This year's Calvary Chapel Scandinavia Conference carried the title "Not of This World", and God made sure it lived up to its title as none left untouched by His Word, His love, and His call to live for His kingdom in the midst of an unbelieving society.
The 16th annual Calvary Chapel Scandinavia Conference saw 130+ people gather outside Stockholm, Sweden for an in-depth dip into God's Word, an intimate entry before God's thrown through worship, and days of refilling fellowship.
Guest speakers David Guzik (CC Santa Barbara), Craig Quam (CC Montebelluna), and Rafael Manzanares (CC Mallorca) joined local pastors and Bible study leaders to teach through the first half of 1 Corinthians in 12 sessions, with added workshops along the way.
Opening on Wednesday night, the conference went until Sunday at noon. Participants included missionaries and believers from Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark as well as believers from mainland Europe or America who share the desire of Calvary Chapel Scandinavia to see more verse-by-verse Bible teaching spread the knowledge of Jesus across this region.
Sunny and Son-centered
Covered with sunshine and hot temperatures for most of the conference, the former castle in Ekebyholm outside Stockholm, Sweden provided a wonderful venue as usual. But even though this may go down as the hottest and most sunny CC Scandinavia conference to date, the summer sun was outshone by the Son of God from start to finish as Jesus became the clear focus of all the Bible teachings, workshops, prayer times, and worship sessions.
Sunny and Son-centered
Covered with sunshine and hot temperatures for most of the conference, the former castle in Ekebyholm outside Stockholm, Sweden provided a wonderful venue as usual. But even though this may go down as the hottest and most sunny CC Scandinavia conference to date, the summer sun was outshone by the Son of God from start to finish as Jesus became the clear focus of all the Bible teachings, workshops, prayer times, and worship sessions.
"You can plan and organize and prepare all you want, but it's all a waste of time if Jesus doesn't take center stage. We felt He certainly did this year, leaving us all on the receiving end of some serious insights from the Scriptures and glimpses of His glory during moments of worship. The fellowship was the loving kind that only the Spirit of God can create - the kind that leaves a mark for months. We thank Jesus for this conference," says Theis, one of the four conference organizers.
Served by Dream Teams
This year a mix of visiting mission's teams provided great service to the conference. Bruce and Teresa Muller, sent out by Calvary Monterey and currently serving in CC Siegen, came up to lead worship along with other local worship leaders.
CC Leipzig sent a team to put together a full children's ministry program for the second year running, while Calvary Front Range in Colorado flew over to serve all the conference participants by taking care of the many practical chores and tasks surrounding each meal and other daily duties.
All teachings from the 2014 conference (incl. workshops) will be available online soon. Stay tuned on this blog for announcements about available teachings plus additional articles with reactions from guest speakers and more.
Click here to see the official conference video (or here to see an extended version with added photos) or click below on your video of choice. If you want to download the official group photo from this year's conference, just click on the photo below.
Served by Dream Teams
This year a mix of visiting mission's teams provided great service to the conference. Bruce and Teresa Muller, sent out by Calvary Monterey and currently serving in CC Siegen, came up to lead worship along with other local worship leaders.CC Leipzig sent a team to put together a full children's ministry program for the second year running, while Calvary Front Range in Colorado flew over to serve all the conference participants by taking care of the many practical chores and tasks surrounding each meal and other daily duties.
All teachings from the 2014 conference (incl. workshops) will be available online soon. Stay tuned on this blog for announcements about available teachings plus additional articles with reactions from guest speakers and more.
Click here to see the official conference video (or here to see an extended version with added photos) or click below on your video of choice. If you want to download the official group photo from this year's conference, just click on the photo below.
2014 Conference from Calvary Chapel Scandinavia on Vimeo.
2014 Conference - Extended version from Calvary Chapel Scandinavia on Vimeo.
1 comment:
Praise God! That song really speaks to what it is that our Father was calling each of us to, a greater level of trust in His grace and less dependence on ourselves and ability. May He continue to lead us deeper and deeper...into Him.
Personally it was only on the conclusion of the conference that I could sing that song and mean it, as He gave me the Grace to do it as the words are so powerful (and can be very intimidating). But thank God for His Grace.
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