I first felt the ‘Tug of the Lord’ to attend Arise 2017 when it was announced to the N3C congregation. I remember thinking, “Surely You can’t mean me? I have never been able to fully relax in the company of women for so many reasons, and not sure I ever fully relax in anybody’s company regardless of gender!” Even though I had been on the N3C prayer team for a couple years, I was only just beginning to feel safe in the meetings under the loving and watchful eye of our team leaders. Yet, nobody at N3C had ever made me feel less than fully accepted and valued like a priceless treasure! Clearly some wounds ran really deep. But the gentle leading to attend Arise persisted in spite of my objections. I finally registered and even in the wake of my apprehensions, and a wonderful anticipation began to build, “What if God would REALLY meet me there?!’

I will never forget the warfare that began as soon as I arrived, I couldn’t find the meeting rooms, was so worried about not being where I was supposed to be and at the right time. I became so intensely frustrated that I almost just left. As a prayer team member I should have remembered my earliest training that the enemy’s prime target is our mind and the more resistance I felt to being at Arise was a direct indication of how much I NEEDED to be there and how extraordinary it would be! And then I got to the check in and the most beautiful dance of fellowship began….

I can tell you that the team that creates this sacred meeting space spares no level of prayer, effort and creativity to minister to YOUR heart. Everything from the very personal welcoming notes, the little gifts that have been crafted with you in mind, to the profoundly perceptive and powerful messages from each and every speaker; you will not leave Estes Park the same! You will be a woman transformed by the intense love of your Heavenly Bridegroom. Our beautiful Jesus will love you with a passion you have never known through every facet of this encounter. The Saturday night worship session was hours in His Beautiful Presence with the veil torn down;  we were truly transported to the very Throne Room touching His Beautiful Face for what seemed like an endless period of time. I felt like I had entered Eternity.