Camp: Zone 4 Retreat

Messages spoken at the Zone 4 Retreat

Zone 4 Retreat:

7 messages from 3 gatherings, 1978 to 2005.

The recordings come from the Zone 4 Retreat in 1978, 1979 and 2005, with Joe Bishop, Alex McCullough and Roland Brown Jr. At an anniversary weekend in 2005, Roland Brown Jr. told how Glenn Clark's Bible class in Minneapolis led to the first Camp Farthest Out.

Where Zone 4 Retreat Met

1 place, 1979
  • Rye Presbyterian Church1979

1970s

1978Zone 4 Retreat 19782 messages

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  1. A Debtor to the Whole Body of Christ

    by Rev. Joe Bishop

  2. Two Kinds of Solitude

    by Rev. Joe Bishop

1979Zone 4 Retreat 19791 message

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  1. The Stranger Who Turned Out To Be Vance Packard

    by Alex McCullough

2000s

2005Zone 4 Retreat 20054 messages
  1. A Christmas Card That Led to CFO

    by Roland Brown Jr.November 5, 2005

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    Speaking at the 75th anniversary weekend of the Zone 4 Retreat in 2005, Roland Brown Jr. tells how a Christmas card from Lena Mathis brought his parents to CFO. The card carried Glenn Clark's booklet "The Lord's Prayer." He then works through Glenn Clark's framework for praying "thy kingdom come, thy will be done."

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  2. The Father Who Sees in Secret

    by Roland Brown Jr.November 5, 2005

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    Roland Brown Jr. imagines the disciples asking Jesus to teach them to pray. He then tells the 2005 Zone 4 Retreat that in Matthew, Jesus promises answered prayer to the Father who "sees in secret," not merely to the Father who hears.

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  3. Twelve Businessmen Fund the First Camp Farthest Out

    by Roland Brown Jr.November 5, 2005

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    At the Zone 4 Retreat in 2005, Roland Brown Jr. traces how Glenn Clark's Bible class in Minneapolis grew into the first Camp Farthest Out, funded by twelve businessmen in 1930. He also recalls Glenn Clark, as a boy, dousing a blazing cottage fire with one bucket of water.

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  4. The Ring That Said "I Am His"

    by Roland Brown Jr.November 6, 2005

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    Roland Brown Jr. explains Jesus' two conditions for answered prayer: abiding in Christ, and letting his words abide in us. He cites David C. Cook's rings stamped "I am his" and Larry Gould's pocket stone as reminders to stay aware of Christ. He was speaking at the Zone 4 Retreat in 2005.

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