Louisville Retreat
September 13 - 15, 2002
a week-end of sharing;
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature, old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 1 Corinthians 5:17
Photo's from 2002 Conference - Click the Thumbnail to enlarge the photograph
For Information about the 2003 Retreat, contact:
Linda Bunting
13984 Poplar Lane
Louisville, Kentucky 40299
Phone: 502-245-3212
e-mail: b13984@iglou.com
The late summer grass on fire
begged rain when September came,
and our friends once again
set their welcoming tent
on the patio by the swimming pool.
Kites of all colors,
from fields of invention,
sailed in with strings in hand,
but ready for a swap:
“Here, you fly mine,
and let me hold yours.”
Each kite sailed aloft
in new hands,
on one rolling hill.
The sky darkened in a friendly way,
as colors mixed,
and soon
many hands flew many kites.
God said,
“I love a festival
of colors flying wild
with strings from hand to hand,
all in a summer sky.”
The warmth rose up,
and clouds spread rain
in drops and sheets,
with water off the flaps
along the tent.
The grass gave up its fire
to the rain.
That burned with sin
drank all its mercy’s needs,
while what had burned
to spend,
found all its blades
had proved a sacrifice.
The rain and laughter
carried on their play,
and each took home his kite.
And though the same went home
that each had brought,
new colors added—
fins and features found—
meant new contriving
and the spending of ourselves
in daring, wild array.
We each as one,
but many,
go the same
and yet a different way
until we meet again.
Brian Coatney
9/16/02