Laura Whinnery, “Our Identity”

What is identity? How does it influence our actions?

Laura is a Regional Youth and Divine Renovations worker with Alpha Northern Ireland. When she was 15, she attended her first prayer meeting with the Charis community prayer meeting in Belfast. Since then, she’s been involved in UCO, Kairos, and SWOTS. She made a public commitment to the Sword of the Spirit in September 2017.

Talk sneak peak: Laura will speak about our identity as Christian young professionals and how to live that well within our respective Sword of the Spirit communities.

Sam and Kim Geleyn, “The People v. Career”

What does God say about our career?

Sam and Kim are a married couple from Belgium. Sam had grown up in the Jerusalem community while Kim discovered Jerusalem and Sword of the Spirit from Pharos, the UCO in Leuven. Sam obtained a degree commercial engineering from the KU Leuven in 2006. After his gap year in London, he started working for Kairos and the UCO in Leuven. In 2014, he began working for Intersoc as an HR manager. Kim studied medicine and has a degree of a youth doctor. She currently works as a homemaker for the Geleyn family, raising their three children.

Talk sneak peak: Sam and Kim will share how we can balance our work and career aspirations with being a disciple of God and a member of a Christian community.

James and Beth Gilroy + Panel, “The People v. Dating”

What does God say about dating?

James and Beth are a married couple based in Ireland. James is a medical doctor who now works for the Irish government. Beth is a trained nurse who now works for Alpha Ireland. They are both members of the Nazareth community in Dublin, Ireland.

Talk sneak peak: James and Beth will share about discovering the “secret thread” in another. There will also be a panel on dating.