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Upcoming GREAT BANQUET weekends

at Connection Pointe Christian Church

Men's Great Banquet #67

Date: April 24-27, 2025

Lay Director: Austin Andrick

Women's Great Banquet #68

Date: May 1-4, 2025

Lay Director: Angie Cooper

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Upcoming AWAKENING weekends

at Connection Pointe Christian Church

Girls' Awakening #27

Date: June 13-15, 2025

Lay Director: Tara Kegeris

Boys' Awakening #28

Date: June 20-22, 2025

Lay Director: Ben Norton

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Gatherings

MONTHLY GATHERINGS

Alumni of Great Banquet, Awakening, or any of the many world-wide 3-day Cursillo-method experiences are invited to meet with the Indy West Great Banquet and Awakening community on the second Tuesday of every month at 7:00PM for a time of worship, learning, and sharing in the Lord's Supper. We normally meet at Connection Pointe Christian Church.

Prayer Vigil

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History / Image

HISTORY OF THE GREAT BANQUET

To become familiar with the Great Banquet, let's look first at the history of its counterparts, the Cursillo and the Walk to Emmaus. The Cursillo (3-day course in Christianity) began in Spain in the 1940s in the Catholic Church. It spread to the United States and evolved for Protestants into the Walk to Emmaus under the auspices of the Upper Room and the United Methodist Church. An Emmaus Movement was started by the First Presbyterian Church in Madisonville, Kentucky in 1982...

IMAGE OF THE AWAKENING

The image of the "Awakening" comes from I Samuel 3: 1-10. Samuel is a boy who ministers to the Lord under Eli, the priest. One night as Samuel is lying down within the temple of the Lord. the Lord calls, "Samuel! Samuel!" Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him, so he did not recognize who was calling him. After the Lord calls Samuel three times, Eli perceives that it's the Lord calling. He instructs Samuel to respond with, "Speak, Lord, for thy servant hears." When the Lord calls again, Samuel does as Eli instructs and hears from the Lord...

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