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# A weekend of miracles: Gathering the Nations.
- URL: https://www.belonging.house/a-weekend-of-miracles-gathering-the/
- Published: 2025-10-17T10:03:19.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-24T23:51:07.000Z
- Description: The first gathering of Belonging House International.
- Author: Christ John Otto
- Tags: Newsletter, #Migrated-1784937001272, #Import 2026-07-24 23:50

In March I asked a member of our community from Scotland if she could come to the U.S. for Gather Us In. Her reply was, “If that happened, it would be a miracle.”

We had a lot of miracles this week.

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Our “six foot educational rental” grand piano became a top-tier Yamaha Concert Grand. We got to pray for the delivery guys, and they stayed for a spontaneous worship moment: another miracle.

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Elizabeth Averill brought to life the story of Mary Slessor, a Scottish missionary whose bravery and tenacity brought the gospel to several tribes in Africa.

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Nancy Lane taught on how she has let go of her performance grid for a Kingdom grid, and how she uses *Artists at a Shift in Time* as a model for her daily rhythm. For many in attendance, Nancy’s talk was the highlight of the weekend.

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Rachel Neikirk taught on *Polypoikilos*, and how we are called to confront the anti-Christ spirit as warrior artists. Rachel and Iphigenia Berg created our Sukkah, and we had many wonderful works of art in our show.

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Many years ago Stacey Stephens sent me the words to the “Ballad of Belonging House” and we were able to finally sing it together as a community.

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And of course, we ate. These pictures were taken by Chris Brown. You can check out his work here: https://www.chrisbrownphoto.com Thanks Chris!

I am getting a little rest, and next week we return to our normal routine.

Thank you to everyone who helped, and participated.

He Never Fails,

Christ