The Pan-African Vineyard Leaders’ Conference 2009 took place from September 14th to 18th at CYARA Conference centre at Hekpoort, near Magaliesberg. For the first time in several years we moved the conference there to make access easier and less costly for delegates from the other nations who would attend. We wondered how the move would affect attendance, and also set about asking for sponsorship to help us cover the costs and keep the conference affordable for as many as possible to attend. We needn’t have worried! Pre-conference sign up was the biggest ever, from the highest number of nations (22) ever, and our sponsorship goals were reached to make it very affordable indeed. I want to thank them again, from the bottom of my heart and on behalf of all who attended. Materials, transport costs for leaders, registration subsidies, books and even the final night’s dinner were paid for by these wonderful people who are gifts of God to us. 
Memo from Costa: October 2009
National Week of prayer: 23-29 Nov 2009
We are calling the nation to a week of intense prayer about the issue of violence, crime and corruption in our nation. All of us are effected by violence. Many suffer. People from all walks of life and in all suburbs and townships suffer. Women and children suffer through increasing domestic violence, caused by alcohol abuse and other forces that cause violence. Cape Town has been identified as the 5th most violent city in the world and Johannesburg is number 20. Corruption, crime, violence, violent crime, murder, rape, abortion, domestic violence, etc is rampant in our nation.
We want to encourage Christians to take 23-29 November to pray for one week with all seriousness, repentance and commitment about this.
Global call to worship development
This may be the most important announcement I make in my 20 years of resourcing and training among our Vineyard family in worship and its leadership.
WorshipTraining.com is announcing The Global Call To Worship Development.
Every worship leader, every songwriter, every team, every church, every nation - all studying worship theology together online. It’s about our local churches being transformed in worship - and changing the worshiping Church of our generation.
2009 PAVLN Conference DVD’s
Orders for the 2009 Pan African Vineyard Leaders Network Conference are open.
Vukani - National Youth Camp
The Vineyard National Youth Camp (called Vukani, meaning “awake”) will be held in Jeffrey’s Bay from 6 – 10 January 2010. It is open to all Vineyard churches (and in fact all churches) and we’re hoping some of your young people would like to join us. We are aiming it at teenagers and students (and their leaders) and the cost is R350 (excluding transport to JBay).
The theme for the camp is “Doing the stuff”! All ministry will be in-house and we are very expectant for God to do some great things amongst our young people. There have been some great testimonies of the impact last years camp had on the individuals and groups involved. We are hoping for more of the same!
Brenton Brown Worship Conference - PE
Brenton Brown will be coming to Port Elizabeth to do a Worship conference from 13 – 15th August 2010. If you need any further details on this please email Sharne.
