Hey, Everybody! I hope you’ll have a chance to watch the video about something exciting God has placed upon our hearts at Living Proof but I wanted to make sure that you also have the information confirmed here in writing. Questions are usually answered better in print and I want this to be so clear that we can respond to God with tremendous praise and prayer.
Many of you are familiar with the Passion Conferences that God has used wildly among 18-25 year-olds for well over a decade. (If you’re not, see 268generation.com to learn all about it. You’ll love it.) God placed the vision in the faithful hands of Louie and Shelley Giglio and they have continued a long obedience in the same direction to see God’s name and renown become the desire of many hearts in the rising generations. God has shown outlandish favor on these events and He alone knows exactly why but this is the feeling that I get every time I observe a Passion gathering: He likes it. He likes coming to it. He likes brooding over it. He likes filling it. His glory is jealously guarded and His fame is generously spread. God also has the open invitation to reach into lives at one of the most strategic seasons of all. At what age are people more inclined to make completely life-altering plans and decisions?
Imagine what would happen if God completely captivated thousands of lives in that 18-25 year range and ruined them for settling for less than God had in mind when He created them. What if nothing less than the flagrant fame of Jesus Christ became their life ambition? That’s what has happened thousands of times over at Passion Conferences through the years. At these events, the wholly surrendered life in Christ is captured for what it really is: the most exhilarating adventure available for human flesh and blood. It is the offer to live for something so much greater. It is the offer for a life that matters here long after we’ve vacated this planet.
Last year at Passion 2011, Louie announced that God had challenged him to ask for the Georgia Dome for Passion 2012 (January 2-5 in Atlanta). That means we don’t have to sell out of seats and can open the doors to tens of thousands more. We were ecstatic. Within that first 24 hours, God moved on my heart to sponsor 1000 young women to attend in 2012.
1000 women who’d never been before.
1000 women who could not otherwise go.
I’ve waited all these months to tell you about it and, finally, the time is right. These next couple of months will be the time frame for the conference to climb on the radar of many young lives. LPM is launching this 1000 Women campaign in your honor and we would love to do it with your participation through prayer. It is my great hope that you would take ownership over the campaign, too, and get completely involved. What could be more fitting than for a women’s ministry to sponsor young women to attend something that has the very real potential to change the course of their lives and the rhythm of their hearts?
Here’s how the eligibility works for these 1000 scholarships. Each applicant must meet the following requirements (and, so sorry, but no exceptions!):
*A woman between the ages of 18 and 25. (Next week you’ll see that we are going to issue a challenge to other ministries, churches, and organizations and hopefully many of them will also scholarship young men. God seemed very clear in His leadership that our 1000 LPM scholarships were supposed to be entirely for women. It’s a form of mentoring and mothering, so to speak, as we seek to be intentional in investing in the next generation according to Scripture.)
*She has never attended a Passion gathering before. (This does not include concerts. I’m just talking about an actual Passion gathering on this prerequisite.)
*She would be completely unable to attend without a scholarship. In other words, if the young woman or her parents can come up with the money – even if sacrificially – let’s please retain these 1000 scholarships for others who cannot.
If this is resonating with you, here’s how you can get involved:
*Help get the word out to young women who meet the exact criteria for the LPM scholarships to Passion 2012. Please think about those who could not attend otherwise.
*Start praying for the event right away. These are tomorrow’s leaders and they will powerfully impact our lives as well as those who come up behind them. Also be watching for an opportunity to “adopt” one of our scholarship recipients to pray for throughout the event. We will give you an official way to sign up as an intercessor for a specific recipient after our scholarships are largely filled and we’ll also suggest some ways to direct your prayers. Look for these sign-ups to pop up here on the LPM blog in November but I will keep you very up to date on the progress of our 1000 Women campaign as we go.
And that’s all there is to it! You’re such a gracious people that I already know up front that some of you will ask if you can give financially toward this fund. If God undeniably presses that upon your heart, you are welcome to. (It would be part of our Siesta Scholarship Fund.) HOWEVER, we have already joyfully made the financial commitment at LPM and we are not asking for any donations. Since we’re deeply committed to these 1000 scholarships, if you do have extra dollars in your pocket in these hard financial times, we’d more readily suggest that you go out there and find someone – male or female – of that age group who wants to go to Passion 2012 but can’t afford it. Send them! And, remember that many could use the extra help for travel and lodging. Our 1000 Women campaign is limited to ticket scholarships and not for further expenses, as much as I wish we could do the whole megillah.
