Your Kingdom come was our theme for Grapevine 2010 and we have pages and pages of testimonies speaking of earth as it is in heaven. We looked at four areas on our Kingdom shield:

Each meeting was filled with a daily humorous drama Fish Pond: License to fish, Minute to Win it games, activities in dance, drama, Big Cluedo, games and puppetry. The children also had opportunities to be in our Powerpack Academy groups for: Dance, Preaching & Teaching, Worship & Treasure Hunting.

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During our worship and response times many children were visibly touched by the Holy Spirit, hearing Him speak into their lives and giving them messages for others. Some children chose to follow Jesus and make a commitment and others chose to be on the kids prayer team to minister to other children (and a few leaders).

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It is true that God is always good and we certainly saw lots of God’s goodness at Grapevine 2010. Here are a few of the children’s testimonies:

I got prayed for. I fell over. I sat up and then I started to cry but I was smiling. It felt good. I felt happy. – Evie (10) Evie was crying but had a massive smile on her face. – Rachel (leader)

God told me he is with me always – Jessica (9)

I saw a man walking near the epic centre and he couldn’t walk properly so I prayed for him, so he can walk properly now – Aaron (7)

At Powerpack I prayed that God would be with me and when I sat up and was asked if I felt different I really felt he was really with me. Anon

I have had eczema around my mouth ever since I was 1¼ years old! I got prayed for and I started shaking a lot – It suddenly became smaller and less visible. Hallelujah! God Bless . Anon

Dear God I hope I will be filled with your good love. Anna

I got healed from dairy intolerance – Annie

I was prayed to be be filled with the Holy Spirit and I fell down, then in a dream, I was preaching in the big top,– Hannah (12)

I have gone heavier and heavier because of God’s Spirit Aaron (7)

He has helped me through hard things. – Aiden (9)

This year at Grapevine has been one of the best things in my life. God is good!!! Luke (11)

We were mission blessing and God pulled me to a tent – it felt like someone was actually pulling me. Jack (10)

I wanted to be in the kids prayer team, so I went over to the Power House to help, I was praying for somebody. Anon

On Saturday I asked for more of the Holy Spirit and after I heard God telling me to pray for people and I did. Jyothi (8)

Last night I got prayed for because I have had Vitiligo for 10 years so now it has got better. Sarah (10)

In my operation coming up God said ‘He will be with me.’ Jack (10)

During the evening meetings we had 4 ‘Kingdom Agent groups’ these were: Mission Prayer | Hands-On Prayer activities (prayer for the world); Mission Supernatural | Learning to pray for others (a workshop to help kids learn how to pray for others); Mission Listen & Go (hearing from God and going out of the venue to find people to pray for); Mission Blessing (listening to God for Bible verses or words for others and leaving notes for family members of on peoples tents). Here are a few testimonies from these activities:

God showed us so clearly 1) Big Top 2) Lady 3) Brown hair 4) Glasses 5) purple top 6) depression. We ‘found’ our lady who shared about big family problems. All the team prayed – it was such a blessing God time - Praise His Name.

We went out to pray for people and we prayed for three people and there was one called John and he had arthritis in his leg and back. We prayed for him and he was cured and he could move his legs – Ruby 10

2 days ago we prayed for a man at the start and after we said that the was a man coming to get a drink and he had white shoes and a second later the was a man with white trainers and last week his Mum died of cancer and we prayed for him and he was very happy. Aaron (9)

During Listen & Go two children got the same picture of a person in a wheelchair in red jumper in the big top. So we went over to the big top to look for them. We found an elderly lady so we prayed for her, then a lady next to her grabbed me and the kids and asked if we could pray for her tumour so all the kids prayed. On the way out, the kids found a wheelchair in a red jacket, Prayed for her, found out she also had cancer. – Mitch (leader)

We were praying for a synergy leader, when another leader came up and wanted prayer to pray for me. He said I would be a great leader and lead loads of people to Christ. Then he prayed for God’s power to be released. a second synergy leader then came up and prayed protection over me and told me to read 1 Corinthians 12. Tom (age 10)

While treasure hunting God told is to find a man with blonde hair near synergy. We then got the word depression. Outside synergy was a man with blonde hair and we asked if he was sad, he said yes, then we asked if he suffered from depression and he said yes. we prayed for him. (green 3 group)

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Just to finish here are a couple of testimonies of leaders who were on team for the first time at Grapevine:

I have had the most amazing time at Grapevine, and seen God do things I never dreamed he could or would do! I have been filled with his spirit and really felt his presence, thank you Powerpack – see you next time for more! – Beth (leader)

I first did Powerpack at Spring Harvest and I didn’t put any expectations on God to do anything. Now I realise He can and does so much if you just let him move. Grapevine has been amazing, I’ve learnt so much and God has don amazing things for us, the leaders and the kids. – Ellie (leader)

 

 

 

 

I walked through the fire tunnel with a sad voice and in the middle of it I got healed and now my voice is normal' -               Hannah age 11

'I could hardly walk when I arrived on Monday morning but after walking through the fire tunnel I have no pain in my foot anymore'. Gill age 45