A brilliant time...

I'm back in Spain, after spending last week in Germany - firstly for leadership meetings with the KKI European leadership team (photo above) then with a group of KKI national leaders from 22 different countries, and finally for the Brilliant conference, a gathering that brought together 300 people from four generations and 24 nations of Europe (photo below.)

It was a joy to connect as a family with young and old from all over our continent, to worship God together, to pray for the nations, and to seek God's direction for the different ways that we can brilliantly shine His light in these times where many parts of Europe face challenges and crises. (The Brexit debate in the UK, and the independence demonstrations in the Cataluña region of Spain would be just two examples of this.)

Much of the conference planning had been carried by our younger leaders and the sessions were led or MC-ed by young leaders and teenagers working together. People from North, South, East and Western Europe were involved in giving TED talks and facilitating workshops, and the younger generations were involved in leading the worship and intercession.

The conference theme - Brilliant - continued what had been begun at our 2017 gathering (Light up, Europe!) and so it wasn't surprising that the logical next step was for us to sense God prompting us all to plan a Europe-wide outreach event that will allow us to shine His light and His love all across Europe in Summer 2022.  

As the conference participants return home to Poland and Slovakia, Armenia and the Ukraine, France and Italy.... we carry the vision to bring God's kingdom to the nations where He's placed us, and to work together towards making God known throughout our large and diverse continent. We're called to be brilliant!