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C.A.P.P. Update PureSpring Institute, 500 Victory Road - Marina Bay Fall 2012 C.A.P.P. UPDATE CAPP “Community of Apostolic and Prophetic Practice” Building Kingdom Community PSI Fall 2012 Calendar Notes From MMI Kingdom Training Seminar: By Patricia Lee, CAPP Director CAPP Fall Summit with Pastor Kathleen Verna and I had the opportunity to attend Aaron and Jill Marie Evans Myles Munroe International 2012 Kingdom Training Seminar Nassau Bahamas this past August as part of PSI’s November 10 - CLJ commitment to ongoing growth in Kingdom Leadership development in New England and Internationally. We SPL 1000 Saturdays engaged this high-level “Training of Trainers” experience Prophetic Principles 9/22*, 10/13, understanding the vital link to PSI’s prophetic and apostolic 11/3, 12/1 equipping mission. Here are teaching highlights that provide additional foundation stones to help us build CAPP SPL 2001 Saturdays into a kingdom coalition. Prophecy and 10/13, 10/27, Spiritual Warfare 11/3, 11/17, Through CAPP, PSI is building a community of SPL 1002 12/1, 12/8 kingdom equippers. CAPP embodies a committed Seer Series 1: Mondays and submitted community of apostolic and Dream Interpretation 10/1 – 12/17 prophetic practice with a common sense of principles, values, moral standards, and among SPL 2000 Tuesdays other things are unified by a mutual accountability Prophetic Paradigms 10/2 – 12/18 and ministerial responsibility. SPL 1004 Thursdays 10/4 – 12/20 “The ultimate expression of Community is the Speaker Series 1: Kingdom of God in which Christ is Lord in which a Delivery of Prophetic Words people of faith dwell together in love and in kingdom righteousness, fulfilling the purpose of God SAL 1000 Saturdays Apostolic Leadership 10/20, 11/17, in the earth. “ The Kingdom of God is the rule of God 12/8, 1/12 Authority within a specific community or sphere in order to impose His will on earth as it is in heaven. God intended for his Kingdom to be extended on earth through the establishment of a Kingdom Saturday classes at Lion of Judah Community. As we see from God’s intent in Genesis (CLJ) 68 Northampton St, Boston MA 1:26-28, the design of creation presupposes community. Community is a God idea and man Weekly classes at PSI Headquarters was made according to that plan. CAPP expresses 500 Victory Road – Marina Bay, this by nurturing a coalition of kingdom ambassadors Quincy who draw others into the common unity of the faith. Community of Apostolic & Prophetic Practice www.purespringinstitute.org 1 PureSpring Institute, 500 Victory Road - Marina Bay Fall 2012 PSI Core Operations: The Persona of PureSpring By Judd Hill: Core Operations Member PSI Core Operations generates the systems that support our ministry’s administrative, financial, Key Points of Focus on PERSONA intercessory, and human resource potential. 1. These all flow from the Operations area. Striving to enhance PSI’s Core Operations means developing a team, process, and systems that maximize the ministry’s impact by reflecting the persona of Christ. The word ‘persona” comes from the theatre 2. world to mean one actor with several different characters or different portrayals. From a kingdom community perspective, the reverse is more true. It is not so much one man expressing himself as many, but many expressing themselves as one man. Genesis tells us we are made both in God’s image 3. and likeness. As image-bearers, we are an exact resemblance to God in nature with the capacity to reflect godly character. Yet, being also made in His likeness means we are not quite exact replicas, but have distinction in form. God’s persona consists of 4. His unchangeable divine nature demonstrated through various shades and levels of His expressions. 5. As PSI seeks to develop kingdom community we must first cultivate a Christ-like culture while identifying what we are uniquely As spirit bearers, we should exude the called to be. There is an aspect of PSI’s persona of the Holy Spirit according to His 6. persona that flows out of our devotion to purpose for our lives.We need to pray to Christlikeness, and then there is the aspect of release relevant empowering words, persona that is about our specialized mannerisms and symbols that will strengthen giftedness as a ministry. As we teach, pray, current7. alliances and create new ones. We and prophesy through this molded persona, need to pray for sensitivity in all our we will have a Spirit-filled distinction that will interactions with other people, partnerships mirror the ministry of Jesus, as it is written: “for and ministries. Remember, we are the only He taught them as one having authority, ministry doing what we’re doing in New and not as the scribes” (Matt 7:29). So what England, so every interaction, every training, is our mark of distinction? What should every partnership has to be one where we PureSpring convey to the community, to its