The Thames, Tower Bridge and Twenty Ten!
One of the icons of London’s historic landscape, the Tower Bridge, provided a great location to gather university leaders from all across the UK (and Scandinavia) to dream about Passion’s return to the City in 2010! If you squint (or just enlarge the image!) you’ll see a set of windows just below the fly-over connector on the tower to your right. This past Monday, 40 of us met inside to pray and think about the possibllity of another London Passion event next year. The vantage point was amazing and there was still a buzz among us from our event in Hammersmith Apollo last summer. But what was really cool was seeing new faces in the room, people who are joining the movement for a Passion gathering to be hosted in London in May of TwentyTen.
I’m not sure I’m even supposed to be releasing this information, as no plans for a LIMITED Passion World Tour in 2010 are official as yet!! But if you’re in the UK, I’d watch closely for the something in the coming months!
[And, just in case I am in some serious trouble right now, please do not write us or lobby for your city in 2010. For one, we loved EVERY city we were in on the inagural Passion World Tour and would love to come back to see you all again. But, reality says that seventeen cities in one year (with our major Passion Twenty Ten gathering in Atlanta in January and this little thing called Passion City Church coming to life) is maybe not the wisest plan. So, we will be back in a few cities next year, God willing, and might even add a new destination this time around.]
A few days after our London gathering I was speaking in Oxford where I met a student leader from the south coast of England. Their group was recognized on the last Passion Twenty Ten Live Link web stream (and they said they would be with us for our next one in September as well) at 2AM AND that they are already bringing 9 students to Atlanta for Passion Twenty Ten. Brilliant!
So thanks to everyone who joined us in the Tower Bridge (and those who met our team in Kyiv before that). We loved hearing about how God is stirring in your hearts and movements and look forward to even greater things for London and beyond.
Passion London, May 2010?!?!?
But first, Atlanta! January 2-5, 2010.
Louie
PS- Tower Bridge is most often confused with London Bridge, the latter made famous by the song London Bridge is falling down, falling down…
Most notably, this confusion happened when the London Bridge was sold for $2.4 million in 1968 to a US oil tycoon who dismantled it and had it rebuilt in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, where it stands today. No kidding.
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:15 PM
Louie,
My friend and I came down to Oxford to hear you last week. Thank you for your thoughts and words on God’s glory, been in my mind and on each page of my Bible ever since – God opening my eyes to that in a WHOLE new way, and it is awesome!!!
I know that I for one am hugely excited at the idea of Passion coming to London again in 2010. As soon as you get some plans released there will be some of us Scots booking flights right away!!! Blessings as you pray and plan!!! Will be praying for you guys as we do often!!!
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Excited! Will be praying! It will definitely be promoted here in Holland
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:36 PM
SUPER excited that Passion is coming back to London!! Praying for you all and for greater things to happen in this city/ continent!!
Blessings,
Fiona, London
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:36 PM
SUPER excited that Passion is coming back to London!! Praying for you all and for greater things to happen in this city/ continent!!
Blessings,
Fiona, London
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:29 PM
Hey Louie,
I just saw you at Student Life 09 in Gatlinburg,TN for FLIP!
The whole weekend opened my eyes to how i need to be living for christ all the time and through everything. The last night(monday) you read Ashley’s story, i had heard the story before but it never had the same effect as it did last night. In the morning of Monday when you told us we would be discussing Flipping death i tensed up quickly.
Sunday June 14th, 2009 i turned 17 and around 1pm my best friend Alicia(17), her boyfriend Nick(25), and his mom(Barbra) was heading to the beach when something happened and they went over the medion and hit two oncoming cars. Nick and Barbra were killed instantly and Alicia was taken by helicopter to the hospital and died in surgery. Alicia was suppose to meet me after i finished mission prep at church. Her house phone calls me and i here from her mom the news. I am so thankful I was at church when i found out because it was the most comfort i got.
Well, Nick and Barbra were amazing chrst followers, and Alicia had come to church with me over last summer and right before she left for her first year at UGA she had accepted christ. I didn’t find this out till i found out she had died and a close friend had told me they talked alot right before Alica left. This was FLIP!!!!
Last night when you told the Ashley story all I could do was cryand smile. Its so tough to wake up evey morning and know she isn’t here with me anymore. However I know ALicia is in a better place. You really helped me realize that last night…and I want to thank you so much!
Kalee
June 24th, 2009 at 4:12 AM
Hello and God Bless!
I’m from the Philippines and I was in Passion in manila at PhilSports Arena and up until now I’m still high with the Lord. I know I’m commenting on the wrong blog entry but I don’t know how to tell what i want to say other than commenting on the recent Blog entry,
I just want to say that WE WANT YOU BACK HERE IN MANILA! and hopefully on a BIGGER VENUE (say the ARANETA COLISEUM)
I hope and I pray that the Filipinos here can experience what we felt on that very blessed night!
