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Ten thousand celebrate Jesus on Canada Day at GM Place
FLYING in the face of conventional wisdom, a relatively
unknown Indonesian-Canadian woman, Yani Lim, organized a major Christian
gathering at GM Place in only two months. With a faith seldom seen, she set
about calling Christians together from all over Metro Vancouver and beyond,
to fill GM Place.
‘Voices Together!’ gathered, by
conservative estimate, 8 – 10,000 people from a range
of ethnic groups, to worship God and celebrate Canada’s 150th
birthday.
Participants included worship dancers (among them, 60
Korean children); a special presentation from First Nation Christians; and
a ‘Freedom Choir’ consisting of people who have been redeemed
from lives of addiction.
Kevin Cavanaugh, lead pastor of Cedar Grove Baptist
Church in Surrey, challenged individuals and churches “to seize the
moment and to recognize that God is preparing his bride in the Lower
Mainland to rise up and take her place.” Many pastors and leaders
knelt at the front in repentance and prayer.
Lim admitted the lead-up to the event challenged her
faith. “People told me that it was impossible to do in two months.
I asked the Lord ‘Give me six months or a year!’ I felt him
say, ‘Do you want to do it or do you want me to do it’ – I trusted him.” Indeed,
initially she sought to find a smaller venue, but they were booked up.
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“I felt that God was saying
‘GM Place’,” she said.
After such a remarkable gathering, she was asked about
its impact. “I hear so many people tell me how encouraged they
were to see so many ethnic groups represented . . . the unity in the body
of Christ and simply lifting up the name of Jesus.”
For more information and to donate to defray costs go
to: www.voicestogether.ca.
August 2008
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