Revival Night Recap - 14

Something extraordinary is stirring in the heart of Southwest Missouri. Over 300 people packed the Cornell Complex in downtown Joplin for Revival Night—a testament to the deep spiritual hunger permeating our communities today.

What made this gathering remarkable wasn't fancy production or celebrity speakers, but the authentic presence of God moving through ordinary people. As one attendee described it: "renewing, refreshing, with such freedom to worship." The open altars throughout the evening created space for people to respond to the Holy Spirit without pressure or manipulation, resulting in visible transformations as chains of addiction, shame, and fear were broken.

Perhaps most striking was the beautiful diversity represented—from 13-year-old youth to 86-year-old seniors, from business leaders to ministry workers, spanning denominational lines and backgrounds. Two young elementary girls opened the evening by reading Scripture, immediately softening hearts and creating an atmosphere of childlike faith and expectancy.

Behind this powerful evening stood three essential elements: prayer as the foundation, God's supernatural provision (including someone volunteering to cover the entire venue cost without being asked), and dedicated volunteers serving without compensation. As one organizer confessed, "It's the most humbling experience...we really don't know what we're doing, but God shows up and helps."

This Revival Night represents just the beginning of a larger vision for spiritual awakening throughout the region. The team is "believing God for a great awakening in our area" where prodigals return home, churches experience growth, and the spirit of salvation falls powerfully in every gathering.

Join us for our upcoming conference August 1-2 at the Keeter Center in Branson to continue this journey of revival. Register at itstimetoriseup.org and use promo code podcast15 for $15 off your ticket. Whether you worship quietly or exuberantly, come as you are—the water's fine, and God is moving!

Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome to Rise Up Podcast
• 1:30 Revival Night: 300+ Attendees Seeking God
• 9:15 Freedom at the Open Altar
• 19:10 Diverse Crowd: All Ages, All Denominations
• 27:00 Behind the Scenes: Preparation & Provision
• 36:25 Looking Forward: Conference August 1-2
• 46:00 Closing Thoughts & Registration Information

Transcript

Kim McIntire: 0:08

Hey everyone, welcome to the it's Time to Rise Up podcast. I'm your host, kim McIntyre. We know there are so many things that you can do with your time. Thank you for choosing to spend your time listening to us today. We pray you're encouraged and blessed by what is shared. If you're not familiar with our show, please check out our website at itstimetoriseuporg. There you will find our social media links and for our podcast platforms you'll find us on YouTube, apple Podcasts, spotify and anywhere else you find your podcast. We humbly ask you to subscribe, leave a comment, a thumbs up or, even better, a five-star review on Apple Podcast. Thank you for joining us today.

Kim McIntire: 0:49

I want to welcome our guests. A couple of you have been in the studio before. Amber Sampson, welcome back, hello. Holly Hoyer welcome back, hello. And you brought your other half tonight I did. What a night.

Kim McIntire: 1:21

Revival Night was held February 1st at the Cornell Complex in Joplin, missouri, right in the heart of the city, and we have so much exciting news from that evening. I got to see it up close and personal as a person on the prayer team and it was a joy to look out across the audience and realize it was almost to capacity and I think the last count was close to 300 attending over 300. Thank you for correcting me. So we were excited to see people come out and be part, and it just shows us there is a hunger in people's hearts to see revival come not just to the city of Joplin but to our state and the nation and world.

Kim McIntire: 2:06

And so I just want to start by saying something that I really loved about the night was the range of ages. Yes, that really stood out to me. My grandson is 13, and he was there, and I also met your mom, holly, and what is she? In her 80s? She's 86. 86. So a big representation of ages and a lot of people I didn't know. So we're very excited to have people who've maybe never been to a Rise Up event be part of that. So let's just get into this interview by reflecting on things that we saw the Lord do, things that people are saying and maybe some of our own experiences from Revival Night. Who wants to begin?

Holly Hoyer: 2:50

Well, I'll start. I just had some people that shared some just powerful words with me about Revival Night. One was they described it as renewing and refreshing. Another one described it as they felt such freedom to worship. Another one said the worship drew us into the presence of God. Another one said they loved that there was just open altars. For whatever need you might have, you could go to the altar. And then several said they loved the testimony of Jeremiah, who spoke that night.

