Thank you prayer warriors for praying for me while at Urbana! It was a huge encouragement to have such strong prayer support for me while I was there. Thank you for being part of my Urbana journey in this way. This event was life-changing for me and I am beyond grateful that God extended an invitation to me to be part of it. I experienced a new freedom in worship where I felt unleashed to lead the way God designed me to lead in my specific giftings. It was incredible to lead worship in front of 16,000+ people and declare Christ's name in that stadium! I feel very fortunate that my fiance', Jake, was also able to attend- and he loved it! He really felt God lay it on his heart to be part of a Bible study in the new apt complex we'll be moving into, so he's already started meeting with a future apartment neighbor and friend of ours to chat more about this . We are both thankful that we got to be in St. Louis together and Jake has already asked about going to the next Urbana together in 2015! For a glimpse of what our week was like at Urbana, check out this summary recap video and the photo album I created on facebook. Also, here is a video of us singing "Revelation Song" in multiple languages (I am leading the verses in this song). It was an awesome sound to hear 16,000 voices praising God in all those languages! If you have more time on your hands, here is a complete video of our worship time one of the nights (25 mins. of music). Here are some statistics and a note from the Pres. of InterVarsity of what we saw God do at Urbana:
"This was a very special Urbana. I suspect that twenty years from now, Urbana 12 participants will be spreading the Kingdom of God all over the globe – proclaiming the Good News, healing infirmities, fighting injustice, and discipling new believers." Many deep commitments were made at Urbana '12: To serve at least 2 years in missions – 4,224 (2,676 in 2009) To lead an evangelistic Bible study – 6,434 (5,034 in 2009) To follow Jesus for the first time or to make a recommitment – 96 & 3,740 In addition, I praise God for the sheer amount of resources mobilized: 32,000 AIDS caregiver kits made, $800,000+ in offerings, and social enterprises launched. The comments of three exhibitors spoke volumes to me: “I need to say this: BEST. URBANA. EVER.” “Quality of students is the highest I’ve ever seen in all the four Urbanas I’ve been to.” “Our high-quality conversations in this one Urbana surpassed the TOTAL of the previous two Urbanas combined!”
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Jackie Dixon
I love Jesus. I love my husband & family. I like dark chocolate. And hats. Traveling. Slippers. Hand written notes. And thrifting. These are a few of my favorite things! Categories
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