Within the EU, we continue to provide opportunities for EUers to grow in their biblical understanding and desire to serve Jesus for life. This year, at the request of the EU Executive, we have restarted an additional weekly teaching hour encouraging EUers to go deeper into particular topics. Several years ago it was called leadership sessions – this year, we have called it EU Enrich. In semester one, we are holding EU Enrich on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons over a six-week period and are considering the topics of Evangelism (3 weeks) and Gospel Work (3 weeks).

In the three-week series on evangelism I taught, we considered the fundamentals of the gospel – that it is a grand public declaration of life-changing news. We saw that the gospel, as preached by the apostles, has some key elements, including that Jesus is fully human and descended from David. That he is raised from the dead and is declared as Lord and Messiah (God’s chosen Saviour King). That he offers salvation from sin and will return to judge the living and the dead.

Having established these, we considered what prevents us from preaching the gospel and how we can be afraid of what others may think of us. In our third week, we spent time reflecting on ways we can relate well to our friends, what a good gospel conversation looks like and how to invite our non-Christian friends to attend gospel opportunities during our second semester mission.

EU Enrich is designed to push and stretch EUers in their Biblical and theological understanding, and to extend their ministry practice. It has been designed as an opportunity in addition to our regular weekly offerings of Public Meetings and faculty Bible studies. Each week, it has been helping an extra 40-50 students be encouraged and trained in ministry knowledge and skills. This training is both effective in the current season and also provides lifelong theological foundations and ministry skills.

In the latter half of this semester, EU Enrich will consider the topic of Gospel Work with Laura and I. This series has been designed to help EUers consider a Biblical and theological understanding of gospel work, the centrality of prayer and the word, and the opportunities to serve as a pastor and teacher. It will also provide a framework for making gospel decisions, encouraging EUers to consider if they might forgo other opportunities to become vocational gospel workers for the sake of the LRLR.

This upcoming season of EU Enrich continues the strong emphasis that the EU Graduates Fund has on seeking to raise leaders of God’s church – both lay and vocational. Thank you for your prayers and financial support as we serve the current generation of students.