CF23 was a taste of heaven; God in his great kindness met with us in a field once again.

It has been my prayer for this year that God would come in revival power upon this event.

A number of churches are now seeking to partner with us into unchurched areas of the USA.

Our churches in the Portuguese Iberian Peninsula gather for their annual conference.

I have found there will be at least one person asking “yes but what did the festival ever do for us?“  It is an important question to ask but also to hear the answer!

We are not the first people to camp in a field under an ink black starry sky…and we won’t be the last!

The embrace, the laughter and the excited conversations all make me think of that final day when we hang up our swords, kick off our hiking boots, and together bow before our king. What a glorious day that will be.

It will be 4 years (next year) since we last gathered in the Westpoint Showground for the Festival, and I believe next year’s Festival will write thousands of new memories for all those who come.

Our challenge to myself and all of us is this - can we lower our drawbridge to welcome the stranger and neighbour into our homes and break with the spirit of self-sufficiency?