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Port Elizabeth Conference opens to large crowd Posted 10 November 2000 The Port Elizabeth Beyond 2000 - Community Transformation conference opened on Wednesday 8th November 2000 to a large and enthusiastic crowd at the Algoa Park Full Gospel church. All the major church groups from all sectors of our society were represented. The evening started with a time of praise and worship led by the Omega Band, followed by a dance item by Liesl Townsend and members of the CDFSA group. The "official opening" was then conducted by Bishop Eric Pike, in 3 languages. The first keynote address, by John Simons (co-ordinator of "Cross-Winds" in the UK), was entitled "Desperation - a key word for today ?" - in other words are we really desperate to see revival and transformation to take place in our city ? A word he left us was: "Take our eyes off the harvest, and look to the Lord of the harvest" The conference continued Thursday morning, afternoon and evening, attended by more than 200 delegates who have registered for the full conference. In the morning session, entitled "The message to PE from Cali, Colombia", an excerpt from the Transformations video was shown. John Simon summarized some of the key elements for transformation to take place as follows: Vision Perspective Holiness Humility Prayer and intercession Leadership Unity Compassion In the following two sessions, David McCarthy from Scotland spoke on the practical issues of "Understanding the 3 stages of community transformation" and "Understanding the 5 core elements of community transformation". These were followed by workshops looking at three questions: 1) What would you expect to find in a "city in which the Lord delights"; 2) What are the main obstacles and resistance factors that might prevent the Lord bringing Community Transformation to PE ?; and 3) What are you doing about it ? Thursday evening's session focused on the importance of reconciliation needed before transformation can take place. Semuzima Amos spoke on the situation in Rwanda, the scene of large scale genocide over a long period, and the changes taking place where opposing tribes are able to come together. Mary McDonnell from Scotland then shared some of her experiences, and this was followed by a time of ministry. The conference continues the whole day Friday, with practical outreaches into individual communities on Saturday morning. Videos and audio cassettes of the conference will be available shortly. Email us at transformations@pechurchnet.co.za or contact Africa Enterprise for more info or to order. Index of news & reports

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