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Power for
Mission
Members
from Kairos in Europe and the
Middle East gathered for a
powerful weekend retreat in
Belgium February 2015
"God is alive and wants to
work
through His people today"
by Greg Potter
 A highly anticipated event this
academic year was the Kairos Weekend. Students
from across Europe and the Middle East
gathered in Belgium in February for a time of
prayer and fellowship. "Power for Mission" was
the theme of the weekend; being warriors for
Christ and being prepared to stand up and
answer his call in a time which is so opposed
to any kind of faith.
Jean Barbara, President of the Sword of the
Spirit, led the sessions and told some amazing
stories - including miracles such as people
being raised from the dead and limbs growing.
The talks stressed that God is alive and wants
to work through his people today. We saw for
ourselves as God worked in power when we
prayed for the gifts of prophecy and healing.
During the day on Saturday we split into
separate sessions for men and for women so we
could pray with one another for an outpouring
of the gifts of the Spirit.
The crescendo for the weekend was the prayer
meeting on the Saturday evening. Healings took
place and prophecies were given in several
hours of prayer and worship. Being on
the worship team it was so inspiring to look
out at a room full of people engrossed in
worship, and despite growing up in a Christian
environment, I have rarely felt the Holy
Spirit so tangibly and powerfully.
On the Sunday we had a session in which we
split into our university outreach groups. We
discussed areas in which we could improve and
other groups prayed that God would really use
Koinonia. I personally took a great deal of
encouragement from the weekend and look
forward to putting it into practice back in
our Koinonia student outreach at the
University of London.
Greg Potter currently attends the London
Oratory. He has been a member of Koinonia for
over a year.
Spiritual
Warriors
by
Joelle Mok
 ‘Power for
Mission!’ read the sign at the front
of the stage. I sat in the audience on
the first day of the Kairos Weekend in
Leuven, Belgium, watching as the three
emcees repeat this phrase, which was
this year’s theme. This didn’t mean
much to me at that point. Going to the
weekend, I wasn’t mentally prepared,
and I certainly didn’t feel powerful
in any spiritual mission.
But as the weekend progressed, I
started to understand what these
simple three words meant. I was pushed
out of my comfort zone, doing things I
never thought I’d do, or have the
chance to do. Prophesying, speaking in
tongues, praying over not only my
peers, but spiritual ‘warriors’ who
were much older than me – these were
things that brought my relationship
with God to a whole different level. I
understood how God speaks in small,
simple ways, and how His words not
only impact me, but those around me as
well. I saw the true meaning of
community, and how real God’s presence
could be, just like in Matthew 18:20:
‘For when two or more are gathered in
(God’s) name, there (God is) among
them’ .
As I was exposed to the different
gifts of the Holy Spirit, searching
within myself and asking God to give
me strength, I realized what was
making me feel spiritually powerless.
It was my fear, my hesitations, my
reluctance to simply ask God to grant
me the strength and courage that I
needed. I gradually learnt to
overcome those fears and hesitations,
and felt empowered to carry out God’s
mission for me, with an overwhelming
sense of inner peace and joy. For me,
this whole weekend and experience was
indeed challenging, but at the same
time, fun, enriching and spiritually
rejuvenating.
Joelle Mok studies
Speech Therapy at UCL and has been
a key member of Koinonia for the
last few years.
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