You game?? Wooohoooo! ME, TOO!!!!!
Get out there and find those women, Siestas! Here is the link for scholarship registration. Make sure they know the qualifications! All applicants need to go through this link for Passion 2012 scholarships. It is a separate feature that we’ve created in partnership with the Passion staff. Applicants will receive an email confirmation directly from Passion, letting them know that they have received the scholarship application and that it is being processed. Within a matter of days, they will receive another email informing them whether or not the scholarship was available and accepted. If they meet the criteria as listed in this post, the only reason for a decline will be numbers exceeding 1000.
Ready, set, GO!
Bring them, Lord!
I’m honored to do ministry with you, Siestas. Isn’t this a blast?
I love you dearly.
I live near Atlanta!! How can I help? Host some girls or help with a Siesta / LPM table?? Whatever I can do will be a privilege!
Amy, be checking back soon for ways you can help! But for sure be praying for the girls the Lord is sending through LPM. We are so excited!
Dear Siestas, I have never commented on this blog before but have followed it for years. Please pray with me that my two nieces, Andrea (20) and Alaina (18), would by a work of God attend Passion 2012. Their mama and their auntie can get them there but at this point they would not be willing. The oldest has is unmarried, living with her boyfriend, unemployed and just miscarried for the second time. The youngest is in an inpatient Christian treatment facility in TX. They have loving, Christian parents who are not perfect, but raised them to know and love Jesus. We are all heartbroken and desperate for Jesus to work in their lives. Thank you so much.
Vicki, I am praying for them right now. Please keep us updated and let us know if they decide to come!
I am praying too!
Vicki… I will pray for these girls and the family. God is able and willing~
vicki
i consider it my resposibility and privelage to beat on the doors of Heaven for your two sweet neices.
I have worked for 30 years with girls that have the same issues you describe in Andrea and Alaina.
I will pray.
Please expectect HIM to answer and then let us know how HE does it.
KErry
Awesome! As a mother of an 18 year old daughter, AWESOME!!!
Oh Miss Beth,
I am so excited!! I have already tweeted and posted this blog to my facebook!! I lead a collegiate girls bible study and I have been encouraging them to go to Passion2012 but the answer is consistently, “no money…” I’m so thrilled to show this precious blogpost to them!
This will be my third Passion event as a volunteer on the Intercession Team…what an honor to be a doorholder (Psalm 84:10) for this next generation! I will see you in ATL, Lord-willing!
LOVE.
Praying & spreading the word! This IS a BLAST! 🙂
I’ve already had one amazing young lady in my life BLESSED with this opportunity! This is AMAZING!
Oh my goodness! Praise God for the opportunity to go to Passion! This has been a dream of mine for the past few years, but I couldn’t afford to go. And JESUS provided! Thank you so much Beth and LPM. Sweet Siestas, you bless my heart. I was just sitting here reading some of these comments. How you must make Jesus smile!
Yay, Miranda! We’re so excited!
We are missionaries in Thailand, we work with campus ministry in Bangkok. Can we submit applications for women from international countries like this? Would airfare be included in scholarship? what about housing for the conference?
Hi Paula, no airfare or housing is included in the scholarship, just admission to the conference. We hope and pray that if the Lord allows them to go through LPM, He’ll provide the rest of the means to do it through other folks! I hope that makes sense. Blessings!
Well, I’m twice the maximum age to qualify for the scholarship, but you can count on me to be a prayer mom to a participant, so I’ll keep my eyes peeled to this blog for sign-up info. I’m also aiming to make this my shortest, most concise comment ever, so I’m signing off now, hoping that all of you have a blessed day.
Patti Hayes
I pray God so richly blesses you all LPM for this investment in young women. God will be so glorified in this.
