I have been praying about the International Assembly that is coming in less than four months. Preparations is going on around the International Offices and it is exciting to think of all we might share and experience as we gather together August 12-17, 2008. Let me mention a few of the plans to you:
Awake-- our theme--praying for an Awakening from God among us all
Prayer Awakening--with Kay Horner leading the Assembly in intensive prayer each morning
Awake to Vision--with the General Overseer--sharing the International Offices vision on Tuesday morning
Awake to Our Call--with the General Presbyter of Europe/CIS/Middle East, Bishop Clayton Endecott on Tuesday evening
Awake to the World Harvest--with the General Presbyter of Africa, Bishop Sherman Allen, on Thursday evening
Leadership Awakening--with our special guest, Dr. J. Doug Stringer, of Turning Point Ministries International, speaking to leaders on Thursday and Friday morning
Awake to the Spirit--with our special guest, Bishop Jerry Macklin, Second Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ and Pastor of Glad Tidings Church of God in Christ in Hayward, California on Friday evening
Awake to the Young Harvest--with Palma Hutchinson and Kathy Creasy, Youth and Children's Ministries Directors on Saturday evening
Awakening Challenge--with the General Presbyter of the Caribbean, Bishop Brice Thompson on Sunday morning
Each Assembly we realize that the help we need from the Lord will come through prayer. As we seek God for an Awakening touch over this movement, which spans ministry in 130 nations, we want to cover the Assembly with prayer. Please join with churches and leaders all around the world asking God for an Awakening visitation. We are proclaiming Sunday, June 29, as our Assembly Day of Prayer. The prayers of your church, united with 10,000 other congregations, calling on the Lord will certainly mount up in the heavens. We are believing together for all of us to Awake to new heights of ministry for the glory of God.
We will be receiving a mission offering that will go to Africa. We will call this offering African Harvest Cry where the growth is more than we can keep up with. This African Harvest Cry offering will be used for Harvest Activity, Leadership Development, and Church Buildings. Each church is asked to bring a special offering towards this. To keep up with the monthly African Harvest Cry offering, register at our website- http://www.cogop.org/ to receive the "Connections" COGOP e-mail newsline.
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