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WASHINGTON CONFERENCE NEWS
Impact Your World Focuses on
Spiritual Revival
Step into the seminar rooms
at Impact Your World retreat,
and you will immediately
sense energy in the room as
people learn how to be vibrant
witnesses for Jesus.
Impact Your World retreat,
now in its sixth year, provides
training for local church Bible
workers and prayer warriors.
This year, 130 people attended
the retreat held the first weekend
of April at Sunset Lake
Camp.
“We train, empower and pray
for the Holy Spirit to anoint
people to accomplish what God
is calling them to do in ministry,”
says Gayle Lasher, retreat
founder and organizer. “Our
desire is to prepare our world
for Jesus’ return one friend at a
time.”
Attendees in the retreat’s
prayer track learned about
prayers of blessing from Don
and Ruthie Jacobson, North
American Division prayer
leaders; Dick Hanson, an
Adventist businessman from
Portland, Ore.; and Corleen
Johnson, North Pacific Union
Conference prayer coordinator.
In children’s sessions, young
people learned how to pray for
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Impact Your World, now in its sixth year, trains and empowers
more than 100 people each year to be involved in ministry
and faith-sharing. Some churches even use this event as their
annual church retreat.
their friends from examples in
the Bible.
“Our church grows when we
grow spiritually,” says Karen
Bert, from New Life Adventist
Ministry. This congregation in
Fife experienced God’s blessings
through two sessions of 40 Days
of Prayer and decided to commit
to daily praying together
throughout the year.
In a new track this year, Paul
Richardson from the Center for
Creative Ministry shared practical
insights about creating a safe
church environment to reconnect
with members. Marc Lien,
Monroe Church pastor, taught
lay Bible workers techniques
for studying the Bible with their
friends.
“We retrained our thinking
on how to study the Bible,” says
Robert Cline, a new member
and one of 25 members from
Enumclaw Church who attended
the retreat. “We learned
to look at context, facts and
specifics of the text. It’s real and
refreshing.”
Kevin Wilfley, Washington
Conference prayer and
spiritual growth coordinator,
was the keynote speaker and
spoke about the “power of
returning” and the blessing of
the Holy Spirit.
“I want to ask you to return
to your excitement in Jesus
Christ,” says Wilfley. “Return
to Bible study, prayer, worship
The Impact Your World retreat environment is “prayerful,” as
described by one participant. Small groups frequently form
to pray for the blessing of the Holy Spirit.
Marc Lien, Monroe Church pastor, teaches people enrolled in
the Bible worker training at the Impact Your World retreat how
to use different Bible study techniques.
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and sharing your faith, and God
will bring revival in your life.
I encourage you to be ‘sevenday’
Adventists and not just
‘seventh-day’ Adventists.”
Heidi Baumgartner, Washington
Conference communication
director
Nearby or farther
away, watch
the Washington
Adventist Camp
Meeting live stream
June 20–29. Join
us as we seek to be
“Revived to Serve.”
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