Growing a Congregation

Tracey along with Maria visually showed the congregation how many new families are attending since starting our project “1 Más” in January.  We were surprised!

Growing People

It was exciting to see our church facility filled with almost no chairs left to offer visitors.  It was also great to see new people leading the service.

“Renovado” Discipleship & Evangelism

A group from our church attended a Billy Graham conference in downtown Mexico City.  They came back excited about a global plan to reach out to touch one life for Christ, kind of like our plan “1 Más” where we hope to reach one more family for Jesus.

Big Birthday

One of our men broke the 50’s sound barrier and we celebrated his life from morning until dusk with food, good friendships, laughs and gifts.  Congrats  Luis!

Walk the Talk

Our Tuesday night prayer leader had us all hit the streets to pray for our community and pray that some places teaching magic would close.  It was a nice walk, and informing yet still to find several of these places in our community.

Playing Together

We could hear the laughs coming from our group as some swam, others looked on, while still others staked out a spot under a tree and took a nap (ME).  It was a wonderful day in nature.  Another picnic anyone?

Touch of Prayer

Building ties with the founding church, a group from our congregation went up the hill to attend a series of talks on intercessory prayer.  They all were surprised by all the good information, friendships and food.

Just Right

The day, of our church picnic, seemed to go off without a hitch until one of the ladies slid to a base and hit her noggin playing kickball with the adults.  While she was sidelined, the rest of the group played, ate and swam their hearts out.  Glad that there was plenty of food and excitement.

New Worship

We’re beefing up your worship team with more musicians and song leaders.  Josué is our latest addition and he did a great job on Sunday.  We’ve got a bass player in the wings, named Jaime.  Pray for him as he practices hard.  (The picture is of Kiana’s worship team at worship camp last week)

Happy Father’s day coming up!

Here’s a card I got from Kiana 

to share another best wishes on Father’s Day.

Happy “Early” Father’s Day

My daughters put together some great gifts for a “pre“ Father’s Day.  Both have left for either a mission trip or for a college campus job, but I thoroughly enjoyed their gifts – and hope to see them soon.  The gifts? Healthy sweets! (This is a card that Kiana made)

Picnic Plans

We’re heading out to the local park and inviting the congregation and the new people who have come to a time of games, food and swimming.  Pray with us that the weather cooperates.

Leaders looking for a Leader

At our leaders’ meeting we talked about reviewing our finances to be able to pay for a pastor.  We’re not there yet, but trust that God will soon give us what we need to pay for a full-time leader.

Down

No posts last week as I was dealing with some headaches due to the contamination and weather change, as well as a bad ankle.  Thanks for praying for us.

Team Calvin

Upon Keila’s return to Mexico, she brought down some friends to tour the area.  They spent a week in Mexico and then returned to their “international” homes.

Last Kids’ Club for the month

Now’s the time to evaluate our “pilot” project of the children’s club.  We wanted to try it out for a month to see if there would be support and new families contacted.  Both goals were met.

Teeth

Our Saturday kids’ club started off with a dentist friend checking their teeth and even extracting teeth on site.  It was both a service to the community and a highlight of the day.

Supplementing Revelation

Half way through our study of Revelation, we added some time for a movie on some of the first events of the tribulation.  We had lots of youth show up for the activity.