Saturday, August 23, 2014

Church Conference & Service, and Inhambane

Church Leader Training

Palavra Viva (Living Word) Evangelical Church leadership training conference with 3 visiting pastors from Conim church in Brazil.


Pastor Rafael, from Brazil, teaching on preaching.

Leaders from different churches working together in small groups.


Women leaders working on how to prepare a Biblical based message.

We praise God for this wonderful training time.


Maputo Province All Church Service

We had our first ever all-church service where members from all of the Palavra Viva churches gathered to worship and fellowship together!

It was a special time of celebration and praise for what God is doing in the national church here.

Left to Right: Pr. Abel, Pr. Daniel, Irma Aimee, Pr. Nelio, Pr. Juka, Irmao Paulo, and Deacon Belarmino (in the back with the microphone)

I serve as part of this 7 person transitional church government, in which we are working on the development of  leadership, organization, and ministries in the church.

The congregation prayed for us in this special service. 

Would you please pray for Palavra Viva Evangelical Church:

"that their love would abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that they may be able to discern what is best and that they may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ - to the glory and praise of God." 
(Phil. 1:9-11) 



Inhambane


Pr. Rafael, Pr. Abel, Papa Tomas

After the conference and church service, we traveled with our 3 Brazilian brothers to the Inhambane province.

Pr. Jaco with the children.

Pr. Sandro with Mama Palmira and baby Eva, whom he had visited 2 years ago.

We also visited and prayed at the 2 plots of land in Inhambane for the future ministry house and ministry center.


 We continue to wait for the local government to release the document needed for the construction license to start the building.

Would you pray for God's will, way, and timing in this. 


Thank you!