks were fun".
"Connor is cool. He approached the talk in a way that was confronting but engaging for us, easy for us to understand, and relevant to the things our generation values".
"I think he was very fun and enthusiastic and talked about the topic really well…he made it very interesting and the topic and stories were nice".
"The speaker was very encouraging and helped us travel through the book of Ecclesiastes. He was very engaging and we enjoyed listening to his talk".
"I really enjoyed the talk that we received from Connor. It was incredibly insightful and helped me gain an understanding of an area of the Bible (the book of Ecclesiastes) that I don't think I would have learnt about without the talk. I particularly enjoyed learning about the concept of ‘Hevel’ and how we try to find meaning on Earth, which is an interesting and thought-provoking topic that I have never really thought about before".
Helen Bull and Michael Roper
Year 9 Advisors