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The Philadelphia
2002 Alpha Conference
May 30-31, 2002
The Church of the Good Samaritan
212 West Lancaster Avenue
Paoli, PA 19301 |
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Featuring
Nicky Gumbel and the Alpha Team from HTB
Nicky Gumbel and the Alpha team
from Holy Trinity Brompton, UK will lead this two day
event with worship, song, and prayer. The Alpha course
will be explained and your questions about mounting an
Alpha course at your church will be answered. Youth Alpha,
Prison Alpha, and Alpha for Catholics will also be presented. |
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Grace
and Collateral Grace
After 3 attempted starts, the Philadelphia
Alpha Conference of 2002 finally settled on The Church
of the Good Samaritan in Paoli, PA. We knew the limitations
of this venue all too well. When things were finally settled
in January we cleared the space and started to prepare
in earnest for this event. We could not allow Nicky and
the Apha Team from HTB and AlphaNA to return home after
the Detroit Conference and leave the Philadelphia area
bereft of this blessing.
We started praying, arranged space and sweated the details
almost immediately. We needed good weather and good planning
under-girded by the faith that God would provide. Doors
were opened, calendars cleared and breakout space became
available. We decided to limit registrations to 600 which
was reached almost 2 weeks before the event. With cancellations,
late arrivers and walk ins, we welcomed 660 delegates
Thursday morning. Adding the volunteers from Good Samaritan
brought us up to 700. We were "pressed down and overflowing"
in the sanctuary much to the discomfort of some delegates.
For this we offer our regrets. The Alpha team from NA
called this "The Intensity of Density" and smiled.
Feedback was almost all positive in spite of high 80s
temperatures, hard pews and diminished lighting to keep
down the heat. Grace abounded among the 120 pastors and
attending delegates from 16 states and 25 denominations
and will be further poured out by the many Alpha Courses
which surely will result from this event.
We at Good Samaritan just finished our 14th Alpha Course.
We are still full of joy and wonder at the Converting
Words and Converting Power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
that is so engagingly presented by the Alpha Course. We
have witnessed many coming to Faith, some leading to Baptisms,
seen new excitement from the folks sitting in the pews
and found a new spirit at work in the Alpha teams and
home groups who have worked hard to make the Alpha Course
so vital to our church and a large expression of our outreach
and evangelism.
Our thanks to one and all. You clergy -- keep fully involved,
stick to the recipe and press on.
In love and faith
Tom & Linda Davis
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Sponsored
By:
The Church of the Good Samaritan
212 West Lancaster Avenue
Paoli, PA 19301
www.good-samaritan.org |
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Contact
Information:
The Philadelphia Alpha Conference
c/o Tom Davis
Station Square Three, Suite 210
Paoli, PA 19301
610.640.9930
Email: PalmDav@aol.com |
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