I just wanted to thank Living Proof Ministries and you, Beth, for giving me a scholarship to Passion 2012!!! I still cannot believe that I will actually be going. To be able to worship and fellowship with students from not only my country but across the world is absolutely incredible. My one desire is to know God better, for Himself, not what He can do for me. I cannot wait to encounter God and learn about His word and how He can work through me for the good of His kingdom. I am so stoked!
Anneliese McClain
Hi Miss Beth,
I’m super excited about the Passion scholarship, and if you’ll indulge me, I’ll tell you why. It’s kind of one of those “small world” stories, I think. I attended LPL in Lincoln, Nebraska back in June with a group of 8 ladies. On Saturday, you came to the audience, as you always do, and asked us what had resonated with us the night before. You stopped to talk to a young gal who told you that she had just recently come to Christ after the death of her best friend. (I don’t know if you remember, but I hope you do) That young gal’s name is Kailee, and I was sitting directly in the row behind her, hoping that you would have picked me to speak into your mic. But I was instantly glad that you chose Kailee-you have no idea how good it was for her. In fact, just last night at our women’s ministry Bible study night–we are doing Here & Now, There & Then–she turns to me and says, “I actually SPOKE to Beth!”, to which I quipped back “Oh, yea, well I actually HUGGED her!” I think we both are blessed. Anyway, back to the story, after LPL ended that day, I and my mother-in-law Lois (the Lois whose mother was Eunice!) were the only ones from our group of 8 who came to the special Siesta time back stage, because we were the only blog readers in our gorup. But after we reappeared with our friends, just beaming at having had our photo taken with you and having hugged you, Kailee immediately started pumping us for information on where we had been. Naturally, we told her. And she naturally wanted to become an immediate Siesta. Which she has. And naturally she loves the blog, as do I. Which finally brings me to the exciting part: Kailee texted me this morning that she has already been awarded one of these Passion scholarships!!
And yesterday was one year to the date that she came to Christ!
My dear Siesta Mama, God is so worthy. Thank you for making His name known across the generations. We love you.
Shelly
Shelly, that is so, so cool. We are so excited! God is SO into the details, is He not?
Oh, He is indeed. If you could tell Beth to read the story I shared, it would make my night. (Or day, depending on when she reads it. :)) I don’t necessarily expect her to respond, but I do wonder if she will remember Kailee, or my MIL Lois whose mother is Eunice, from LPL in Lincoln. My only claim to recognition with Beth is that they are both dear to me, but I truly want her to know how God is working here.
I’m rambling. Thanks again, and welcome to LPM! 🙂
I just applied, and praying God works. I’d need to find a way there, and hotel, but I’m trusting in God! 🙂 Thanks Beth!
Kassie! We are so excited and absolutely cannot wait!
WOO HOO! Bring it ON!!! Let’s PRAY! 🙂
How exciting! As a recipent of the Siesta Scholarship fund for the LPL in Columbus, I know the blessing that this is first hand!! I will be putting this info on my fb so that all of my “friends” will be aware of the opportunity … if only I could get my prodigal niece there! I would be honored to be matched up with a scholarship recipent and pray her through this conference! How exciting to be a part of this event in that special way … will be watching the blog for more detais!! Thanks LPM for all that you do … you bless me daily! 🙂
Praying and wondering if older siestas might be able to help sponsor young ladies – and maybe young men – through LPM Scholarship Fund. Not trying to complicate matters, but wouldn’t it be great if we don’t know who to sponsor, we’d have a way. LOVE PASSION, ATTEND VIRTUALLY AS I AM TOO OLD…Awwww.
Hey Madge! Be on the lookout next week for ways you could maybe sponsor other students.
You can always volunteer…we seen folks in their 80’s volunteering!
Please pray that my cousin Stefanie will go! She so needs the Lord!
This is great! I will be praying God moves in a GREAT way! I have such a big heart for young ladies to know Him in a deeper way. I am praying about helping out at this event. May God have the Glory in it ALL!
Beth! I’m so excited to hear this! I go to Passion City Church in Atlanta and have volunteered at five Passion conferences over the years and you’re right, it’s life changing! What God has put on your heart here could change so many young women’s lives! Thank you!
