25TH BIRTHDAY PLANTING OUR CHURCH OCT 21
Check out this awesome banner with 25 years of conferences prepared for us by Tim Jack and also the 25-year ministry timeline and 25 years of prophecies – https://reconciliationandpeace.org/25th-birthday-celebration/
There are so many prophecies and they are not all transcribed yet. We may later add a list of decrees as that is a key feature of our ministry.
We have had some awesome video greetings and tributes come in from around the world and will prepare a PowerPoint with messages. We are blessed to have many joining us from Israel, the Middle East, Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, PNG, NZ and Australia on the zoom meeting. The time zone doesn’t suit for UK and USA but we’ve included a message here from Ps Larry and Anne Hamilton USA as they were the first ones to send one in and we appreciate their time with us greatly.
This October, we celebrate 25 years since we planted the Pentecostal Church of Reconciliation in Cairns in which became the Tabernacle of David local congregation and the Centre for International Reconciliation and Peace para-church ministry, the latter being launched in 1998.
We are celebrating with a service today at our usual time of 4pm and then by a zoom meeting at 7pm Sydney time on 1 Nov so our friends from around Australia and overseas can join us to celebrate. Email us for the zoom link – cfirp@bigpond.com.
We would like those who have journeyed with us over the years to attend the zoom if you can. Whether you can attend or not, please send us a few words of your memories or testimonies and a photo of yourself so that we can make a PowerPoint of these. Short video messages are also welcome. Please please send any photos you may have of conferences we’ve hosted that you attended or meetings we spoke at that you attended. We would like to record some of our history.
PLEASE SEND US PHOTOS, VIDEOS, TESTIMONIES, MEMORIES FOR OUR 25TH!!
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!! OUR INDIGENOUS FRIENDS OF ISRAEL WEBSITE IS LIVE!! – https://indigenousfriendsofisrael.org/
Contact us about this ministry if you would like to be a part of it – ifi3@bigpond.com
MESSAGE FROM PS LARRY AND ANNE HAMILTON USA FOR 25TH
In 2006 Larry and I were in Cairns between mission trips to PNG and Papua. Walking downtown, we visited an aboriginal art gallery (Munganbana) to enjoy the paintings. The proprietor (Norman) came up and asked us where we were from: America. His next statement was, “Do you know this year is the centennial of the Azuza Street Revival the Holy Spirit brought to Los Angeles a hundred years ago?” We were flabbergasted that he would know that, and assume we wanted to know! He went on to explain that they were hosting an international conference to commemorate that and the 400thanniversary of de Quiros claiming the Great South Land of the Holy Spirit over Vanuatu. Then Norman invited us to church at Tabernacle of David.
From then on, TOD was our church and Norman and Barbara were our pastors. Being a small congregation, everyone including us went to work on the Bethany Gate/All Pacific Prayer Assembly. Your website says 2,000 attended. (Norman revised this to 3,000 because of the huge number of people who came for the free nights over 10 days, not always the same people.) Wow! I remember it was held at the sports arena. After setting up, Larry volunteered to stay all night and sleep there to guard the sound equipment.
The conference and the attendees made such an impact on us that the next year we flew into Port Moresby from Alotau, PNG, to attend APPA. Prophetess Barbara spoke on making declarations and using the King’s signet ring. Prime Minister Somare publicly signed a covenant pledging PNG to worship no other God but Yahweh.
We were used to celebrating Passover in our congregation in USA, but we were just growing in understanding our Hebrew roots beyond the basic commandments. Your connection to Israel and end-time prophecy really helped bring things together for us. By the time we made the long sail back to USA in 2011, I was writing Bible lessons on the subject!
TOD worship was another new thing to us, and we so appreciate all the Millers for bringing us together spiritually and presenting us to God with your musical gifts. Back in America we found a small movement had started, and almost immediately connected with another congregation with harp and bowl worship that follows the Feasts.
Thanks for the newsletters and books. We miss the friends we made through the church. Next time we get together we won’t need a boat and an airplane to get there! Maranatha!
Here are the people who came to send us off on our last voyage from Cairns.L to R Larry Hamilton, Sarah Kenny Pascoe, Anne Hamilton, Norman Miller and Wallace Pau
