When: Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 9 am
Where: Fireside Inn & Suites, 81 Riverside Street, Portland, ME
                  (NEW LOCATION!)

We will gather across denominations, races and generations to lift up the name of Jesus and encourage one another to press forward in the name of the Lord. Plus, Morninglight is celebrating its 13 year anniversary!

Please RSVP! We need to provide an accurate number for the hotel.
RSVP by calling Anne at  207-775-0079 emailing Morninglight (morninglightme@gmail.com).

Our special guest speaker is Zitoni Murenzi, long time friend of Morninglight and former East Africa leader of the women’s ministry for the International Full Gospel Businessmen in Christ.  Zitoni will be joined by Marie Jeanne Naho, President of Women Aglow for the nation of Rwanda.  Be challenged to grow as they exhort us to choose the narrow way that leads to life.

Please RSVP if you plan to attend.

WHEN: Saturday, November 19, 2011 – 9:00 AM

WHERE:  Keeley the Katerer, 178 Warren Avenue, Portland

RSVP:  207-775-0079 (Anne) or morninglightme@gmail.com

About special guest speaker Zitoni Murenzi:  Originally from Rwanda, Zitoni Murenzi is gifted in speaking the word of God with boldness, exhorting and inspiring individuals to give their all for the Lord Jesus Christ.  She speaks with both great authority and great compassion.  Zitoni has addressed groups all over New England as well as in Africa..

In Africa, Zitoni served as the director of women’s ministry for the International Full Gospel Businessmen for the region of Eastern Africa.  Now a resident of Concord, New Hampshire, Zitoni founded Glory Fire Ministries, a ministry uniting individuals from various denominational, ethnic and racial backgrounds to seek the face of the Lord and to intercede for revival. Her particular burden is now to pray for her adopted country, the USA.

Unite with other sisters in Christ and join us!

Morninglight Ministries: uniting women in the body of Christ across denominations, races and generations for 12 years and counting

WHAT: Morninglight’s Summer Breakfast–with Worship, the Word, Fellowship and Testimonies

WHEN: Saturday, July 9th at 9:00 AM

WHERE: Keeley the Katerer, 178 Warren Ave., Portland

FULL BREAKFAST COST: $12.00 (assistance available)

RSVP (by July 7th, please!!):  Anne at (207) 775-0079 or morninglightme@gmail.com

Additionally, at this meeting you will have an opportunity to purchase beautiful hand-crafted coin purses, aprons, bags or other goods made by HIV+ women in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya (part of a ministry called “Choose Life Today”). Throughout Morninglight’s history, we have felt called to partner with and support other women, especially those from developing countries. Three of Morninglight’s core members have traveled to Africa in recent months, and this is one of the connections which has resulted from those travels.

We look forward to seeing you and seeking the Son together!

Laurence Mukabatsinda (which means “woman of victory”)  was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  A devoted follower of the Lord Jesus, Laurence faithfully served widows and other vulnerable women in Central Africa, encouraging them to realize their full spiritual potential as well as to become financially self-sufficient through micro-enterprise.  After fleeing tribal conflict in her homeland, Laurence moved to the United States in 2007.  In 2008, she became a core member of the leadership team of Morninglight Ministries where she serves women in the Body of Christ with great passion.  There she continues to encourage women from different nations to walk in the fullness of all that God intends for them.

Join us as this woman of God encourages us to press on to know the Lord and to make a difference in our world through prayer!

WHERE: Keeley the Katerer – 178 Warren Ave. in Portland

WHEN: 9:00 AM

FULL BREAKFAST COST:     $12.00 (assistance available)

PLEASE RSVP (by April 14)!!!       207-775-0079 (Anne) morninglightme@gmail.com

Morninglight Ministries

…uniting women in the body of Christ across denominations, races, and generations to birth revival through prayer, reconciliation, healing and equipping in Maine, New England and the nations.

“O magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt His name together.” Psalm 34:3

WHEN: January 22, 2011 at 9:00 AM

WHERE: Keeley the Katerer’s, 178 Warren Avenue, Portland

COST: $12 (includes full breakfast)–financial assistance available!

RSVP (by Jan. 17th if possible!): Call Anne at 775-0079 or email morninglightme@gmail.com.

The special guest speaker, Aline Umugwaneza, suffered abuse in her family as a little girl in Rwanda.  As an adolescent, she lost almost all of her family members in the Rwandan genocide of 1994.  Later, she was hunted down and betrayed by the very people that she believed were helping her.  God literally rescued her.  Through the power of love and forgiveness, she was able to let go of the past and move forward into God’s plan for her life.  Many in attendance were deeply touched by this powerful testimony.

