Sunday — The final day of conference was every bit as amazing as the others. I know how much work has gone into organizing this gathering so that everything comes together as it should, but without the Holy Spirit’s power and presence, it would be just another event. This was far from just another event.

Key People
Arvie Muff, Aglow’s Director of Special Events and Conferences, gave recognition to the leaders of our local volunteer staff for this conference. The local volunteers were a HUGE help in making this event a success. Arvie acknowledged the excellent leadership of Patricia Long, Marie Dossett and Donna Taylor and honored them publicly for the crucial part they played.

Praying for the men during the Sunday session.

Men in Aglow
We heard from the men this morning. Dwight Brooks introduced two of them, one from Denmark and the other from the UK, both of whom have been forerunners with getting men involved in Aglow. They each gave reports of changed lives and active, thriving men’s groups.

After the reports, Dwight had the men in the audience stand and then asked the women to pray over them. Being a man, I’m probably a little biased about this, but I think it was one of the most significant moments of the conference.

Intimacy and Glory
Asher’s message this morning was from Revelation 1 — the account of John’s vision of the glorified Christ. Asher said that even though John was terrified at the site, he considers this to be one of the most intimate moments in all of scripture. Jesus was revealing his true nature to John — allowing him to see him as he really is. John had already known Jesus in a personal way — as a friend — now he would know him in his glory as well.

At the end of his message, Asher pulled his prayer shawl over his shoulders and prayed in Hebrew for the men and women of Aglow. It was a precious time as the Spirit of God hovered over that place.

Two things followed Asher’s prayer. First, Jane shared a story about the King of Denmark, Christian X, who wore a Star of David on his sleeve to show support of Danish Jews suffering persecution under Nazi occupation during World War II.

Jane then asked that a Star of David be passed out to every person in the session as a sign of Aglow’s support of our Jewish brothers and sisters — especially during this time of rising anti-semitism.

Secondly, Jane asked Victor Khalil, a friend of Aglow and an Arab, to come forward and pray, along with Asher, for the salvation of both their peoples. Victor and Asher prayed passionate prayers and embraced as brothers. It was an emotional time for all of us — and a very fitting way to end this conference. Julie Meyer led us in a song of victory, Jane said once again “It was good to be together” and invited all Amercan Aglow members to join us in San Jose next year September 30 – Oct. 3 for the Aglow National Conference. She also encouraged the various nations to attend their conferences, saying that she was sure they’d all be outstanding events.

With that we made our way out of the building, exhausted, but filled to overflowing.