It was great to be at the annual GBM meetings yesterday. The meetings serve to remind one of how churches can work together effectively and of the needs of world mission. We have the delegates meeting first and then various meetings with missionaries. I got to hear Sukesh Pabari and then Graham and Sally Jones from Kenya. Sukesh is church planting but seemed most enthusiastic about the training programme using books he is translating into Swahili. The Jones's gave us three typical problems with pastors and asked for our advice. Nice presentation.
The evening rally was fine too. We heard from Sukesh, Jean Ellis and the new missionaries to Poland and Serbia plus Sarah Clay who is soon to be going to among street children in Peru. Ray Evans preached a fine and appropriate sermon (if a little convoluted in presentation). His theme was Christ's atonement and the example of mission it provides. Good stuff.
The other great thing about such a day is the chance to chat and it was great to talk with a large number of people - Hugh and Lois, Nathan and Urpha, David and Pauline, Paul and Avril, Mary, Fred, Luke, Roger, Ferris, Gavin, Jeremy, Raj, Matthew, Clive, Dennis, John, Jim, Derek, etc Sorry to miss Adrian, Philip, Malcolm and Ruth, Ellen, etc.
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