Kim McIntire: 3:31

Yeah, it was a message of freedom.

Holly Hoyer: 3:35

Really it was.

Amber Sampson: 3:36

Yeah, a message of freedom? Yeah, absolutely. I think we're over two weeks out, I think, yeah, and I feel like I'm still processing and wrapping my head around all the different things, but it was, yeah. I had somebody say too that they loved just the freedom of the altar. There was no pressure to come forward or you could come, we just left them open so people trickled in. That was such a beautiful thing and I loved that.

Amber Sampson: 4:09

We sang songs that everybody knew, so it felt like everybody could enter into worship and you probably knew most every song that was sung and if you didn't, the beat was good enough where you could still enjoy it and have a good time. Right, and you know it was still. You know the beat was good enough where you could still enjoy it and have a good time, right. Yeah, I had somebody stop me the other day and say people are still talking about it and it's and that was two weeks after the event yeah, and she said she's like no people who weren't even there, people in the community are talking about it. Yeah, and I just felt, you know that just stunned me. It's just, yeah, like you said, people are hungry and you could feel that in the room. People are hungry for an authentic move of God.

Kim McIntire: 4:58

Last year we were at 200, close to 200 at the Roxy downtown and then over 300 at the Cornell Complex, and just to gain 100, and not that we're about numbers, but we are about souls.

Holly Hoyer: 5:12

Right.

Kim McIntire: 5:13

And numbers represent souls. So to know, 300 people came out and just really participated. I loved looking out over the audience and I was actually on the front row, but I looked over my shoulder a few times and just the participation. People weren't there to spectate, they were there to participate in what the Lord was doing and receiving what the Lord was doing. And you know, I don't think an open altar is a familiar thing for a lot of people, and so if you're a listener, I would ask you, if you're in a church, if you're involved in a church community where the altar isn't open, start praying for the Lord to open the altar.

Kim McIntire: 5:56

You know the Lord wants the altar to be open. There's still a place to get down on your knees. There's still a place to go forward and be prayed over and to confess your sins or be prayed over for healing or receive Jesus as your Lord. So that's something that really the Lord has put on my heart Pray for the altars and the churches to open.

Amber Sampson: 6:15

That's part of revival. Do we agree so?

Kim McIntire: 6:19

the open altar. I'm glad you hit on that point, Amber. That was very powerful. Yeah, Chris, what were you observing that night?

Chris Hoyer: 6:28

Just the power and the presence of God that was in the place. You know I have an old soul when it comes to worship and I truly enjoyed the worship and the range of worship that we had. And I turned around and looked up behind us and just saw people so jubilantly, in an exciting way, pressing into the Lord in their own style of worship, and it was just overwhelming. The presence of God was there in a powerful, weighty way and.

Chris Hoyer: 7:02

I love that, from people clapping to dancing around a little bit to their hands in the air, they just express in the way that the Lord wanted them to express themselves. And you know, when you think of the altar, you know people not having that experience, maybe in their churches, but just a place to go and a place of sacrifice, a place of obedience, a place of laying it down, a place of being refilled, and that was there that night. People were taking in from the Lord what they needed.

Kim McIntire: 7:41

It's so true. That was beautiful, it's so true. So, yeah, we have to give a shout out for our worship team. Yes, yes.

Amber Sampson: 7:47

They were amazing. They were rushing us into the throne room. Yeah.

Kim McIntire: 7:50

There was such an anointing on that team. And we're so thankful the Lord's brought them to us. You know, we couldn't have handpicked a better team. God did it.

Amber Sampson: 8:00

Yes, absolutely yeah.

Kim McIntire: 8:02

So any favorite parts of the night.

