Here are a couple of pictures of the Seminary (and Light of the Gospel church) where I was.
The worship seminar is over. We had some great discussions about worship, and how it is more then just the singing on Sunday morning; about how it should be ingrained with in our very fiber; about how living a life of worship every day leads to a heart of praise on Sunday morning.
We talked about adding freshness to worship; about how being creative will lead to a newness and excitement in our worship; about how creating an anticipation to our worship service adds a RE-newed interest in worship for the congregation;
about how adding more participation for the congregation other then singing will bring them to a new experience in their worship. We talked about giving the congregation a worship experience full of life and joy and participation.
I listened to there questions. Sometimes I had answers. Sometimes it was enough to understand what they were asking and knowing that I understood the problem, even if I didn’t have an answer for them… sometimes that was enough.
We laughed a lot over mistakes that we all made, well, okay that I made down through the years! But we also learned from those mistakes.
There is a growing number of young people who are excited about Christ. who want the best worship that they can give not only for themselves, but also for the congregations they serve.
And I can’t end this without saying a huge THANK YOU Nikolai Sinkovets. Nikolai a former student from my TCMI class is also the president of the Evangelical Christian Baptists Union here in the Republic of Belarus. He is a man of vision. He sees CHANGE. He understands that change can and will bring a needed revival here in Belarus. He understands that the church can not be the same church it has been and continue to grow. He sees his church as growing into a flagship church for Minsk and more. He wants it to grow into a resource church. A church where it’s not the building that will bring people to Christ, but the ministries and outreach that it will have that will help people see the need for Christ in their lives.
We talked about adding freshness to worship; about how being creative will lead to a newness and excitement in our worship; about how creating an anticipation to our worship service adds a RE-newed interest in worship for the congregation;
about how adding more participation for the congregation other then singing will bring them to a new experience in their worship. We talked about giving the congregation a worship experience full of life and joy and participation.
I listened to there questions. Sometimes I had answers. Sometimes it was enough to understand what they were asking and knowing that I understood the problem, even if I didn’t have an answer for them… sometimes that was enough.
We laughed a lot over mistakes that we all made, well, okay that I made down through the years! But we also learned from those mistakes.
There is a growing number of young people who are excited about Christ. who want the best worship that they can give not only for themselves, but also for the congregations they serve.
And I can’t end this without saying a huge THANK YOU Nikolai Sinkovets. Nikolai a former student from my TCMI class is also the president of the Evangelical Christian Baptists Union here in the Republic of Belarus. He is a man of vision. He sees CHANGE. He understands that change can and will bring a needed revival here in Belarus. He understands that the church can not be the same church it has been and continue to grow. He sees his church as growing into a flagship church for Minsk and more. He wants it to grow into a resource church. A church where it’s not the building that will bring people to Christ, but the ministries and outreach that it will have that will help people see the need for Christ in their lives.
Gloria in excelsis
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