Belonging and Believing: The Big Conversation

Friday 01 Mar 2024 - Sunday 03 Mar 2024

Warwick University, Coventry

Free

Friday 01 Mar 2024 - Sunday 03 Mar 2024

Warwick University, Coventry

Free

A weekend for all ages to explore belonging, discipleship and membership within the Kingdom of God and The Salvation Army UK and Ireland Territory.

Across the weekend there will be opportunity for creative worship, discussion, Bible study and prayer.

While booking has now closed, you can join the conversation wherever you are:

Pray into the conversation – see prayer prompts below
Register for an online prayer meeting with Lyndall Bywater on Saturday 2 March at 10am – more information below
Read feature content from Salvationist magazine and salvationist.org.uk – see latest articles and media below

Events

The event programme, including a welcome message from Lieut-Colonel Drew McCombe and the timetable for the weekend.

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Territorial Prayer Co-ordinator Major Gary Lacey shares some points to pray into the weekend wherever you are.

Before the weekend

Prepare our hearts

Pray that our motives, our stories and our beliefs are ready to share in a thoughtful and coherent way. Pray that we are ready to share straight from the heart while being totally mindful of other people’s views.

Set our minds

Set our minds, in prayer, on the face of Jesus, not on earthly things (see Colossians 3:2). Pray that God’s power will fall in clarity on a pathway forward for belonging and believing in the UK and Ireland Territory.

Set our attitudes

Set our attitudes with grace. Pray that we will not carry our own agendas but seek to find grace in our attitudes towards each other, and bring Godly respect into everything that happens going forward.

During the weekend

Lamenting

Pray a passionate expression of sorrow for the times we have let our own agendas overtake our hearts. Pray that a fresh start in our thinking and discussions will be a gentle and graceful venture.

Speaking

Pray Ephesians 4:29 over ourselves and the conversations going forward: ‘Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.’

Listening

Pray that our hearts and our ears will be opened by the Spirit of God to absorb, hear and respond appropriately to other people’s views and thoughts. Pray that we will listen especially to the voice of the Saviour, Jesus Christ.

After the weekend

Change

Pray that change will come as we look to the now and to the future of the UKI Territory with regards to belonging and believing. Pray for God’s navigation as we journey through change.

Transformation

Pray that we will all be transformed as we move forward. Pray that we will allow God to shape our future and the future of the territory ahead of our own agendas.

Travel forwards

Pray for a holy excitement to overtake the difficulties that we all face going forward as we journey together. Pray that we remember that God always wins!