Amber Sampson: 8:05

Well, before we go there, I do I want to go back. You were talking about a diverse crowd. We there were. We saw a few pastors there from around our city, which was our couple, and so that was really cool to see and we had. There were men, women, kids, like you said, but there were people of all different churches, denominations, that were represented there and that is our heart as Rise Up, that it's not this denomination or this church, but it's for everybody, and it's for the young, it's for the old, it's for the man, it's for the woman, it's for the pastor, and you can be this faith or that faith, but come on in and you know the water's fine. So that was really cool to see that a vision that we've, you know the heart behind it was really represented there that night. I was really it's true.

Amber Sampson: 8:57

It was cool to see that.

Kim McIntire: 8:58

I don't know what I expected exactly, but I didn't know most of the people that were there. But that was a nice surprise, you know. I mean I knew several, a lot of people that were there, but there, were a whole lot of people I didn't know. Yeah, absolutely so any favorite parts that just stand out to you guys.

Holly Hoyer: 9:18

My favorite part would probably be just the people that were engaged in whatever was taking place, whether it was worship or amening Jeremiah, as he's sharing this testimony or when they took up the offering for the ask and the song they sang and people just stood and began to worship and dance.

Amber Sampson: 9:40

It was just a beautiful night.

Amber Sampson: 9:42

Yeah, we were having fun in the presence of the Lord and, you know, then we went into a time of prayer for revival. That's our heart, you know, that's our heart in general, but really a focus this year is revival. And you know, kim, you went to the platform and, you know, asked everybody to bow and pray and my husband, you know, played the drums that night, and so I'm on the front with you guys and so I'm like I don't have a clue what's happening behind me. All I see is what's in front. And so I've asked him I was like, how do people respond to that? Because that's not maybe something everybody's comfortable with. And he was like, oh yeah, everybody was in on that, and so that was a beautiful moment and, yeah, I loved that.

Amber Sampson: 10:29

And then I was hosting the altar and helping people get connected to a prayer team, and they just trickled in, like the Lord just continued to deal with people as the night went on, and so this one would come up and get somebody to pray for them, or then somebody else would come up, and so it was just such a beautiful flow and I just loved how, you know, we didn't practice any of that, and so we just kind of had a couple people take the mic and just keep the altar open and I just loved how it just flowed and continued.

Kim McIntire: 10:58

It was so spirit led.

Holly Hoyer: 11:00

It was the Holy Spirit was leading all of it.

Kim McIntire: 11:03

Yeah Well, one of my favorite parts. I really couldn't pick a favorite part.

Amber Sampson: 11:08

Oh yeah.

Kim McIntire: 11:09

But one of my favorite parts I'm going to actually have Holly talk a little bit about. But we opened with two very young ladies and I don't know their ages exactly. I know they're elementary aged. Read the Word. Why don't you talk a little bit about that, holly? And how did the Lord put that on? I mean, how did that come about?

Holly Hoyer: 11:27

Yeah, I had went to a Thanksgiving service at Watered Gardens and they had started off the service with children reading the word and I loved it and I just felt like the Lord said, do this at Revival Night. And so Peyton and Lizzie read two scriptures, really as a call to worship and a call to prayer, and it really just set the atmosphere for the night. It was precious, it was precious it really was.

Kim McIntire: 12:00

I feel like that everyone's hearts just softened and people that maybe weren't comfortable, because why am I here?

Amber Sampson: 12:08

How did I end up here? What's going to happen? What's going to happen.

Kim McIntire: 12:12

Just immediately we're settling in to receive and to also pour out, because we are not just receiving from the Lord but pouring out praises. So I thought that was just a really beautiful moment in the night. Christos, is there something specific that stands out to you from that night?

Chris Hoyer: 12:31

Yeah, there's a couple things. When you talk of the children, I mean, what did Jesus do? He invited the children to come to Him. Just that innocent, pure heart and I think that by doing that that affected all of us to be the same way. But I saw so many business leaders in the community. I saw pastors. I'm an introvert but when I get in settings like that I make myself step out and I was going around and saw people that I used to go to church with other people that I had pastored friends, and I really enjoyed that part and I mean it made my heart beat fast to see so many different folks coming together from watered gardens or different places and that blessed me and excited me so much.