Among other highlights at the meeting, Darlene Trefry, a former leader of Women Aglow, mother and grandmother, facilitator at Greater Portland Vineyard’s Marriage Encounter weekend, and recent addition to Morninglight’s leadership team shared her testimony of God’s faithfulness in restoring her soul and calling her back into ministry.   Darlene shared that, at the beginning of 2010, she felt trapped in a dry and desperate place and “put on the shelf” as far as ministry was concerned.  A woman she hardly knew called and invited her to Morninglight ‘s January 2010 meeting.  She accepted but only with great reluctance and apprehension.  When Darlene arrived, she recounted “I was touched as the music began and saw my spirit as a “dry and cracked desert place.”  The message from Ezekiel 47 spoke of the tiny trickle of water that becomes God’s mighty rushing river that brings refreshing wherever it goes.  “The Holy Spirit ministered to me personally…I closed my eyes and surrendered to God whatever He wanted of me.”  She explained that as she was leaving a sweet elderly woman identified herself as Marie and asked Darlene if she had enjoyed the meeting.  “I told her that I had felt like laundry that had been hung on the line and forgotten, and it had been there so long that the edges were tattered and torn. Marie gave me a hug and told me that she wanted to help me bring in the laundry…I think I cried all the way home.  God met me that day in Morninglight, in the deepest places.  He knew what I needed and used a simple invitation from a lady I hardly knew. ”

Since her first Morninglight meeting, Darlene says that she has fallen in love with this group of women, especially the African ladies.  According to her God has “filled [her] eyes and revived [her] soul.”  She finished her testimony by exhorting us all to open our eyes to see other women who are hurting and to reach to them with the love of Jesus.  “The time is now!”

We would be remiss not to mention that one of our dear friends and sisters, Immaculee Ntibatingeso, passed from Earth into Heaven just a few hours before the start of Morninglight’s anniversary meeting. While we deeply miss Immaculee, we rejoice that she now sees her Savior face to face. As the old spiritual goes, and as we sang together on November 20th, “soon and very soon, we are going to see the King. Hallelujah, hallelujah, we are going to see the King.”

Image courtesy of Doug Kerr

Join us on December 18th, 2010 as Morninglight heads to Pembroke, New Hampshire to join with our sisters in Glory Fire Ministries at their next meeting. Morninglight’s own worship team will lead worship at the meeting.

Morninglight and Glory Fire have considered themselves “sister ministries” for some years. Glory Fire’s leader Zitoni Murenzi has been a speaker and translator at several Morninglight breakfast meetings. Both ministries bring together women from varied churches, races and ethnicities, and generations, and both eagerly pray for unity and revival in the Body of Christ at large. At Morninglight’s 11th anniversary meeting, Zitoni invited the ladies of Maine to join them for their next conference.

WHEN: Saturday, December 18th, 2010 from 2:00-4:00 PM

WHERE: Grace Capital Church, 543 Pembroke Street, Pembroke, NH

MORE INFO: For carpooling information with members of Morninglight, email morninglightme@gmail.com or call Barbara at (207) 749-8722.

To speak with leaders from Glory Fire directly, contact Zitoni Murenzi at (603) 219-3877 or Aline at (617) 270-9731.

Kate now lives and serves God in Israel with her husband, Tom Hess, leading the Jerusalem House of Prayer for All Nations. She shared this testimony about the impact of Morninglight in her life:

“I am grateful for my involvement in Morninglight Ministries, from almost the beginning days.  God used this ministry in a special way to prepare me for my life-long calling to Jerusalem, Israel to be involved in a lifestyle of prayer and reconciliation between people groups with my husband Tom.  My heart remains committed to this precious end-time ministry, raising up women of prayer and reconciliation in Maine and all over the world!”

Over the years, the Lord has used Morninglight to launch many women of all ages into an understanding of their gifts and their God-given destinies. More testimonies can be found here. We welcome your story, and pray that Morninglight may be a blessing to you as well!

Our time of worship, including a Kinyarwanda song about how the promises of God will never fail (“Amasezerano yawe mana ndahinduka!”), centered on the supremacy of knowing God over everything else. These cries culminated in the chorus of “Knowing You”:

Knowing you, Jesus, knowing you

There is no greater thing

You’re my all, you’re the best

You’re my joy, my righteousness

And I love you, Lord

Two strong women of God shared words of exhortation and encouragement: Julie Stevens and Laurence Mukabatsinda. Laurence exhorted us from her life story about the difference between practicing Christian religion and truly loving and following Jesus. Julie encouraged us to renew our minds, get rid of every trace of bitterness and malice, and embrace the relationships God has given us to refine and make us holier and stronger people.