| June
2009 - Vol. 31
Women Sent
on Mission, continued
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| Teaching sessions
The teaching sessions we had each day were divided into three tracks,
the first focusing on spiritual growth, the second on vision and the third
on community leadership.
In the spiritual growth sessions, we heard presentations about great
Christian women whose lives modeled for us faith, courage, generosity,
and wholehearted surrender to the Lord and trust in him.
The vision and community leadership tracks and the daily workshops offered
spiritual insight and concrete pastoral wisdom. They addressed such topics
as what the Lord is saying to the Sword of the Spirit, pastoral care for
married women, being transgenerational communities, caring for aging parents,
and strengthening Christian family life. |
International Women's Coordinating
Committee
(Left to right) Deena Birk,
Najwa Shebaya, Maria del Carmen de Matute,
Beth Melchor
| Our closing day
On the final day we joined in various outings that included a trolley
tour of Ann Arbor highlighting key sites in the history and development
of the local Word of Life Community as well as opportunities for shopping
in nearby malls.
Our five days together were brought to a close with an evening of fellowship
and relaxation, also attended by women of the Word of Life Community. During
the evening there was lively – and very colorful – cultural and ethnic
entertainment provided by our sisters from Nicaragua, the Philippines,
New Zealand, Santa Domingo, and Lebanon. |
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Reflections
from participants
God’s
love was really flowing amongst us, and everyone was very welcoming and
willing to share. Through the talks and meditations and during the
prayer times the Lord really challenged us to have a deeper relationship
with him and to surrender our lives more fully to him so that he could
use us more fully in the building of the kingdom. At the same time
he showered us with his love and we so enjoyed being in his presence that
the main prayer meeting on Wednesday night kept on going and going because
we really didn’t want to stop praising him and being with him in his presence.
Paola
Turner, Antioch, London, UK
Najwa
Shebaya from Lebanon addresses
the
conference
Women
from Word of Life Community in
Ann
Arbor led music for the conference
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