Chris Hoyer: 13:27

And being able to kind of reunite and visit with those folks again that I haven't seen in a while. It also helped me to understand how God was moving and the impact that Rise Up was having.

Kim McIntire: 13:41

And. I was just thanking him throughout the night because I would reflect on that yeah, god's resort was there with a group, yes, of women from the well I love that jay and julie, who are dear friends of mine, were there and they just said that they were so thankful to be in that. In that part of that night too they came you, you know, seeking and they were filled, and what better testimony can you get than that?

Holly Hoyer: 14:11

That's really the heart of Rise Up For people across denominational lines to come together and worship the Lord, and it's our heart to just reach the pastor that may be burnt out or the person that goes to church once every six years, but come together, worship the Lord and then go and serve. Go, get involved in your local church. Be filled and poured out. Be filled and poured out. Yes.

Kim McIntire: 14:41

Be filled and poured out. That's so good. Well, I was part of the prayer team and a couple of testimonies stand out to me. One specific thing I want to share is that I believe we prayed over five individuals Everett and I, my husband and I and four of the five, when they approached us for prayer, said what that man said spoke to me, and I want that freedom, and so what I love is God anointed Jeremiah's word with specific truth that God knew was going to penetrate hearts.

Kim McIntire: 15:23

And then the evidence was the response to the altar, and so this one individual we prayed for was saying I want that kind of freedom. And we literally saw this person's countenance entirely change from a heaviness and a burden and really just distress, you know, just very distressed and just, I would even say, a bit tormented. And after you know three or four minutes of prayer it was like the joy of the Lord was shining on this person and I was just so humbled to be part of the mighty work the Holy Spirit was doing in the altar. And we are just one couple out of many of the teams that were up front, so I haven't even had a chance to hear the testimonies. We're going to have a meeting on Sunday and I'm excited about that to hear from prayer team. But I know this the Lord was doing some mighty work. People were seeking freedom from oppression and chains and sin that they've been caught up in or trapped by. So the enemy, he took some punches, some hard punches that night, I'm happy to say.

Holly Hoyer: 16:40

Thank you.

Amber Sampson: 16:40

Jesus.

Holly Hoyer: 16:42

Thank you, jesus. I prayed with a lady that Jeremiah's testimony touched and she came forward and said basically she had battled a needing disorder and had never confessed it and she wanted freedom that night. And so we just agreed with her in prayer and I believe in God, she's still free.

Kim McIntire: 17:07

Yeah, amen, that's so good, wow. Well, I know that a revival night doesn't just happen. So we've talked about the wonderful things, some of the wonderful things that we saw and experienced and heard, but let's talk a little bit about what happens ahead of that. That. A little bit. What does it take to host a revival night in a venue in Joplin, downtown Joplin, and end up, you know, basically ministering to 300 plus people? Like how in the world does a team of a few people end up doing that?

Amber Sampson: 17:55

Amber, I mean God, obviously, but yeah, oh, it's all Him, it's God, obviously.

Kim McIntire: 18:00

But people may be thinking how does this even happen?

Amber Sampson: 18:07

Yeah, well, it is God aiming to Him. Be the glory. But when we went and looked at the facility, I had never been in the Cornell complex. You hadn't either, holly. And so we're like, how much does this thing cost? Because it's probably the nicest venue in all of Joplin, to my knowledge. It's a beautiful space. And so we get the price sheet and we sat in the and we're like, well, this is wonderful, this is beautiful, and how are we going to pay for this? And we knew that if God was wanting us to be there, that He'd make a way. But you think that you know that. But you don a walk and Holly calls me and we never even asked for the money.

Amber Sampson: 19:01

But when somebody found out that we were considering that facility, that venue, they said I want to pay for it. Wow, we never said, hey, you know, you've sponsored us before, would you sponsor us again? No, no, they just said, hey, we want the Spirit of God in that building. And how much do you need? How much do you need? Everything you want for that night? What's it take? And they cut us a check and the Lord provided even more after that.

