Regents Randomness by Louis Tregonning

My first ever post

ljtre1 — 2015-09-29 14:50:17 UTC

Hello everybody and welcome to my blog, made especially to document my time at Regents Theological College. I will try to post entries at least once a week(sorry if I fail to do so though, studies may become too intense). Enjoy reading!

Fresher's week and my first few lectures..

ljtre1 — 2015-09-29 14:56:27 UTC

After an extremely long train journey I arrived at Regents for the beginning of a jam-packed fresher's week. Some of the activities included(but were not limited too!), a campus treasure hunt, a cabaret evening, a walk in the Malvern Hills, and a 'meet the local churches' social evening and plenty of time for praise and worship, plus all the boring paperwork that goes along with becoming a student! I have been blessed with an awesome roommate, who is incredibly enthusiastic and passionate for God and have made lots of other friends as well. I officially began lectures yesterday, so far I've had Study Skills, Introduction to Christian Doctrine, and Communications Class. At the moment I'm dealing with the workload pretty well, but please continue to pray for me that I can deal with the task laid before me.

Blood moon madness

ljtre1 — 2015-10-02 09:16:44 UTC

So as I'm sure all of you already know, on this Sunday just gone(27th) there was a blood moon. Now even though me and my fellow students were all aware that we were starting lectures tomorrow, we decided we had to go up the Malvern Hills and see this phenomenon for ourselves. So at 1am(yes, that is in the morning!) a small group of us climbed up to the tallest peak we could. Now although it was the middle of the night, there was still so much we could see, what was actually really surprisingly beautiful was seeing the city of Worchester from the hills, even though it may not be natural beauty it was still quite a sight to behold.

Now what we hadn't realised was that the process of a blood moon was in fact very very VERY slow, so it took almost 2 hours for us to see the full blood moon in all it's glory and it was amazing. Something esle that left me awe was how when all the moon light had become red light(sorry, I'm not explaining this very well, I'm no scientist) the only white light left was the stars, and it was like seeing the stars in high definition. All of this reminded me of just how small we are, and how big God is, and I was just left in awe at the fact even though we may feel small, and sometimes maybe even insignificant, God loves us, and that to me is amazing!

A message I received for my home church

ljtre1 — 2015-10-05 15:21:47 UTC

This Sunday I visited a church called Upton Baptist, it is blessed with a very old but beautiful building. Unfortunately due to the age of the building the congregation is having to meet in its church hall because of a major damp problem. Now the service I attended was fantastic, you could tell the whole congregation was just totally soaked in the Spirit, and that they had not let the fact they lacked a proper church building stop them from being church, and moving into the place God wanted them to be in. Now I felt it laid on my heart that Par St. Mary’s is kind of in the same boat, not with losing a building obviously, but with losing some key members of its congregation who
did many jobs around the church. So getting to the point, my message for you is
this; Be blessed by the fact that God has taken things away, don’t be
downhearted, but take it as an opportunity for transformation. Take it as an opportunity to try something new, to do something different. Also don’t be afraid to try something and for it not to go so well or fail, if you’re going with the Spirit
of God he isn’t going to let you stumble for no reason. I really feel you
should just take this opportunity and grab it with both hands, because I
believe God has a bright future for Par St. Mary’s. The Bible reading from
Upton Baptist was Matthew 5 v13-16, and here is what v14 says (In the Message
Remixed): “Here’s another way to put it: You’re here to be light, bringing the
God-colours in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public
with this, as public as a city on a hill” Go with God, and be a light in the
community!”

Motivation...

ljtre1 — 2015-10-08 15:12:25 UTC

I'm sat finishing off some work(which I'm finding quite difficult), when I look up from my computer and catch sight of my poster. It's a painting of a stormy scene, and reads "This is why we work hard and continue to struggle, for our hope is in the living God, who is the saviour of all people and particularly of all believers" 1 Timothy 4:10(NLT). Just the motivation I needed!

Being called a liver.

ljtre1 — 2015-10-08 22:19:14 UTC

Throughout the day a friend had been telling me how meek I was, and how it was such a Godly quality to have, he told me how he had come to me quite angry(not because of me, we hadn't fallen out or anything) and that after we'd had a cuppa and a chat he'd felt so much better. Later that day in a spontaneous worship session, that same friend came to me and said how he felt that as part of the body of Jesus Christ I was the liver. Now at first I was completely lost and had no idea what he was on about. But then he explained how I may not be the skin(the thing that is up front and on show all the time) but I'm still important as part of the skin or in helping the skin to function, because without the liver, the skin can turn yellow and then the whole body can appear unhealthy(I hope this makes sense, I'm no scientist!). His words were a real encouragement to me

Small Victories

ljtre1 — 2015-10-15 09:33:56 UTC

For people who know me well, they'll know that I really struggle with public speaking and leadership, it really makes me nervous and anxious. Now I know what you're thinking how come you're in the Performing Arts then(my degree is in Applied Theology and Performing Arts), but I find that I'm fine onstage as long as I have a character to hide behind. But yesterday I was asked to lead a small bible study, and I tried to say no, but unfortunately(or fortunately) I was coheres into it. Now I was really worried about it, but I prayed into it and asked God for the words, and somehow I got through it, which, for me, is pretty amazing! PTL!