2021: A YEAR OF NEW HOPE: Richer Love and More Prayer As we look back on this past year, we have seen many disappointments and challenges like never before. I don’t have to remind us of those times but do want us to reflect on how we came through the year by the power of… Read more »

UPDATE: 12th International Camp is now being planned for the year 2023. The 12th International Team is currently meeting and praying and welcomes your prayer support. Please watch the website for updates. The blog below is being kept here for archival purposes.  Many of you probably remember Becky Sutherland as one of the former CFOI Coordinators…. Read more »

October is half over, but there is still time to participate in the CFO JOY WALK!!! a celebration of CFO’s 90th anniversary! Check out all the details here. Also, be sure to check out the CFO Family and CFO International Facebook pages where CFO’ers from around the world are posting all the creative ways they are engaging… Read more »

Your HOPE… should be great and dynamic, not little wishy-washy half-glimmers of optimism. Your LOVE… should be outgoing tidal waves that are clean and pure and not little personal attachments from which you withdraw when [there is] a false step. And your FAITH in your heavenly creator must be so complete that it will move… Read more »

CFOI Vice President, Bryan Holland and his wife Nancy have served CFO North America and CFO International in so many ways… from song leaders, rhythms/DIM leaders, speaking leaders, officer roles, CFOI trainers, and more! We are thankful for their many contributions to the CFO movement and we hope you are blessed by this prayer reflection…. Read more »

Joy Peyton is a CFO’er from Virginia, USA and regularly attends ShrineMont CFO in USA, Zone 7. She  is a member of the CFO International Board and the Advisory Council Ring of CFO North America. Joy shares with us today a message about community.  In Matthew 5:1-12, The Beatitudes, Jesus describes how we are to… Read more »

Higher, higher… higher! Zacchaeus did what he had to do to get a glimpse of the Holy One. The wise man’s house is still standing up on that rock. When we set out to scale the heights, the Lord will lift us up when we let go, let God, and trust that all is well…. Read more »

If you’ve been to a CFO Camp anywhere in the world you have received three things upon arriving at camp… 1) A hug, 2) A hearty welcome from the Camp Council Ring, and 3) A name tag. Hugs and hearty welcomes are wonderful, but it’s the name tag we are going to focus on for… Read more »

A MESSAGE FROM CFOI PRESIDENT, JOHNSON THOMAS: Perhaps one of the mightiest things I have enjoyed throughout my time in Camps Farthest Out is the extraordinary “Connections Farthest Out.” To “keep connected” is the antidote for this present pandemic outbreak. These days, while apart from many, my morning walks outside our home in Florida, USA, seem… Read more »

A CHRISTMAS GREETING FROM CFOI PRESIDENT, JOHNSON THOMAS: Greetings in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. December is a special month ordained for us to reflect on the past year and prepare our soul to pray and receive Christ anew. “Praise the Lord, O my Soul! And all that is with in me… Read more »

The North American region is in high camp season as it is summer in that part of the world… and it wouldn’t be a week at camp without at least a few hearty renditions of Now Let Us Sing! Of course, CFO’ers around the globe are familiar with Now Let Us Sing (and there are probably many… Read more »

The Holy Spirit is working and the anticipation is growing! It is with joy and expectancy we are looking forward to the CFO INTERNATIONAL BOARD MEETING, CFO TRAINING, and CFO REGIONAL CAMP to be held in DEHRADUN, INDIA on OCTOBER 2-8, 2019!!! The National Council Ring in India began praying early last year and those prayers have… Read more »

“…I can always tell when I am completely relaxed to the Divine Plan by the inner peace that comes to me. This inner peace brings a joyous, creative urge that leads me into activity that unfolds the Plan, or it brings a patience and a stillness that allow others to unfold the Plan to me.”… Read more »

many, if not all of you reading this newsletter know of, and have experienced that sense of “extended family” when we attend a CFO Camp/Retreat/Gathering. In responding to the Holy Spirit’s nudge to register for a CFO, we go on to attend that gathering and make deep connections with people only to be blessed in… Read more »

CFO INTERNATIONAL BOARD MEETING AND INDIA TOUR: OCTOBER 1-18, 2019: It’s official!!! The 2019 CFOI Board Meeting will take place in Dehra Dun, India! This is going to be an exciting event that will include not only the board meeting, but CFOI Training, a three-day Regional CFO Camp, and, for those who choose to go, a… Read more »

BLESSINGS UPON BLESSINGS to all the CFO’ers around the globe!!! And a hearty CFO welcome to all of our new subscribers! We hope you all had a blessed Easter! (If this version of our email newsletter looks a little crowded on your screen, as always you can visit www.cfointernational.org for a cleaner presentation, just click… Read more »

We’ve heard it said that ‘word-of-mouth is the best advertising’. With so much thrown at us through various forms of advertising, a word-of-mouth endorsement from a trusted friend is worth a little more than it used to be. As we pray for and look forward to our CFO camps, retreats, and events, a constant prayer… Read more »

A Christmas Message from CFOI President, Johnson Thomas December brings with it a big question: What do I give? Our inner heart says, “be a good giver.” A good giver plans and prepares well for the delight of the receiver. We desire to be the best giver, so we linger in our plans to pick… Read more »

  Short “saba” bananas, sweeter than sweet mangoes, tart and tasty mansanitas (gooseberries); these were just some of the wide array of fresh fruit we were served by our most gracious hosts in the Philippines. For some of us, the offerings were like nothing we’d tasted at home. The bountiful spread was also a reminder… Read more »

Did you know that CFO International’s efforts and outreach are made possible solely by the donations of CFO’ers around the globe? Your Holy Spirit-guided giving makes everything CFOI does possible. We pray, we ask, and then we let go and let God provide. We love what CFOI Board Member, David Dobra, has to say about giving…… Read more »