To GOD be all the Glory!
God Bless
June 24th, 2009 at 7:34 AM
ok, Louie! we won’t ask you to come back to Sao Paulo lol (although that would be awesome)
my youth Pastor and some friends will attend in Atlanta!! so i know i’ll be definitly blessed!!!
may God keep you guys in His wonderful grace and love! love ya!
ps: Louie, please, make use of your twetter account!! lol
June 25th, 2009 at 1:02 PM
Listening to J93.3 right now at work and hearing Chris singing “greater things are still to be done here….” Man, it renews my heart and vision every time just thinking what plans our Father of Lights has in store for us.
Be encouraged today, Louie and the Passion team. You are a blessing and gift to us all and an absolute delight to our sweet Father. Keep pressing on!
June 26th, 2009 at 5:26 AM
Thanks Louie, greetings from Southampton! Your words about Michael Jackson in Oxford take an even greater significance today. Praying for true worship in our nation and across the world.
June 26th, 2009 at 11:00 AM
= ) God will lead Passion to the right cities in 2010.
June 26th, 2009 at 12:49 PM
Hey, have you seen this news article?
New details about Michael Jackson’s Death Emerge
I was wondering if you were going to blog about this…
July 3rd, 2009 at 9:15 PM
hey louie
i was at Student Life camp in Gatlinburg..
dude you were awesome!!!
and dude you like really opened my eyes, the only reason i ws excited about this camp was because of Steve Fee.. like my youth minister in a thingy was talkin about focusing on God and use me as an example and was like “Nicole, im sorry but you are a Fee-nut” and its completely true… a long time ago i cried when i met him, but i realized that week at camp, that if i met Jesus i probably wouldnt cry, or even be like excited at that, and thats wrong… and i just wanted to thank you for opening my eyes to that, im still notcompletely focused on God but im trying to be..
dude you had me in tears on the first night…. i realized how stupid i was being, i mean when Steve walked past me, i flipped out, no lie, … i wish i had you email adress man so i could send you this in a an email but i cant find it anywhere..
July 6th, 2009 at 12:19 PM
Happy Belated Birthday Louie!
Just got wind of it on the podcast!
God bless you and the many more years ahead of you!
-KJ
July 6th, 2009 at 11:20 PM
Wow, Passion London May 2010? COOL!
I better check out Air Asia treats
Love,
Celine – KL – Malaysia
July 7th, 2009 at 7:28 PM
Hi Louie,
I am from Perth Australia and I am a new Christian. I am in Canada and America for 8 months on my journey and was hoping to see you speak or attend a conference … I’m not sure how to go about it and would really like to make use of the fact that I am so close right now.
I have watched many of your dvds and listened to you cds (I am yet to have a Krispy Kreme donut) and .. well I’m not sure about how private and dependable the internet is so I will just say thank you for helping me get to this part of my journey but I am really looking forward to getting to the other side.
Thank you,
Gillian
July 7th, 2009 at 9:07 PM
Heey Louie!
I hope you get exited about this news: Me and my sister are coming to passion 2010, whe are from the Netherlands. Its gonna be Awsome!
Yours,
Bart
July 10th, 2009 at 10:24 AM
Hey Louie,
I will be praying too,I was also in Paris last year,maybe you remember the guy in the orange t shirt..
And I’m also going to promoted passion over here in Holland!
@ bart ken je toevallig de Passion hyve? http://passion268.hyves.nl/
Greets Joel
July 12th, 2009 at 4:39 AM
HILLSONG CONFERENCE, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, WAS AWESOME. Thanks Louie for opening my eyes once again….helping me again to be aligned with Him, stirring my hunger for Him and less of me. My world has been rocked again by hearing God speak to me through you. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU LOUIE AND THE PASSION TEAM, AS YOU FAITHFULLY OBEY THE CALLING ON YOUR LIVES. We are so blessed to have had you share with us in Sydney.
July 13th, 2009 at 6:06 AM
Hillsong Conference .
Wednesday morning 11.30 was so moving for me . Then Friday night on top of Wednesday compounded what God was saying to me and wrecked me .
Big changes in the Robinson house ahead .
As always praying for you all as you lift up the Name above all names .
July 17th, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Hey Louie! I just have returned home from Daytona student life… I wanted to play the podcast for my mom and was wanting to hear your feedback of each night. Where can I find it.. all I am seeing is your passion podcast. I also was wondering if there is a way to hear the talks from this week again some how. Thanks for helping us grow closer to God this week. It was an incredible renewal for y faith. And it”s amazing your talk on the last night was about the veil being torn because that literally had been my prayer all week.
October 2nd, 2009 at 10:06 AM
SOOOO excited by the opportunity to get to London in May 2010!!! We brought a group from Ireland to the 2008 word tour and it was FANTASTIC we came back on fire and spread the Gospel to our small community with renewed Passion!
Please give us the details so we can book our flights!!!!