I wanted to inquire to see if the sponsorship might include a young girl in SPAIN who is a good friend from our mission trips there that we’ve done through Buckhead Church (where I also go)? Is that possible? She is 20 and have never been before and we were actually JUST wondering what we could do to get her here! Her dad is a missionary and the preacher at a church that partners with Buckhead Church, over in Sevilla, Spain, so they really don’t have the money to get her here. Please let me know if that’s a possibility? Thanks Beth. YOu’re so loved here in Atlanta!
Carolyn Norton
If LPM cannot do the scholarship for her, Passion had international scholarships they offered. You can probably find some info at the official Passion website: http://www.268generation.com/passion2012
I am commiting to pray every day for this event now and through Jan 5th. For those serving and those being ministered to. May God richly bless you all!
Hi Mama Beth and Lindsee! I saw the post yesterday, and immediately thought of one of my friends… I called her immediately and encouraged her to apply, and she received the scholarship!! I am SOO thankful!! I can only imagine what God’s going to do! 😀 I am just slightly out of that age range and have always wanted to go, so I am planning on signing up to volunteer so we can go together. We’re still looking to God to help us w/ transportation and lodging, but we’re excited about seeing Him provide. Thank you SOOOO much LPM for making this opportunity available for these young women! 🙂
Yay! Yay! Yay! That is so fun, Rena. We are so excited and absolutely cannot wait. I just prayed for y’all that the Lord would provide transportation and lodging.
Just found out that one of our mutual college friends is from the Atlanta area and is going to the conference, as well. She invited us to stay with her, so lodging is covered!! PTL!!! 🙂
I’m a senior in college and have attended this conference twice… God really does move in the most incredible mind blowing ways at this conference. It’s just something about being with your 22,000+ closest friends, lifting up the name of Jesus that you feel the Holy Spirit move like never before. It was at the conference last year I completely fell in love with Jesus, and have committed to carrying His name since! If you haven’t been and are the right age- GO! Cuz God wants to rock your world that week 🙂
Beth, Absolutely love the idea. Can’t wait to pray for this and find some young women who are in need of a scholarship. Thanks for the opportunity to serve. Love ya, Lynda
I applied this afternoon and got the scholarship! Thank you so much Beth for sending me!!! I am a part-time girls ministry director and just don’t have the funds to pay for a conference right now! Thank you thank you thank you for your generous spirit and your passion to see girls of my generation rise up!
Hannah, I just had to reply and say hello! As a fellow girls ministry director (at my old church for three years), I so get you and am so happy to hear you’re coming. We absolutely cannot wait. Blessings, sweet sister!
Hi Beth! Just reading your blog today (Sept.20th), because it’s my birthday and wanted to hear some good words. Well, of course, I did. I will definitely pray for those scholarships for the young women to go to the Passion gathering. Sounds great and I will check out that site for further input. I just wanted to share my birthday blessings for today: Check out Isaiah Chapters 60-62! Just beautiful to hear His Word…”the Lord has anointed me…clothed with robe of justice…bride bedecked with jewels”. (And I’m 57 now! Makes me feel young and beautiful!) His Word/s in these verses reminds me of His Love and calling me forth to sharing my talents in the written word. I will be working on that now, as I feel He is calling me forth. Have a beautiful day and Happy Birthday to others who may be celebrating this week also! “Before you were born I knew you, before the daystar like the dew, I have begotten you…”
Kathy, West Milton
God’s gift and his call are irrevocable.
Romans 11:29 NIV
This is so great! I went for the first time this year, and it was truly life-changing. God WILL meet these women there! All 1,000 of them! And thank you for giving me the insider info on this backstage in Columbus, Beth… 😉 LPM loves Jesus with everything, and it shows!
I just found out today that I received one of the scholarships and I jumped for joy. I’ve wanted to attend Passion for years and I’ve never been able – I’m so excited that this year, my last year of eligibility, I’ll be able to attend. Thank you so much for this blessing and thank you to all the other Siestas that are jumping on board to pray for those of us attending. I can’t wait!
Praise God, sweet Kali! We’re thrilled over here. Seriously, it is so much fun seeing all these names come in of girls that received a scholarship. We can’t wait!
