“Mais Que Vencedores" (see conference logo) means “More Than Conquerors” and was our theme that we built on using the concept of the Olympics, since they are right around the corner. They would hear about Entering the Race of your life (God’s call to participate in a New Race & His desire to be our Coach!), Enduring the Race (What do you do when the going gets tough? How will you make sure you’ll make it to that finish line?), and Ending the Race (looking at the world’s way of “winning” versus Jesus’ way of “winning”).
The Torch
One of the last things we did that night was to have a torch ceremony similar to the Olympic torch relay. However, whereas the torch ceremony usually commences the Games, we were led to do this at the end of our conference. We felt that the Lord would want to show the people of Itapeacu that the Fire of His Presence, Passion, and Holiness was not meant to go out . . . but to be passed through the community and reside in His Church. And so we began a torch relay of our own that both ended the conference AND symbolized a true commencement of a new work God is doing in Itapeacu. Even though the conference was ending, their responsibility to take the Light of Christ to their community had just begun. The torch began at our meeting place and was passed from person to person through the street until it reached the Wesleyan Church atop the hill, where their youth pastor lit off the larger cauldron fire, representing His dwelling with His Church. Their pastor prayed and a great group of Itapeacu’ans and our team of 50 worshiped Jesus, the Resurrected One who was ‘conquered’ so that He may conquer sin and even death to win us the greatest victory of all.
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