It really has been quite a while since I’ve posted on this blog. Please accept my apology and be assured that I will be updating it much more frequently in the next few weeks?
For those who mightn’t have known. I am the current Christian Union president at NUI Maynooth. We are currently organising our first Christianity Week on campus this year and it will be kicking off in less than two weeks. We are really excited about this, and we hope that other students will be willing to engage in the bigger questions of life that are often needlessly left to the side.
Poster for our upcoming Christianity Week
The theme of this week is “Back to Reality” and we will be dealing with three big questions on morality, truth and suffering.
On Tuesday, March 30th we will be having a debate in conjunction with Maynooth LnD (Literary and Debating Society) on the motion:
“This house believes that one cannot be truly moral without God”.
Our invited speakers are Dr. John Murray, lecturer of Moral Theology at the Mater Dei Institute and one of the directors of the IONA Institute for Religion and Society, and Michael Nugent chairperson of the advocacy group Atheist Ireland.
In addition, two speakers from the Christian Union will also be speaking on this topic, I being one of them, which is exciting as it is the first time I have had to discuss about my faith in God to a university audience.
This will be taking place at 7pm in John Hume Lecture Theatre 2 (JHL2) in the John Hume Building on the North Campus of the University.
On Wednesday, 31st of March we will be having Dr. Bryan Follis, minister at All Saints Church Belfast, and author of “Truth with Love: The Apologetics of Francis Schaeffer” speaking on “What is truth and where can I find it”.
This will be taking place at 7pm in the Student Common Room behind the Arts Block on the North Campus of the University.
Finally on Thursday, 1st of April we will be having James Crookes, elder at Crescent Church Belfast, and Brethren chaplain to Queens University Belfast speaking on “Life in the Emergency Room – Finding hope in the midst of suffering”.
This will be taking place at 7pm in Hall F in the Arts Block on the North Campus of the University.
As I have said already, we are anticipating this will be a good opportunity both for us and for other students to think about the deeper questions of life, and we certainly hope that other students will take up this opportunity.
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