Ways to Plant Churches In 2002 our family discovered Halo. Anni, Via, Emma, and Bella were all in online school, so they had PCs. We got several Halo discs and spent part of many Family Days learning the various hideouts and ammunition caches in all the different worlds. I remember the delight we had in … Church Planting Lessons from Halo
A Request for Help An urban legend describes church leaders discussing how many angels can simultaneously stand on the head of a pin as the black plague was breaking out in Europe. In Bible School I was told that these early theologians agreed on the number 10,000. While I do not know if this an … Relevant?
Ladies Lunch Date We buy these tambaqui fingerlings for about 5 cents each, feed them a dollar’s worth of food or so, and then we can sell or eat them. Ricardo Ricardo’s little brother, Gustavo. Deanna invited the ladies over for a fish lunch. Dentist Outreach João, Lincoln, and Daide, stopped by this week on … Fish Dinner
The Joy of Fruit Trees That great satisfaction of having your own trees producing fruit. Tomato plants and a banana leave in the morning sun. Powered by WPeMatico
Request for Prayers I am working with several potential People of Peace. None of these have started their own Discovery Groups yet. In some cases they are going through some real struggles since they have become more interested in serving God. I have heard people say that before they were Christians their lives were fairly … Discovery Groups Update
How do we stay relevant? I am thinking about organizational change this week because we extended our time together in Altamira as an opportunity to have some organizational meetings. Igreja da Vinha churches have been planting other churches since their inception. The mission has been helping them in every way we know how. The whole … Organizational Change
My Favorite Church Conference in 2016 MOne of the 2016 conferences in our church in Marabá was especially enjoyable. Here is why. Fifty people from a wide variety of backgrounds gathered in small groups to study the Bible together, to learn how to behave. On Friday night it was all about questions. As our church … A Discovery-Style Conference
A reward of perseverance is the stories of how things used to be. Stories Jefferson pastors one of the bigger churches in Altamira, one that has planted several other churches. He was a teen-ager when we first met him. At the InterVinha 2017 Conference, during one of the general assemblies under the big tent, Jefferson … Stories
In spite of our plans, God moves…. When we moved here in October we had a plan, so did God….they just weren’t the same. ‘We Don’t Want to Be Here, We Need To Be’ It’s a phrase we hear often now, a prayer request to be freed from the life they are living. The women … …
Dr. Dave Keseg taught about primary first aid. Dr. Dave’s came from Ohio to provide first aid training. “Thank you!” Powered by WPeMatico
