We are all hard at work in preparation for our next Restoring the Glory conference. The conference is scheduled for the last weekend in April at a dynamic inner city church in Denver, Colorado. Ever since we started presenting the Restoring the Glory conferences, I have wanted to take it to this church. It houses a wonderful cross-cultural congregation that has a passion for God, missions, and healing. My team and I have a sense that God is going to do mighty things at this conference. We believe Jesus is going to show up and perform very deep healings.

In reviewing the evaluation forms from our previous conference in Boulder, Colorado, my ministry team and I were recently reminded at how God uniquely meets each individual person according to their needs. The following testimonies represent a small sampling of the encouraging words we have received after one of these conferences:

This conference opened up doors to my heart that I haven’t even been able to approach in the past. I still haven’t walked through those doors but I think I have caught a glimpse of hope to do so.”        Male, age 25

“The conference was permeated with TRUTH! It ministered LOVE. I have never heard the gospel presented in this manner. You gave me hope, you gave me freedom, you gave me back my life!!! This conference was superior!”     Female, age 43

 “Restoring the Glory confirmed so much that God has already done and still wants to do. It reinforced and deepened my passion towards the lover of my soul, Jesus Christ. It encouraged me to step more boldly towards ministry. It reinforced the last two years of lessons of “the crucified life” (Gal 2:20).  The crucified life IS the redeemed and restored life. I was filled again with the sweetness and tenderness of my Lord. Thank you!”  Female, age 52

 “I appreciated the fact that I was brought closer to God at the conference through content as well as prayer time and praise times. Most conferences deal with the mechanics of sex, this one went beyond the mechanics and got into a God-me relationship. Great!”           Male, age 64

 “Over the whole weekend I was very aware that God prepared me to be here. He met me here. I leave wanting to give Him alone my worship. I leave wanting to open myself again to greater intimacy with Him. I leave wanting to love my husband until it hurts. Thank you for giving of yourselves.”              Female, age 29

 

The inner city church hosting the upcoming Restoring the Glory conference is a church rich in God’s mercy and grace but poor by the world’s standards in terms of material wealth and resources. The average income for this congregation is probably less than half of the mean income of the other churches at which we’ve presented. We’ve already received more calls for scholarships for this conference than we ever have for all of the conferences combined up until now. We knew going into this conference that many people from the congregation would not be able to pay the conference fee. We also knew that we did not want money to be a deciding factor in terms of whether someone could attend or not.

Unfortunately, funds to subsidize this conference have been slow in coming. Further, the Desert Hope general fund is currently being stressed to a major breaking point. I am not sure what God is up to, but I do know that there are some very needy souls who need to attend this conference. I also know that we need to cover some important expenses in order to implement all that is planned for this conference.

We are hoping and praying that God has appointed several of you to participate in this ministry opportunity by sending in a special donation for the purpose of subsidizing this event. So many people in the past have told us that this conference is life changing. We want all men and women who have a deep hunger for God and for personal wholeness to attend. Please consider taking time before the Lord to explore whether or not He would like you to give a one-time gift at this point in time. We would be encouraged and I am sure some blessed soul will forever be changed.

 

I was blessed to be able to offer a group experience for mothers of daughters with same sex attraction this past month. The retreat was called Healing a Mother’s Heart and Terry Vratny, with New Heart Ministries and Exodus International, was my assistant. We had a full house of moms who were anxious to learn about building a stronger relationship with their daughters and loving them with God’s love. It was a powerful weekend of learning, fellowship, grieving, laughing, and healing. Many mothers reported at the end that they have a new way of seeing their daughters and certainly more compassion for her struggles.

One mom wrote a note to me and said, “Janelle, God has equipped you in a mighty way and I shall be forever grateful for your spiritual wisdom.” Another woman commented that the retreat was beyond her expectations.

I plan to offer another retreat in August of this year and we are frankly both thrilled to be used by God in this way. For more information on the Healing a Mother’s Heart retreat please see my counseling website, http://www.janellehallman.com/.