Amber Sampson: 19:31

But we never asked prior to that night for $1 for that evening and we had a couple different people, you know, hand us a check for that evening and when the night was over, I just I was talking to somebody and I was like God wanted us to be here. I mean there's no other way to explain it, but that's where he wanted us to be. There was a reason and purpose, and we'll probably get into that a little bit, but I mean that's one of the things I'll always take away from really from that night. But I mean it was I don't know. There's so many things to say. I'm still in awe over that whole thing. I'm still in awe.

Kim McIntire: 20:16

We didn't just accidentally end up at the Cornell conference.

Chris Hoyer: 20:19

No, we didn't oh right. Yeah, I mean.

Kim McIntire: 20:22

Jehovah Jireh yeah.

Amber Sampson: 20:24

Come on.

Holly Hoyer: 20:25

Yeah.

Kim McIntire: 20:25

He always shows up right on time. Yeah, other thoughts, holly, that you want to add about just preparation.

Holly Hoyer: 20:32

Well, we couldn't do it without an incredible team, and then an incredible team of volunteers, of people that just say, hey, we believe in what you're doing, we want to support you and we want to come alongside you, from people that were in the parking lots directing traffic, so to speak, and our prayer team, our hosting team, people feeding us. Yes, I mean it's just an incredible team.

Amber Sampson: 21:03

They're volunteers. Nobody's getting a paycheck, nobody yeah.

Kim McIntire: 21:11

And someday we should count up how many are on the actual team because I actually don't know, but it's a lot of people.

Amber Sampson: 21:12

It takes a lot of people to make these things, to make any event happen. It takes a lot of people. So if you're listening and you're a volunteer, you've helped us. We just big thank you. Thank you, a big thank you.

Holly Hoyer: 21:25

Yeah, so provision. Or if you're listening and you would think I would love to be involved with that at conference, get in contact with us because we'd love to meet you and talk to you and see if there's a place for you on our volunteer team.

Kim McIntire: 21:40

Absolutely, and that's always easy to find us and it's time to rise. Uporg is a great place to make that connection.

Amber Sampson: 21:49

Contact us through that website.

Kim McIntire: 21:51

Yeah, so yeah, provision by the Lord, the volunteers, absolutely People provision and people, God's protection. I mean God was just so gracious too. You know Downtown can be kind of sometimes sketchy at night. You know, God protected.

Amber Sampson: 22:13

There were no incidents.

Kim McIntire: 22:14

I mean God was just all around us and the Holy Spirit was clearly working.

Amber Sampson: 22:19

I wonder but there's a lot of preparation. But you host a prayer team who prays for us for Rise Up on a regular basis. You guys meet once a month and different, you know you're sending out prayer points at different times and so, and different, you know you're sending out prayer points at different times, and so I mean I know we all feel that we feel those prayers when we're there that night and even leading up to it.

Kim McIntire: 22:46

So there's a lot that goes into it. I just thought, if we were writing a book about how to do an event, we've got three points that start with P Provision, people, prayer. That's probably not the right order. Not the right order Prayer, and then God provides and gives us people.

Amber Sampson: 23:02

Yeah, and that is, and I mean and that sounds like really cliche, but it is the truth, it is. I mean, I don't know how many times we've thought and said why are we in charge of anything? I mean, I don't know. I mean For sure it's. You know, and I'll just speak you know, as a young person, I would, oh, I would love to play. You know, I went to big conferences or whatever. Oh, I'd love to do something like that. And you know, I thought, oh, I'll feel, you know, really great about myself. It's the most humbling thing you'll ever be a part of, because you know you can't do this.

Amber Sampson: 23:35

That's right, you can't do this you can't it's true and we can't Right it's true. I mean, it is the most humbling experience.

Kim McIntire: 23:46

But I feel like that point that you just made is one reason the Lord's hand has rested so heavily on the team. It's because there's a spirit of humility in which all of us recognize. This is not happening because of my talent or ability. This is happening because the Lord's favor has shown on us in this season and we give him all the glory for it.

Amber Sampson: 24:14

We really don't know what we're doing, but God shows up it helps.

Kim McIntire: 24:20

And so yeah, the prayer is powerful.

