The Bridge Paris University and Young Professionals Group, part of the Bridge International Church in Paris, France enjoys periodic weekend retreats in St. Maulvis, France, hosted by a mother and daughter in their summer home. This is a multi-national group; Sheila and her mom are originally from India, Suzanne Spolarich, AGWM Personnel, from the US, and the students come from various nations. This time the countries represented were China, Cameroon, the Congo, France, the Ivory Coast and Nigeria. So many students from so many different nations meet at The Bridge and become brothers and sisters in Christ!
God is at work in these students’ lives: Rita was recently baptized, Emmanuelle has stepped up to leadership in the group, several after recent graduation are looking for full-time work. All of them are becoming disciples of Jesus, desiring to know him better and follow his plan for their lives.
The theme for the Spring 2015 Retreat was "Learning Christian Disciplines." Rachel shared about waiting on God; Sheila stressed the necessity of praising God; Emmanuelle emphasized that without prayer a relationship with the Lord is impossible; Guy challenged everyone to start reading and studying the Bible in order to go further in our relationships with Jesus; and Suzanne taught on the benefits of fasting hand in hand with prayer, especially when we seek to overcome an obstacle to our spiritual growth.
At our last meal together, Suzanne asked each participant to share the one thing that would be implemented as a Christian discipline in their lives. Of course, the answers were varied, some wanting to pursue “waiting on God,” others desiring to “read and study the Bible” more regularly, a few sensing the need to join fasting to prayer in order to move ahead in following Jesus.
There were rich times of praise and prayer together. Delicious meals were prepared by Rachel and Sheila. Fun times playing games and sharing at meal times drew the group closer together in friendship and all grew closer to Jesus.
The Bridge Paris University and Young Professionals Group, part of the Bridge International Church in Paris, France enjoys periodic weekend retreats in St. Maulvis, France, hosted by a mother and daughter in their summer home.
This is a multi-national group; Sheila and her mom are originally from India, Suzanne Spolarich, AGWM Personnel, from the US, and the students come from various nations. This time the countries represented were China, Cameroon, the Congo, France, the Ivory Coast and Nigeria. So many students from so many different nations meet at The Bridge and become brothers and sisters in Christ!
God is at work in these students’ lives: Rita was recently baptized, Emmanuelle has stepped up to leadership in the group, several after recent graduation are looking for full-time work. All of them are becoming disciples of Jesus, desiring to know him better and follow his plan for their lives.
The theme for the Spring 2015 Retreat was "Learning Christian Disciplines." Rachel shared about waiting on God; Sheila stressed the necessity of praising God; Emmanuelle emphasized that without prayer a relationship with the Lord is impossible; Guy challenged everyone to start reading and studying the Bible in order to go further in our relationships with Jesus; and Suzanne taught on the benefits of fasting hand in hand with prayer, especially when we seek to overcome an obstacle to our spiritual growth.
At our last meal together, Suzanne asked each participant to share the one thing that would be implemented as a Christian discipline in their lives. Of course, the answers were varied, some wanting to pursue “waiting on God,” others desiring to “read and study the Bible” more regularly, a few sensing the need to join fasting to prayer in order to move ahead in following Jesus.
There were rich times of praise and prayer together. Delicious meals were prepared by Rachel and Sheila. Fun times playing games and sharing at meal times drew the group closer together in friendship and all grew closer to Jesus.