CHW26: Transformations

This year at Castlewellan Holiday Week we gathered around the theme Transformations: the risen Christ and the going-before Spirit. We were glad to welcome Rev Dr Martyn Atkins as our adult speaker, a former Principal of Cliff College and a former General Secretary of the Methodist Church in Britain, who has written widely on mission, evangelism and preaching.

Martyn's morning Bible studies explored the appearances of the risen Lord Jesus to his disciples, and the role of the Holy Spirit in leading and enabling the early church, as the Spirit who goes before God's people and sends them out in mission.

The talks sat inside a week full of everything else that makes CHW what it is: all-age worship each morning, small groups over coffee, prayer ministry, and a lively Open Day on Wednesday. Café Cupcake showed off the talents of the CHW family, and Late Night Worship in the Underground finished the week. Meanwhile the children explored stories of transformation in "Be Transformed!", and the youth team with Benji and Lauren O'Neill carried the same theme into their own programme.

Our chair, Laurence Graham, prayed at the start of the week that we would meet the Holy Spirit and go home "focused on Christ and sharing Him with others."

If you were with us, we hope the recordings help you revisit what you heard. If you weren't, we hope they give you a taste of the week.

Listen back on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or on this page.

Next year's Holiday Week is 31 July - 7 August 2027. We'd love to see you there.