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3rd-5th October 2008

• Location: Spanish Point

CS Ireland National Conference

Last week I had the priviledge of attending and serving at the CS Ireland Conferance.

There were over 80 delegates to the 4th Christian Surfers Ireland Conference, which was held over the weekend on 3rd-5th October at Spanish Point, in County Clare.

It was awesome to see so many people come together from all over Ireland for fellowship, teaching and worship together.

The visiting speaker Phil Pechonis, a pastor originating from Florida spoke on the importance of using the gifts that God has given us, and a challenge to make a step up to go harder for God. The teaching was supplemented by updates of the work of Christian Surfers International, who are active in 24 countries, by Phil Williams head of Christian Surfers Europe. It was inspiring to hear about some of the amazing stories from around the world, of God using surf ministry. Worship was led by a great band from ‘Open Arms’, Newbridge.

The conference was titled ‘Taking it to the next level’, which for Christian Surfers Ireland at the moment is a very apt title, as their leader Steve Boal, and his life Leslie have just moved down to Lahinch (County Clare) in order to move into full ministry with Christian Surfers, and hence take the missions activity to the next level. It’s a huge step for the couple as they have left their plumbing business in Letterkenny (Donegal) to live by faith.

Christian Surfers have been active for around 8 years reaching out to Surfers around the Irish Coast, and have seen lifes changed in some amazing waves.

After the weekend, the 'staff' of CSUK (Phil Williams, David Renyard, Steve and Leslie Boal and myself) took the opportunity to spend a day together. This was a First for CSUK and gave us the opportunity to surf together, building on our existing relationships, talk about how to progress CSUK together and to pray.

If you want to find out more about the work of Christian Surfers Ireland log onto www.christiansurfer.net, or e-mail steve@christiansurfer.net

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