Accelerate Conference and Evening of Hope

We are only a week away from this great conference. Now is the time to firm up your plans and to get ready to be blessed through the ministry of God's servants whom He is preparing.


The conference kicks off on Friday March 19th at 10:00 AM and continues till 4:30 PM. Our speakers on Friday include Scott McNair, President of Shwans Food Company as well as Nick Hall, youth speaker for Billy Graham Association and Founder of Pulse Outreach. I am looking forward to welcoming you to the conference and to sharing with you what God has laid on our hearts.

In the evening of March 19th, we are conducting the Evening of Hope outreach as part of Accelerate. We have a great line-up of music artists who include Superchick, John Reuben, Bread of Stone and Manic Drive as well as great messages of hope from your evangelistic speakers.

On Saturday March 20th, the conference continues from 10:00 AM till 4:30 PM. Joel Johnson, Senior Pastor of Westwood Community Church and professor of transformational leadership at Bethel University will be our morning speaker. We will be concluding the conference on Saturday afternoon with a celebration service and a powerful time of one on one prayer and commissioning as we go forth to serve our Lord.

Please see our conference website: www.swimministryconferences.com for more details on registration. Remember that the conference fee is $ 80 which includes lunch for both days. The Evening of Hope outreach concert is free admission for the first 900 people. Please spread the word and plan to attend.

Serving in His Power and for His Glory.

Evening of Hope on March 19th

Join us for a concert featuring musical artists Superchick and John Reuben and a message of hope by international evangelist Sammy Wanyonyi.  

Admission is FREE for the first 900 people. Doors open at 6:30pm. Miracle Empowerment Center, 5801 John Martin Drive, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. See map here.

As a band inspired to empower its listeners, Superchick have had their first four albums combine for 700,000 copies sold, including five No. 1 singles.  70 of their songs are featured in movies, TV and video games. Their new album Rock What You Got is about empowerment as well as HOPE.

The Oxford American Dictionary defines HOPE as “a feeling of expectation, grounds for believing that something good may happen.” The audience will be filled with intensity and anticipation not only for these famous performers and speaker, but should be expectant for the HOPE that they will receive from Jesus Christ.

Twin Cities based international evangelist Sammy Wanyonyi has brought the message of HOPE to hundreds of thousands of people in more than ten countries around the world including recent Festivals of Hope to Rwanda, Burundi, and DR. Congo after the genocide and war respectively.

Whether a believer or not, we invite you to come and enjoy a great concert and receive a message of HOPE. Reach out and bring a friend or two because admission is FREE for the first 900 people (a free will offering will be taken). Doors open @ 6:30 p.m., with the Evening of Hope starting at 7:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome! 

Accelerate Conference

The Accelerate Conference will be held on March 19th and 20th, 2010 from 10:00 AM-4:30 PM both days. Join us for two days of spiritual inspiration, renewal, and empowerment. Worship will be led by International Worship Leader Julius Sanna. The cost is $80 per person for both days. Scholarships are available upon request.  Lunch is included both days.  Sign up here.

The conference will be held at the Miracle Empowerment Center, 5801 John Martin Drive, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.

Featured Speakers include: 

Joel Johnson, Senior Pastor of Westwood Community Church

Scott McNair,  President of Schwans Food Company

Nick Hall, Founder and President of Pulsemovement

Sammy Wanyonyi,  Evangelist, Founder and President of SWIM

Conference Leaders

Sammy Wanyonyi,  Evangelist, Founder and President of SWIM

Julius Sanna, International Worship Leader 

Julius Sanna is an international worship leader, songwriter and guitarist with years of active music and youth ministry. He was born in Tanzania of a Kenyan father and a Tanzanian mother. He grew up in nairobi Kenya in a musically gifted family. He met the Lord as a young lad and started to use his talents in music and the arts for God's glory. He currently serves as a music & youth minister in Lake Worth, FL. He leads worship in conferences, youth camps and rallies all over South Florida. God has used him as a member of Youth For Christ, International touring team in the USA, worship guitarist at the Nazarene Youth International Conference in Toronto, Canada and touring with the Southern Nazarene University Jazz Orchestra in Europe. Julius is married to Julia Sanna for almost 10 years. They are blessed with two children, Jude, 4 and Jordan, 1. 

