| May
2008 - Vol. 19
> Español
An Open Door for
Mission, continued
The experience of brotherhood
and love among the brothers has been above the diversity of cultures, languages
and countries.
Fr. Enrique Silvestre from
San Pedro Sula, Honduras celebrated the Sunday liturgy for Catholic participants.
Archbishop George Bacouni
(right), Melkite bishop of Tyre, and Nabil Barbara from the People of God
community in Beirut attended the ICM along with several coordinators from
Lebanon.
Return
to pages | 1
| 2
| 3
|
photos
by Nico Angleys and Don Schwager
|
Impressions
from participants
Andy
Kebe and Mike Shaughnessy – Kairos North America
I
believe that the evident activity of the Holy Spirit at this international
gathering will impact the Sword of the Spirit communities around the world
for many years to come. The presentations and times of prayer inspired
us to live more fully our call to be radical disciples on mission. This
time together also renewed our zeal for imparting this united call to mission
to our home communities. We were exhorted to 'decrease' so that the Lord
might 'increase' the mission work of our communities and outreaches
– and to entrust more fully, not only our personal lives and our families,
but also our community mission work to the Lord's care.
Another
key message was the mission of investing in the next generation of leaders.
They (the young leaders) might not be ready, we might not have time
to teach them all they need to know, but the message was clear that we
need to prepare ourselves for all that God will be doing in the near future.
The witness of these men who have zealously and relentlessly served
for 20, 30 and 40 years confirmed in me the truth that the Holy Spirit
is working among them and is drawing them to a particular role in
the building of God's people in this specific time in history.
We
had the great privilege to honor Steve Clark for the incredible legacy
that he has left. This time of honoring was truly a highlight of the weekend
as we heard stories of Steve's great witness to a life of radical discipleship
and the many ways that his impact has borne so much fruit in so very many
of our leaders lives. For four decades, Steve has been not just inspiring
men and women around him with his witness nor eqipping them to build community
through his great wisdom and vision, but he has also continued to invest
in young leaders by personally engaging them and helping them to grow in
Christian maturity. In the model of Christ, Steve has inspired, trained
and equipped those around him to serve, but most fundamentally he has loved
each one of them and helped them to follow God's will for their lives.
His investment in the leaders of our movement will bear tremendous fruit
in the future generations around the world.
Andy
Kebe
Kairos
Mission Director in North America |
