Glow 2011 Focuses On God’s Work In Hawaii
By Eva Wilson
May 2011
Participants in Glow 2011 were urged to let God change them from the inside out.
Glow is the annual KNCSB retreat for girls in grades 1-6 and their mothers. It was held April 8-9 at Webster Conference Center, Salina, Kan. Glow stands for “God’s Love over the World.”
The theme verse was “Man does not see what the Lord sees, for man sees what is visible, but God looks on the heart.” (I Samuel 16:7b )
This year’s retreat focused on how God is working in Southern Baptist churches in Hawaii. Jean Rosenow, a Hawaii native and retired teacher, was the featured speaker. She is a member of Nall Avenue Baptist Church, Prairie Village, Kan.
The crowd of nearly 200 girls and women spent time in prayer on Friday night, April 8, for children’s camps in Hawaii.
“Because of your prayers tonight, some little girl or little boy might get saved,” said Cheryl VanBebber of the KNCSB Children’s Resource Team.
Glow participants also prayed for Southern Baptist missionaries who had birthdays during the retreat.
Rosenow told about Hawaii’s history and how it became known as the “melting pot of the Pacific.” She grew up while Hawaii was still a territory, and the islands were under the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board (now International Mission Board). Hawaii became the 50th state in 1959.
Her childhood pastor was a former missionary to China. After that country was closed to missionaries, many of them came to Hawaii, Rosenow said.
The Southern Baptist churches in Hawaii are mostly small in size, but they are very active in outreach, she said. They struggle to share Christ in a culture where Buddhism and Mormonism are prominent.
Glow participants were urged to make plans to attend the 2012 retreat, which will be held April 6-7. It will focus on Ecuador.
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