Nick Hall, Founder of PULSE 

At age 27, his burning desire is to impact this generation with the revolutionary message of Jesus Christ. Traveling as a youth communicator since 2001, God has opened doors for Nick to speak at hundreds of events while receiving hands-on training from some of the most influential Christian leaders of our day.  His passions include student-led prayer movements, leadership training, evangelism, and discipleship. As a voice to the next generation, Nick is regularly featured as a speaker for student conferences, training events, and festivals around the country.  He serves on the executive committee of the Proclamation Evangelism Network, the student advisory team for the Billy Graham Association, and is among a select group of Partner Communicators for the Luis Palau Association. In 2004, Nick authored a proposal in his English 320 class at North Dakota State University (NDSU).  The proposal, entitled "Pulse," outlined a plan to positively change a college campus  by putting Christ at the pulse of this generation. The vision quickly spread and the first PULSE event, featuring well-known bands and a powerful Gospel message presentation, was held at NDSU in 2006.  Implemented by student-led prayer and discipleship, the PULSE movement has since impacted 18 campuses and over 50,000 students in North Dakota and western Minnesota with an additional 100,000 impacted through partnerships nationwide. Nick is married to his best friend Tiffany, and they make their home in Minneapolis, MN.  He earned his degree in Business Administration from NDSU, has completed courses at Fuller Seminary, and is currently enrolled in Bethel Seminary's InMinistry Program with an emphasis  in Transformational Leadership and Christian Thought.

Scott McNair, President of Schwans Food Company

Scott has been interviewed by in flight radio on Northwest and American airline flights, done numerous television interviews as well as featured on last year's hit NBC Show, Celebrity Apprentice.  He has also worked with Nascar racer Jeff Gordon and Country music star Clint Black on their respective charities. Most recently, he spent a week in Colorado with boys who lost their fathers in Iraq or Afghanistan with a soon to be aired television show called Sons of the Fallen.  Before Schwan's, he ran the $7 Billion dollar Consumer Products division of Tyson Foods in Springdale, Arkansas.  Scott lives in Marshall Minnesota with his wife Carey and 5 children.

 

Joel Johnson, Senior Pastor, Westwood Community Church

Joel moved to Chanhassen MN with his family in 1995 to start Westwood Church. Previous to Westwood, he served on staff for 15 years at Wooddale Church where he helped to oversee the strategic plan for starting new churches. In August of 1994, he was invited to lead the new church to be started in Chanhassen. At first he declined. But one weekend that fall his wife, Keri, and he drove through Chanhassen and were struck by the expansive growth in the area and the lack of churches to serve the community. They saw a need for more churches and an opportunity to reach many people with the love of Jesus Christ. More importantly, they had a personal, spiritual experience that cannot be put into words but served as an affirmation that this is what they were to do. In January, 1995, a simple plan was written, a purpose statement was fashioned, and our vision was clarified and communicated to anyone interested in hearing. A few months later, Westwood Community Church was born.  Today, Westwood ministers to nearly 4000 people weekly.  They have seen many people come to Christ. They have seen the Church grow beyond their expectations. Joel’s primary responsibilities are leadership and preaching. He is surrounded by a cast of gifted staff and lay leadership who serve with a high level of commitment and excellence, who want to give their best to God. He graduated from Bethel Seminary in 1986 and completed a Doctor of Ministry degree at Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA in 1999. Joel also serves on the Board of Trustees at Bethel University and teaches leadership at the University in the MBA program.  Together with Keri and their four children they anticipate a future for Westwood that will increase the reputation of Jesus Christ in the Twin Cities area and around the world. Joel will draw from his vast experience in church leadership and personal faith journey to equip believers at the Accelerate 2010 conference.