God desires for His Kingdom to grow and expand to all corners of the world. However, often those corners that haven’t yet heard the good news of the Gospel are very close to us.

We know that our communities are, in many areas, the answer to today’s challenges of individualism, loneliness, anxiety, and fear of the future. And so, we often face the challenge of building a home for God’s sons and daughters while simultaneously opening doors to new people, new ways of evangelization, and reaching those who might be on the periphery for various reasons. Not infrequently, we face fears that one might harm the other.

However, Jesus told us that He is sending us to reach the whole world, and that in this calling, He will be with us always, even to the end of the world. He wants to help us to be led and inspired by His Spirit and to find new ways to reach people (as Paul also writes, “I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some” 1 Cor 9:22) and at the same time know how to build a spiritual home for both new and old.

At this conference, we want to receive encouragement, inspiration, and empowerment to be able to open the doors of our spiritual homes – our communities. We believe that our speakers, guests, workshops, and above all, the fellowship, mutual sharing, and family atmosphere that prevails at our gatherings, will help us in this.

Július Slovák:

Is an inspirational leader, musician, and founder of the Catholic community SP and the Godzone Project, working to bring change to Slovak society through faith and youth empowerment.

Christoph Leu:

Is an architect, missionary, and pastor passionate about sharing the Good News and building hopeful, healing communities through the local Church. He is part of the Jahu community in Biel, Switzerland.

PROPHETIC DANCE

Lenka Jamborova

From Martindom community in Slovakia, leading the inner prayer healings ministry and doing counselling.

Focused on worshipping God, where our spirit, soul, and body are involved in prayer. Together, we will discover how movement can convey a message of creativity, freedom, healing, God’s presence, and deepening our relationship with Him.

MENTORING

Jairo Alonso

Mentoring is a great tool for our communities to help our members to reach christian maturity in spiritual life. Joinning the expertise of different communities in the ENC, mentoring program has been developed to help other communities to manage this tool in our ENC family. Join us to understand the fundamental ideas and listen some testimonies about this experience.

Mentoring program has been developed to help other communities to use this tool successfully in our ENC family.

FAMILY VALUES IN THE ENC

Gavin and Ruta

We will present and discuss the Family Values Paper which has been approved by the ENC Council.
This is an opportunity for you to familiarize yourself with our Family Values Paper and our Pastoral Guidelines.
We look forward to discussing this together with you.

FUELLING MISSION: BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITY FINANCES

Paulius Insoda

Raise funds and turn money into mission momentum. This workshop will equip leaders to run transparent budgets, build recurring revenue streams, and cultivate a healthy culture of tithing and joyful generosity. Setting up a social care fund for unexpected needs, supporting both members and neighbours. Walk away with a practical framework and next steps your leadership team can execute next week.

OPEN COMMUNITY

Gavin Farley

In this workshop we will discuss the importance of having a welcoming community.

We will look at different evangelistic Strategies of reaching people with the good news and integrating them into the community. We will also have a look at the process of Initiation into the community.

We invite communities to share what works for them. We will also have a representative from Alpha – Europe/Middle East and Africa share what is happening in Alpha.

HELPING WITH WISDOM – SHARING THE GOSPEL WITH THE POOR, THE ADDICTED, AND THE DEPRESSED.

Marcin Blicharz

Founder and General Manager of the Addiction Treatment Center Dom Magnificat in Wrocław, Poland. He has gained his professional experience mainly through social projects (homelessness, mental illness, addictions, and co-dependency). For many years, he has been serving in the HalleluJah Community in the Mercy Ministry. Privately, he is Monika’s husband and Jaś’s father.

This year, the Gathering will once again be held in the wonderful town of Porec, Croatia. We’ll be staying at the Hotel Plavi Plava Laguna, where we’ve previously received a very warm welcome.

If you have any questions or run into any issues, we’ll be happy to help!

Feel free to contact Sona Jancikova – jancikova.sona@gmail.com or +421 915 959 404 — we’re here for you.