are evangelizing the apostolic-prophetic partners and investors? movement. Community of Apostolic & Prophetic Practice www.purespringinstitute.org 2 PureSpring Institute, 500 Victory Road - Marina Bay Fall 2012 Cultural Engagement by Compassionate Action (CECA) By Jennie Fournier: CECA Director & GBPAN Director CECA is PureSpring’s social action initiative seeking to At the core of CECA’s mission is break cycles of violence and poverty among the most the empowerment of women vulnerable persons and communities. We mobilize and children through poverty apostolic and prophetic potential for cultural change reduction and peacemaking and social transformation. CECA has teamed up with initiatives. These initiatives Greater Boston Prayer and Action Network to engage include prayer mapping and locally to dismantle human trafficking. Here are some intercessory campaigns; training, developing and ways to engage: resourcing women and youth in violence prevention, conflict 1. Resource Directory: Through the Abolitionist Network resolution, and entrepreneurial and Sarah Durfey network (EGC)(egc.org/abolition), skills; critical dialogues and we are working on a church engagement directory interactive visioning seminars and action card. It will answer questions such as How with religious, civic, and business leaders to develop strategies can churches tangibly get involved? Where does the and tools for advancing cultural church intersect the reality of Exploitation in their change. Realizing our unique communities? Who is vulnerable? How can we as calling and commitment to "the church" be the family for kids of refugees who revival in the northeast US and don't have their family network supporting them? It understanding Boston as a world will provide ways the Pure Spring community can get class city that speaks forth the involved. You will be hearing more of this in the near prophetic possibilities of the entire New England area, our future. immediate focus for CECA is local and regional, then global 2. Prayer Mapping and Prayer Strikes: We are as we move from prayer into developing a team of people who want to get action to see transformations involved with an anti- human trafficking prayer strike. that are sustainable. This strike will be bringing down principalities and strongholds at "demand" sites such as escort services, To Learn More Contact strip clubs ... I will need prayer mappers and people Jennie at: to pray at the sites. I am gathering a team of people who would like to help organize this. www.gbpan.wordpress.com [email protected] 3. Trainings: I am starting to organize trainings for 508-423-7163 churches and houses of prayers to learn basic information about human trafficking, the spiritual battle, and healing. These trainings will be mostly for those who are interested in leading prayer initiatives. If you feel led to be involved in any of the above, feel free to email me or call me. Community5 of Apostolic & Prophetic Practice www.purespringinstitute.org 3 PureSpring Institute PureSpring Institute, 500 Victory Road - Marina Bay Fall 2012 PSI Intercessory Team By Laura Thomas: Intercessory Leader PSI’s Intercessory Team has the responsibility of making strategic prayer an essential and vital part of the kingdom culture, discernment and decision-making at PSI. Prayer team members must be intercessors understanding how to engage in spiritual warfare through prayer. Prayer team members must be steadfast warriors able to be consistent and fervent in season or out. Morning prayer conference calls happen weekly throughout each month. In addition other prayer-building activities will be encouraged such as: o Monthly Student Prayer Conference Call o Overseeing our weekly/monthly prayer points, o Healing Prayer Room and Consultations o Managing a PSI prayer chain and partnerships o Maintaining a PSI prayer online webpage o Overseeing special prayer alerts and initiatives Foundation Steps to Praying: 1. Be SPECIFIC in prayer (tell God EXACTLY what is the issue, problem or 7. Repent for ALL SINS known and un-known. thing). 8. Clear the atmosphere of hindrances to your 2. Speak to the issue (move the prayer (distractions, familiar spirits, unholy mountains, bind and loose: Matthew spirits, contrary noises, unfamiliar voices, 18:18 declare and decree, remember tiredness, anti-prayer demons, sleep, etc) that death and life is in the power of 9. Release angels in the atmosphere (to take the tongue). your prayer to Jesus Christ to intercede on 3. Know how to access God in prayer your behalf with God). (apply the word in prayer, find a 10. Release the blood of Jesus in the scripture and apply it to what you are atmosphere (The blood is a mighty weapon praying about, PUT GOD IN that will cancel every hindrance). REMEMBERANCE OF HIS WORD (e.g. if 11. Thank God for the anointing that will flow praying about FINANCES USE like a mighty river.
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