Discipleship,
and our
journey with
the Lord as
members of
covenant
community
Jesus the Good Shepherd,
Toronto Canada, Women’s Recollection Day
by Michelle Clarence
Jesus the Good
Shepherd Covenant Community in Toronto,
Canada organized their annual Women’s
Recollection day on Saturday, September
22, 2018.
The theme for the day was Discipleship,
and our journey with the Lord as members
of covenant community. It was open to
community women as well as invitees and
47 women attended. We were privileged to
have two outside guest speakers from the
People of God Covenant Community in
Pittsburgh, Joanne Milburn and Joanie
Nath.
The day began with an uplifting Praise
and Worship by the music ministry. We
then had an icebreaker game that brought
in a few good laughs and smiles!
Choosing
Discipleship
An inspiring message on
Choosing Discipleship was
given by Joanie Nath that
posed questions such as ‘Why
are we here?’ ‘What is our
Call?’ ‘What does the heart
of a disciple look like?’
‘What are the aspects of
discipleship in the light of
being covenant community
members?’ ‘Is community “our
way of life” or just one
slice of our pie?’
We were encouraged to take
the elements of community
membership seriously and to
committing ourselves to be
all in.
Set
Your Hearts on Pilgrimage
The next talk, Set Your
Hearts on Pilgrimage, was
given by Joanne Milburn.
With profound wisdom she
explained how God is calling
us to a unique way of life:
The pilgrim life, and our
mission as pilgrims in the
Sword of the Spirit.
“A pilgrim is a resident
foreigner and it also means
‘an alien alongside’. We’re
alongside the residents
here: we establish our
lives, we try to make life
better out of love for those
around us, but we don’t
fully integrate, we’re in
this world but not of it.’
Our citizenship is in heaven
and we’re going back to our
homeland!”
Spiritual
and relational nourishment
Our spiritual fervor was
nourished and fueled by
these talks and testimonies
given by some of the
community women. The service
ministry also nourished and
met our physical needs with
tea/coffee, snacks and
delicious pizzas for lunch!
Truly, it was a blessed time
with our sisters and
everyone felt empowered to
go out to being true
disciples of the Lord. Our
invitees were also very
inspired and left with a
feeling of wanting more.
We thank God for having
called us to this way of
life, for the way he
continues to form us, for
the pastoral care we receive
and for the abundant life
that we live in covenant
community.
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