I am so honored and privledged to have recieved a Passion 2012 scholoarship. I am literally speechless which for me is unheard of. I cannot wait to see how much my God is going to enrich and bless me in this incredible journey that this will undoubtly be. Thank you so much.
In christ love,
Beth
We love you, Beth! We’re so excited with you!
So excited for this opportunity for these ladies! I used to work at a Christian university in Nashville and passed along information to these ladies! Hope some of them will take the opportunity! Thank you so much for your obedience. Beth Moore, you inspire me so much. I know that it is only through God that you do all you do, but you have inspired me to really dig into the word. I’ve been learning my memory verses all year and literally really do crave being in the word. You have influenced this heavily, so I THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I’ve been praying that God would help me love his word and to crave it and THAT is HAPPENING! Praise God!
Beth Moore I just want to say thank you! I applied for this scholarship last night and I received one. I’m from Northern Ontario and there is no other way for me to go to this event! I know God will change my life through coming to Passion 2012 and I want to thank you for this and your ministry! To God be the Glory!
We cannot wait, Laura!
Our women’s bible study has been studing Believing God. As I have read and studied this book, things have happened in my walk with god that is just awesome and I just wanted to share this with you. Almost everyday when I study, the spirit settles over me and I can not keep from weeping and praying in the spirit. I have never had a book have this kind of effect on me. God is so wonderful and I love him so much. Thank You for being his servant and teaching us all. Love in Christ Rose Wilcox
Praise God that His Word is living and active! It does change us. Amen!
When I saw Beth’s tweet about this scholarship event the other night, God immediately brought a young woman named Beth to my mind. I sent her a message through FB with a link to the video & told her to register ASAP. It was late when I sent the message so she didn’t get it until Tues morning. She signed up immediately & called me when she got an email confiming her registration & said she should hear something within 72 hours. When I got up this morning(Wed.) I had several missed calls from Beth. I just got off the phone with her & she said she had received an email stating that she was “headed to the Ga. Dome!”
We are both beyond excited!
As her former PW, I’ve seen this young woman make her decision to live her life for Christ. I’ve watched as she has stood strong in the fact that she is redeemed from your former life of bad decisions despite what everyone in a very small town believes about her. And I’ve seen her cling to her faith in the midst of tragically losing her 18 year old brother.
I have no doubt that attending Passion 2012 will be monumental in her walk with her Redeemer.
I cannot express the depth of my gratitude to you, Beth & the Living Proof Staff for this opportunity
As I always say & I mean it with every fiber of my being, I dearly love y’all!
My SSMT verses for Set. 15 & Oct 1 are so appropriate:
To him who is able to keep you from falling & to present you before his his presence WITHOUT fault & with great joy- to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power & authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now & forevermore! Amen. Jude 1:24-25 (my emphasis added)
So excited for this awesome opportunity LP has to sponsor 1,000 women!!!
I’ve attended several Passion events and am so excited that my younger sisters now have the opportunity to attend this year! Passion is such a life-changing weekend and I know that each person that attends, should they be so willing, will never be the same!
I’ll be praying!!!
What a great idea, Beth! I pray that God draws just exactly the 1,000 young ladies that He has ordained to be at that meeting in Atlanta, as recipients of these scholarships. May eternal destinies be changed for innumerable hosts of people, because of the deposit God will make in the lives of these women.
It’s exciting! It’s such a blessing to be able to give opportunities like this out. Talk about some hilarious giving!
All of you at LPL, have a great day,
Carol
Oh Glory…I am in. Praying and connecting.
My LifeGroup is wanting to attend this, we are all in college so it is difficult to scrape up the money to attend. It will be a huge learning and growing opportunity and I am excited for the chance to get to attend!
Coolest thing just happened!
One of my college bible study girls applied for the scholarship and was granted it! Praise God, but the best part came this morning…
She is a student at Liberty Univ and at convocation service today they gave out Beth’s book “Voices of the Faithful” to every student! She was thrilled to pieces! It was such a confirmation of His provision and grace and HAND! I told her it was a big, fat kiss from God!
Thank you for being a part of God’s revelation of Himself to young women! He is smiling…
LOVE.
Courtney!