Chris Hoyer: 24:23

I mean being, I guess, the man around the table here. Normally I'm sitting in my office when you ladies all come together in your group Right and I can hear you through the door praying and it just makes me think of you know, there's that verse in the Bible that talks about the oil that's dumped over the head of Aaron and runs down the garment and it talks about that anointing, bringing forth the commanded blessing, but just the ladies coming in and praying and crying out to God and that unity.

Chris Hoyer: 25:04

It sets all of this up. It creates the order and God wants a lot of prayer and intercession and it sets the stage for that worship night and what we saw happen. I believe that's the foundation of it. So all these other things that you do, I don't want to discount them, but it's the prayer.

Kim McIntire: 25:35

Oh sure, absolutely For sure. Yeah, prayer, humility, provision favor layers and layers.

Holly Hoyer: 25:46

And preparation, and preparation. I feel like this is preparation for what God wants to do, not only through Rise Up, but in a greater awakening for our area. We're believing God for a great awakening in our area.

Kim McIntire: 26:00

Yes, we are.

Holly Hoyer: 26:00

And that means every Bible-believing church. We're believing God that your attendance is going to come up. Your income is going to increase in your church. We're believing God to just pour out prodigals coming home. That's our heart Salvation coming home.

Kim McIntire: 26:17

That's our heart. Salvation. I've been praying for the spirit of salvation to fall in the churches, that people go forward and want Jesus to be Lord and Savior. Savior and Lord, so all over every church every Bible-believing church Lord.

Kim McIntire: 26:33

And even non-believing churches Awaken them, lord, to truth, right? So no one's too far gone for God to reach. So what a joy, what a joy to talk about this recap of Revival Night. We're looking forward to August. We're just going to talk a little bit now about conference. We know there are some listeners that are tuning into the podcast that haven't yet attended an event, and so we want to just kind of give them a little glimpse into what some things that they could expect in August. So who wants to start with that?

Holly Hoyer: 27:09

Well, it'll be just kind of an extension of what we just experienced at Revival Night. We feel like the theme for 2025 is revival. Yes, so that's what we're going after, that's right. Just a mighty move of God. Powerful worship, freedom to worship. Amen. All ages are welcome, Men and women are welcome, yes, and powerful prayers. I mean we're going to have speakers. We're praying about that right now who that's? Supposed to be, but we're just. We're excited for just a move of God.

Kim McIntire: 27:47

August 1st and 2nd yeah, and the big difference between that and worship night is you have, you know, instead of a couple of hours, it's a few hours on Friday night and then a few hours on Saturday, and so it's just a double portion.

Amber Sampson: 28:03

Yes, amen, that's the right way to think of it. A triple portion maybe, and just God's Spirit moving.

Kim McIntire: 28:09

We've seen some incredible things come from conference.

Holly Hoyer: 28:12

Oh yeah.

Amber Sampson: 28:12

Yes.

Kim McIntire: 28:13

And just, we're on a trajectory. It's God's grace, I know, and it's just. It continues to get sweeter and deeper and richer, with the Lord. So what are you looking forward to, amber?

Amber Sampson: 28:29

Well, I'm looking forward to being back at the Keter Center. If you've never been, you know, do a Google search. It is beautiful. When you drive onto the campus, you feel the presence of the Lord. It's a beautiful environment there, and so I'm excited to be there once again. It's on the College of the Ozarks campus there in Branson. So, yeah, I'm, you know, just kind of like Holly said, it's extension of worship night and it's just such a beautiful time to just really just have a—I feel like conference is an intimate time. You know, there's an intimacy there. We have a little bit longer of time frames so we can—you can go a little deeper, you can go a little longer, and so, yeah, that's. I think what I'm looking forward to is just spending time with the Lord there. I mean it's yeah.

Kim McIntire: 29:21

This is the first time we've had a male around the table and talk about conference. So, Chris, what would you say is a takeaway from your perspective, a takeaway from conference?

