‘Have you become a yuuf?’ asked one of my Facebook friends when I said I was off to Soul Survivor (I am somewhat older than the target group).

Well, no, but didn’t I feel out of place. It helped that I met some STETS students, but, more importantly, it was easy to worship – even sitting on the floor, at the back of an enormous tent (and, yes, the music was loud). And why was that?

The worship focussed on Jesus’ beauty, not our feelings about Jesus. Perhaps we are coming out of the stage where ‘worship songs’ seem to be more about what I feel, than about who God is. I hope so.

The Word was also solidly focussed on who Jesus is; the four different pictures shown by the gospels and I felt I was fed (enough said).

And the ministry was very well led. The balance between giving space for God to work whilst not hyping or forcing people was done exceptionally well. I would have liked to hear more about not expecting one experience, no matter how profound, to change everything; but I was only there for one day.

Of course it wasn’t perfect (what is?) but overall, if I could become a yuuf, I’d be going back next year.