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Dear brothers and sisters,
Amana Trust will host several one-week trainings beginning in the Autumn of this year. Each training will begin on Monday and conclude on Saturday. The Autumn schedule begins with the week beginning Monday, 1st November and concludes with the week beginning 22nd November. Each week will have the same content with the overall theme being The Four Great Pillars in the Lord’s recovery: Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel. This was the theme of Brother Lee’s book from messages given in 1984 shortly after he completed the life-study of the New Testament.
There will be a variety of special meetings. Attendees will spend some time with the FTTL training and its activities and with the brothers and sisters in the church in London or surrounding churches. There will be special meetings for brothers related to the affairs of the church and for sisters related to children. There will be particular fellowship regarding our daily life before the Lord, practicing the vital groups, entering into the spread of the divine truths throughout Europe, fulfilling the Lord’s desire that we all would be fruitbearing branches in the vine, and developing our function for the building up of the church in our respective localities. There will also be a special outing related to the history of the Lord’s move in Europe.
This short Monday to Saturday training should be very helpful for all the saints throughout Europe regarding each of the four crucial pillars in the Lord’s recovery. We feel that these special meetings will also be appropriate for the saints’ contacts and for seeking ones from the campuses, radio, publications, etc. These seeking ones will be welcome to come with you as long as they are recommended by you.
The atmosphere will be less strict than that of the full-time training. Of course, we also encourage all the saints to take advantage of the short-term training schedule of FTTL (Full-time Training in London) whenever possible. All FTTL classes, except for the weekly Life of Service and Ministry Station classes, are arranged in two-week blocks. (Please go to www.fttl.org for schedules and subjects).
We encourage all the saints to come in groups. We will provide free shuttle service to Bower House on Monday between 3:00 and 5:00 pm from Luton Airport, Stansted Airport, Newbury Park Underground Station, and Romford Train Station. If arriving at other airports, we suggest that trainees make their way to Newbury Park Underground Station or Romford Train Station. Directions to Bower House are enclosed for those arriving by other means.
We will have accommodations at the Bower House property for up to 40 brothers and sisters each week, and we welcome all languages. We have set aside the residential building for these special weeks. This building consists of twenty en-suite hotel style double bedrooms. Couples will be placed together. If the numbers exceed 40, we can receive additional brothers and sisters in nearby homes. This special fellowship time will begin on Monday afternoon and conclude on Saturday afternoon. Total cost, including local transport, accommodation, and all meals is £50.
In Europe, most employees receive several weeks of holiday time each year. Our hope is that every European saint would set aside at least one week of holiday time this year in order to attend this special training. We all realise that “our Saviour God desires all men to be saved and to come to the full knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim. 2:3- 4). These special times of fellowship will be useful in helping us all to become more constituted with the truth, to live according to the divine life, to see many Europeans brought into a deeper relationship with our dear Lord resulting in a life of fruitbearing for His increase and spread, and to witness many all over Europe entering into the normal church life so that they may experience “righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit” (Rom. 14:17).
Grace be with you all,
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