Chris Hoyer: 29:37

Well, first I would just want to say man, don't just send your wife away for the weekend, go with them. It is powerful. And that would take me back to our very first conference. I remember a handful of us guys just being kind of over in the corner there to serve as needed, but we were in the room and God moved in such a powerful way. My takeaway I look at both conferences but I'm going to go back to the first one because I can remember seeing just God and His Holy Spirit move like a wave across that room. And a couple of us were back there and I mean it wasn't like tears were just running down our face, but there were tears in our eyes because we could see the power of God moving.

Chris Hoyer: 30:29

And I can remember at one point where the table leaders at that time that we had there was prayer going on and everybody was on their feet and I couldn't hold myself back.

Chris Hoyer: 30:42

You know, being a previous pastor, I just started walking down the middle of all those women as they were praying and I remember stopping and somebody was being prayed for and they had a certain thing they were being prayed for and that lady looked at me and said it's not happening yet. And I was like, okay, and I began to pray and what they were praying for began to take place in their life and it was beautifully being manifested and but I was just walking through the middle of that and it was just, it was amazing, the presence. And it was just. It was amazing, the presence, the power, the glory, the joy. So much. There were tears, deliverance, so many things going on, healing and, oh my, so powerful. And that's my takeaway from that first event that we had. And, of course, last year it just went to a totally different level and having men, at that first year we were the only men in the room- Like four of you, and so yeah what a blessing.

Chris Hoyer: 31:47

But in this last year there were so many men that came, and so guys, come out. If you don't, you're gonna miss out.

Kim McIntire: 31:55

You're gonna miss it sure it'll change your lives. Oh my goodness my husband's first um conference was last summer and I mean he, he's like I'll be back every year. I mean he enjoyed it just as much as I did. Yeah and so, and that's saying a lot for my husband, who really is happy to be on the lawnmower on a summer day. Oh, I, I love that His happy place is his grasshopper. That's so good.

Amber Sampson: 32:23

So anyway, well, I just want to say when you come to conference, it's, you know, there's. It's. I don't want to say I don't, I want to. It's it's. It's church like normal and stuff, but it's just such an intimate space. It's church like normal and stuff, but it's just such an intimate space it's. You know, the room is not ginormous or anything, so it's an intimate room and we're seeing, you know, we're going to enter into worship and we're going to have a couple of speakers.

Amber Sampson: 32:54

I know we've kind of said that, but if you've never been before, kind of trying to paint a picture of what you might experience when you're there, you can come and dress like you would dress for any other church service. If you want to wear a suit or if you want to wear your Sunday dress, go for it. If you want to wear jeans, then that's great too, but there's not a lot of flash and pizzazz. It's oh, I'm trying to think of the word, but it's just kind of stripped down a little bit. Casual, yeah, intimate, yeah, casual and intimate, yeah, those are good words. And so we don't have high-dollar speakers that are really going to grab. Oh, I want to come and hear that man or that woman. We just have people who have a powerful testimony. We overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony, and when you hear what other people are walking through or have walked through, you can resonate with that, and if God did it for them, he'll do it for you, and so there's just such a power in that. So that's kind of you know, the speakers that we pray for and look for, and we do have prayer. We spend a lot of time in prayer and just enjoying the presence of the Lord. So come and be a part of it. Don't hold back.

Amber Sampson: 34:07

If you've never been, and if you are like, well, I have this question or that question, reach out to us through our website, find us on social media, send us a private message. We respond to all of those things. But I do want to share. We have a promo code. If you are a podcast listener and you want to go to conference, get your tickets and use the promo code podcast15. So podcast, all lowercase letters, 15, and you'll get a $15 discount on your ticket this year. So, and that could. We're going to keep that promo code going until conference in August. So, but don't wait, get your tickets. If you want to come as a couple, buy one today and buy one next month. If you, you know. You know we pray that babysitters are supplied. You know all of these things.

Holly Hoyer: 34:58

It's our heart excuse me, kim, but it's our heart for it to be affordable. We want people to be able to afford, to be able to come, and so we feel like for a weekend conference it's very affordable and that's important to us.

