The Vision is for Restoration
The idea of restoration went through my head as I started learning the whole Bible was still applicable and true for me today. I was so hungry to learn and as I watched teacher after teacher, I noticed I couldn't find just one that I agreed with 100% of the time on every topic. As long as they knew my Messiah, I was okay with that. In fact, my own thoughts and opinions on Bible topics have evolved and changed over time. It's a lifelong process. One person can't have it ALL right........right? This deep unquenchable search for truth and fellowship landed me on an island by myself......or so I thought.
What if there was a women's conference I could go to? What if I could meet like-minded ladies that are on this same journey I am on? What if I could hear different perspectives on topics from Yah's Word and form my own opinions? I found a million Christian conferences but nothing that was geared towards whole Bible truth or tied to Torah or included Old Testament teaching in context. I had a vision of what I wanted to attend but I never found it. And why oh why did I seem to find more and more division and less and less unity? Can't we all just get along?
Then it hit me...I'm a party planner. I've been planning parties since I was 10. This is what Yah is equipping me for. I will host my own conference! But what does that look like? I don't know a lot but I know unity does not look like "sameness"...it means to me, being "one" with purpose and foundation....a Kingdom focused purpose with Messiah as the foundation. If I can find others with that same purpose, all the subjects involving the intricacies of our faith, all the things I was learning and "unlearning" should be fair game to discuss. I'm talking about good old-fashioned sharpening where people don't get offended when someone asks a question or challenges their position. The healthy kind! I wanted a place to hear different views on how to walk out our Faith. I wanted to learn
about things like calendars, how to celebrate the Feast Days, who exactly was Israel and how do I transition my family into honoring the Sabbath. In the midst I was losing my identity though.... I wasn't sure what to call us....Hebrew Roots or Messianic or Torah Observant Christian, etc. I felt completely undone. I needed a women's conference where we could unify in a safe environment even though we all had different questions, from different backgrounds and at different stages in our awakening.
Different questions...same Messiah
SURGE is a safe space to learn, ask questions, sharpen, fellowship and lovingly discuss His beautiful Word and how we walk that out as women and mothers and daughters and sisters. We should be able to talk about hot topics and still find ways to pour into each other and find common ground. SURGE is putting aside these "messy antics" and getting to the root of the matter...loyalty to the KING. SURGE sees that breaking fellowship over these secondary issues shows our pride, not our love for one another. There is no room for sibling rivalry in Yah's house. Let's experience a SURGE of unity for peculiar women by peculiar women.
And we did....
Surge Texas was born in 2022 and we hope to Surge across America.....Will you join us?
-Sarah Kiefer - Founder
SURGE is a safe space to learn, ask questions, sharpen, fellowship and lovingly discuss His beautiful Word and how we walk that out as women and mothers and daughters and sisters. We should be able to talk about hot topics and still find ways to pour into each other and find common ground. SURGE is putting aside these "messy antics" and getting to the root of the matter...loyalty to the KING. SURGE sees that breaking fellowship over these secondary issues shows our pride, not our love for one another. There is no room for sibling rivalry in Yah's house. Let's experience a SURGE of unity for peculiar women by peculiar women.
And we did....
Surge Texas was born in 2022 and we hope to Surge across America.....Will you join us?
-Sarah Kiefer - Founder
