Great Banquet and Awakening
About the Southport Great Banquet
The Great Banquet is an orderly, structured weekend designed to strengthen and renew the faith of Christians and seekers. Through a combined effort of laity and clergy, the Great Banquet focuses on the renewal of the church.
The image of the Great Banquet comes from Luke 14:15-24. Jesus tells of a master who prepared a great banquet and invited many guests, saying: "Come, for everything is now ready." Many had excuses and did not attend. Finally, many were brought who were poor, crippled, blind and lame. The result of the master's invitation was to feast and fellowship at a banquet given by God.
The Great Banquet is a 72-hour experience, beginning on Thursday evening and ending Sunday evening. It is one expression of a larger, world-wide renewal movement that began in Spain just after World War II and has gone around the globe and into every arm of the Christian Church. It is also called Cursillo, Walk to Emmaus, Tres Dias and Via de Cristo. It also reaches into prisons where it is call Kairos.
What happens at the Great Banquet?
On a Great Banquet weekend, you will experience personal, private time with God. You will enjoy life in community as you talk, sing and share life together with others. You will hear fifteen talks, all of them exploring what it means to be loved and forgiven by God and to be followers of Jesus Christ.
Who should attend the Great Banquet?
This weekend experience is for anyone who wishes to strengthen his or her spiritual life, wants to have a better understanding of prayer and the sacraments and seeks to know Jesus as Lord and Savior.
Upcoming dates are:
Women's Weekend - May 3-6, 2012
Men's Weekend - September 20-23
Women's Weekend - October 4-7
Info by e-mail click here.
Get more info and register online at: www.SouthportGB.org
Sign up for a slot on a Great Banquet community Prayer Chart. Click Here.
About the Southport Awakening
The Awakening is the youth version of the Great Banquet, designed for high schoolers who are seeking an awareness of each one's need to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior, and then begin to make Him Lord in all areas of life.
The image of the Awakening comes from I Samuel 3:1-10. One night as Samuel was lying down in the temple, the Lord calls, "Samuel! Samuel!" Samuel did not yet know the Lord so he did not recognize who was calling him. After the Lord calls Samuel three times, Samuel is instructed by Eli to respond with, "Speak, Lord, for thy servant hears."
Upcoming dates are:
Girls weekend: November 2 through November 4, 2012
Guys weekend: November 16 through November 18, 2012
Info by e-mail click here.
Get more info and register online at: www.SouthportGB.org
Sign up for a slot on an Awakening Prayer Chart. Click Here.