I go to LU as well! And, I have been awarded a Passion Scholarship too! We should totally hook up!
I got both those books too! PTL for getting them! =]
That’s awesome! Congrats! She is thrilled! You can contact me on my website (hover/click on my name)–I would just post it here, but not sure if LPM cares about posting personal info right here. Just want to respect them.
THANKS! Look forward to hearing from you, Miranda.
Beth,
THANK YOU!!! My heart just lept with joy when I first read this blog entry. As a Passion volunteer for many years, I have seen the impact that this conference has on everyone involved from attendess, to volunteers, to speakers. Thank you for making these scholarships available to these young women. God is working and moving and doing amazing things in this generation through this conference. Cannot wait until January!!!!
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How much is Passion? I would like to look into giving this to my sons
Hi Sally! If you check out the Passion website, it should give you all the information you need. Hope that helps! Here is the link:http://268generation.com/passion2012/#!/home/
Psalm 91: 3-4 NASB
For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper, and from the deadly pestilence.
He will cover you with His pinions and under His wings you may seek refuge.
His faithfulness is a shield and a bulwark.
I just spoke with my daughter Megan, she and her friend Maddie are going to attend Passion 2012!!!! I want to shout it from the roof top, this is HUGE for her!!!! I know her life will be changed forever. I have chills all over my body thinking about it. She has never done anything like this before. PRAISE YOU JESUS, MAY YOUR NAME BE LIFTED UP HIGH 🙂
This event sounds awesome!!! I wish I would have gone to this when I was in that age range!!..apparently 28 is too old. j/k 😉 I will be praying for the event! God Bless!!
What a great opportunity. I haven’t had a chance to read all the comments; however, I was wondering if there are Siestas in the area that could open their homes up for some of the ones being scholarshipped?
LOVE LOVE LOVE Passion! My hubby and I are too ‘old’ to attend, so we have voluntered the past 2 years! What an awesome work He is doing in this generation.
I would love to meet some of these gals who get scholarships (we’d be honored to provide one ourselves). Looking forward to more info as it comes!
Such an amazing opportunity!! Thank you to all who have worked on putting this scholarhip together as well a those who have and are working on the Passion!! I pray that God uses this scholarship to further bless the conferance and those who attend. I am definately applying and telling all the girls I know to do the same!! God bless 🙂
Sweet Beth and LPM,
Thank you from the bottom of a momma’s heart. We just found out that my daughter got one of the scholarships to the Passion conference. To say it is a blessing is like saying we love sweet tea in the south! I can’t begin to thank you enough for what this ministry is doing. Have no doubt that it is life changing. Thanks, thanks and thanks again!!
Kathy! We are rejoicing with you and absolutely cannot wait!
Lindsee!
I rarely comment on here but I loved your post! Envy is evil, i know, but i am SOOOOOO envious of all of you that work in such a Christian, fun, eating, loving environment! This would be my dream job!! God placed you right where you deserve to be!! I’m so happy for you! By the way, I do have a very handsome, available son if you need help, i doubt it!! But, you are too precious! What kind of mom would I be if I didn’t tell you about him. Yes, he graduated from college and does not need help, just like you! keep up the posts!
I’m committed to praying for these 1000 women. Eleven years ago while in college, I was blessed to be part of the event called ONE DAY that Passion did in Memphis Tn. I still have very vivid memories and know specifically how God changed my life through one day. Upon arrival, I was sitting in the second seat of the bus, I guess I thought by sitting in the front I would get there sooner. I was so excited. When we first got on the property where the event was held we stopped and were told that someone would come on the bus to pray with us…and next thing I see is the beautiful blond head of big hair coming up the steps of our bus…Beth, I still remember what you spoke on that weekend! I feel privaleged to be a part through Prayer! I Love you too!
I also live in Atlanta & would love to help with getting girls places to stay, etc.
I jusst recieved a scholarhip last night. I am from Loganville GA but would love to be closer. If you know anyone who would be willing to let me stay it would be a HUGE blessing!
Thank you!
My friend and I both received scholarships and are looking for a place to stay or some girls to share a hotel room with – we’d love any help you’d wanna give with finding somewhere! Thanks so much!