Example programme – 10 day
The host church in the UK has decided that their vision for the coming year is “Love God with All Your Mind”. They decide to kick off the new year with a ten-day Tent event in January.
In conversation with the director, the church decides that Tent will be about a “Theology of Thinking”. The director designs a program with this theme in mind. Each session approaches “Thinking” from a different angle. The director decides to deliver most of the material himself, recruiting special guest lecturers and practitioners for some sessions.
The first weekend
FRIDAY EVENING
- Food and worship
- Talk: Trinity and the Thinking Person
SATURDAY MORNING
(TWO SESSIONS):
- Breakfast and worship
- Talks: Philosophy and You; “I think therefore I am” and the “Leap of Faith”
SUNDAY MORNING
SERMON SLOT
- Thinking in the Old Testament
The week inbetween
MONDAY DAYTIME
- Trinity for Parents and Tots: short talk and theological Q&A at the mother-toddler drop in centre
TUESDAY MORNING
- Short talk and leading prayers at church team meeting
- The director is available throughout the day to meet with staff team
TUESDAY EVENING
- “Grill a Theologian” youth event
WEDNESDAY EVENING
- Food and worship
- “Praying for Mental Health”, teaching and practical training session
THURSDAY MORNING
AND AFTERNOON
- One-to-one theology conversations with members of the church interested in going further
THURSDAY EVENING
- Practical training and advice session on teaching the Bible in Small Groups
The second weekend
FRIDAY EVENING
- Food and worship
- Talk: Science and Reason
SATURDAY MORNING
(TWO SESSIONS)
- Breakfast and Worship.
- Talk: “Have the Mind of Christ”; Common Sense and thinking Christianly
- Listening prayer practice and teaching session
SUNDAY MORNING
SERMON SLOT
- Thinking in the New Testament