2022 Kenya | Great Commandment Workshop Update
February 2022
Mombasa & Nairobi, Kenya
Our launch last month could not have gone much better as we joined with many local pastors and ministry leaders in Kenya. In all, we had 303 Kenyan leaders join us to dialogue about the Great Commandment and how each of us might play a role.
This Church Mobilization effort is more than fifteen years in the making, and we believe that God has been preparing us and His people for this moment. Scripture to consider:
“Teacher, which is the most important commandment in the law of Moses?” Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. A second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. The entire law and all the demands of the prophets are based on these two commandments.” -Matthew 22:37-40
For us, our effort is focused on care for the orphan child, and we enjoyed a robust exchange of ideas with workshop attendees
To hear from our President & Founder Scott Nordstrom, as he shares his vision for the Great Commandment Workshop during our 2021 Gala celebration this past fall:
We look forward to working with these leaders to hold additional workshops in 2022, and to encourage the attendees to serve the orphan children in their communities. In addition, we will be posting videos in the coming weeks so you can experience firsthand the discussion that took place last month in Kenya.
At the largest meeting held last month in Nairobi, we had forty-five leaders make commitments to serve orphan children in their communities!
These workshops can be full-day events, and when smaller audiences are expected we can condense down to three hours. Each workshop is really a local or regional gathering where local leaders share from their own experience of serving the impoverished. A representative of GO! works with the co-host of the event to provide assistance with food and other materials for the attendees when appropriate.
We can already see God working through this mobilization effort as local churches consider how they might serve orphaned children. These Great Commandment Workshops are simply formalizing this process within the church to form local teams to encourage one another to become Great Commandment leaders in their communities. It is a beautiful thing!
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Global Orphan Relief (GO) has been serving orphaned children since 2005. We have accomplished this work to date through local partners in each country that provides oversight and distribution of care.
Scott Nordstrom leads GO! today and was a co-founder when we launched in 2005. Scott has served with GO! for 16-years and has been responsible in deploying 163 volunteers on 26 teams to the mission field. He has personally served in DR Congo, India, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, South Sudan, and Zambia since 2005. Scott has also spoke in the United States, as well as, internationally regarding child welfare and matters of faith, hope, and love. Scott has one book to his credit, Pure Religion, which was released in 2022.
You may send support or other correspondence to Global Orphan Relief, 16352 Prairie Farm Cir, Parker, CO 80134 or you may give to support the GCW launch at GCW Launch or give on this website at the upper righthand corner under ‘Donate’. At ‘Donate’, when giving to support the GCW launch please select Great Commandment Workshop under “Fund”.
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Global Orphan Relief is a Christian relief agency serving Orphans in need and a recognized U.S. public charity, tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3). All donations are tax deductible to the extent of the law.