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Grasping for Beauty in a Broken World

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Rebekah Lesan and I met at Forum, UCCF's national training conference for CU leaders, in September 2021 at a Music Network event. We found we had a shared passion for high quality music performance and evangelism, and we were interested in how they might go hand in hand. Previously, we had both done concerts in which we also shared the gospel, so we decided to team up and put on a bigger event in Glasgow this year. The goal of this concert was to use music performance as a platform from which to share the Good News about Jesus. 

Grasping for Beauty in a Broken World

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John Smith

John Smith took a Bachelor's degree in Music from the University of York and is a current Master’s student at the Royal Northern College of Music. Having been brought up with a missionary for a …

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