Glenada Weekend
Annual Conference
18th
to 20th March 2005
Since
1992, the Lay Witness Movement has held its Annual Conference in Portrush. The
conference is a time to gather some of the movement together for worship, study,
prayer and ministry. In a major change, the new venue of Glenada
Conference
Centre in Newcastle, Co Down was used this year.
The guest speaker was Mike Williams.
Mike, a local preacher, is
presently working with the Stauros Foundation that deals with addiction
problems. He has previously served
as an evangelist at Cliff College, an RE teacher at Dalriada, and RE adviser for
the Western Education & Library Board (WELB).
First time attendees, Olive and Douglas Rowe write,
“As we left Fermanagh on Friday afternoon, to
drive to Newcastle in Co. Down, to attend the Lay Witness Conference, we
enjoyed beautiful weather. When
we arrived at Glenada we received a warm welcome from the organisers.
The theme “Milestones and Mountains” was
appropriate to the situation of Glenada, looking out on the mountains and
sea. Our speaker Mike
Williams gave five sessions on this theme.
Each session began with worship leading us into Christ’s
presence, ready to receive from Him what He had to say to us.
Mike led us through the life of Joseph in Genesis, starting with
his family background and the influences of his parents and grandparents.
Mike went on through the life of Joseph showing us how the
relationship with his father and brothers, his time as a slave in
Potiphar’s house, and his rise to leadership in the nation where all
“mountains” of experience that became “milestones” through God
being with him. In every session each of us present found God speaking to us
about how he guides in life, if we will but trust him.
On
Sunday afternoon we said “Good Bye” and travelled to our homes in many
parts of Ireland, from Killarney to Coleraine.
Conference
Photos:
Future
Conferences:
Lay
Witness has booked the Glenada Conference Centre for the next two years.
Dates for your diary are 17-19 March 2006 and 16-18 March 2007.
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