The church had a “Pink tea party” for the women in the community.  The women members of the church were asked to invite one of their friends to come to the church to participate in the event.  They served food, played games, did a raffle giveaway, had a small fashion show, and then shared the Love of God.  It was a fun and a great way to introduce Jesus into these women’s lives who did not know Him as their Savior.  It was also a very special time for some of these woman to get a little pampered and to step away from their lives that at times can be very complicated. 

The Vineyard Institute (VI) also had its kick off here in Brazil.  Vineyard Institute is an educational provider for the Vineyard movement, formed to develop leaders at all levels of church life through high quality theological training.  Training our existing and future leaders is one of the keys to planting more churches and making more disciples.  These courses will hopefully help the leaders realize the giftings that the Lord has given to them so that they will use them to promote the Kingdom of God.  It will also assist us to instill the DNA of the church as we pass the baton onto the future generation.  We have more than 80 participants signed up in the program just here in Altamira.   http://vineyardinstitute.org/