Kim McIntire: 35:15

And I'm super excited about the podcast promo code. And I'm super excited about the podcast promo code and I just want to say, if you don't know me and you end up at conference and you have become familiar with Rise Up through the podcast, I would ask you of how many cities it goes out to. And it's unbelievable to me the cities around the nation that are listening, and I would love to meet listeners personally and say thank you in person for taking your time to be part of this podcast.

Amber Sampson: 35:53

And we have people fly in. I mean we've got people from Florida who come North Carolina, who've been, so don't feel like, oh, that's just for people in Southwest Missouri, no, it's for anybody. We had a lady come from Oregon one time. So, come on, don't be shy, the Kira.

Kim McIntire: 36:07

Center is an amazing place to visit. And Branson if you've never been in Branson, make a weekend of it. Yeah for sure. So much to do. Go to Silver Dollar City.

Kim McIntire: 36:23

Yeah, it's a great opportunity for fellowship too I mean we go saying boy, that sounds like a whole lot of church, but there's a whole lot of fellowship and you meet new people and it is a great time. It is yeah, yeah, it's wonderful, we're super excited. And what I love about conferences there's such a freedom in the holy spirit and some people worship very quietly, sitting or kneeling, and some people worship very ex, sitting or kneeling, and some people worship very exuberantly. That would be more like me Lifted hands, clapping hands, a little dancing once in a while, but the beautiful thing is it's honoring to the Lord.

Holly Hoyer: 36:53

He's worthy of it all.

Kim McIntire: 36:54

He's worthy of it all. He desires worshipers who worship in spirit and truth, and so I feel like Rise Up is just in that sweet spot of freedom in the Holy. Spirit, you know, and just worshiping for an audience of one, that is the heart of our conference and testimony, redemption, prayer, worship all of it combined just make for a powerful weekend. So, amber, why don't you talk a little bit about how people can register for conference?

Amber Sampson: 37:28

Okay, so go to our website. The website address is itstimetoriseuporg and you'll see that front and center on our website. There's a button there you can click to purchaseuporg and you'll see that front and center on our website. There's a button there you can click to purchase tickets and again, use promo code podcast15, podcast being in all lowercase letters and then follow us on social media and so you can keep up with you know conference announcements and details that will surface as we get closer. But yeah, check us out at our website. Again, it's timetoriseuporg to get your tickets.

Kim McIntire: 38:05

Yeah, there's a lot of Rise Up movements on Facebook. So if you scroll to the very bottom of our website, those social media links are in the far right-hand corner at the bottom, so you can click on the Facebook icon or the Instagram icon and that will directly link you to our social media platforms. Yes, just for people that I've had people say I'm searching for rise up but all these other things.

Kim McIntire: 38:31

Yeah so yeah, it's a popular, it's a popular phrase, but anyway, I appreciate you guys being here. Any closing thoughts? Have we covered it? We've covered it.

Holly Hoyer: 38:42

But we just want to say come and be a part of the conference August 1st and 2nd. It's going to be an incredible time.

Kim McIntire: 38:50

Yes, we're looking forward to meeting you guys.

Holly Hoyer: 38:52

Yes.

Amber Sampson: 38:54

Get registered.

Kim McIntire: 38:54

It does have a limited capacity, so don't wait too long to get registered and buy your ticket.

Amber Sampson: 39:00

It's going to be a good time, you don't?

Kim McIntire: 39:02

want to miss it. We don't want to miss it. Okay, well, we're going to close in prayer. Father, we thank you for our listeners and we just pray. This was encouraging, god. It was a blessing to them. We pray that you would stir up hearts for revival, god, even through this podcast. We're excited to meet our listeners and so, god, we're believing you're going to bring some to conference and we're believing that no one's leaving the same, that they arrive. So, god, thank you for your gift of your Holy Spirit. Thank you for Jesus and his blood. Thank you, god, that we overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony. We give you all the glory In the mighty name of Jesus. We pray Amen. That closes our time today. Thank you again for joining us for our recap of Revival Night. Be sure to check us out on our website at itstimetoriseuporg, our Facebook page or Instagram at the underscore official underscore rise underscore up. May God's grace and peace be with you all.