WIN Frankfurt is pleased to report:
In June, Bro. Ray An Fuentes conducted a ministry weekend in Frankfurt. He held a concert in the middle of the city, and had an audience of 300 people to hear the Gospel through his songs and life testimony. He also taught a seminar on Financial Stewardship and preached on Sunday at WIN Frankfurt. It was a blessed and a fruitful ministry. A few members were added to the church through these events.
In July, we held our annual Church Family Day. We had the Pantojas visiting us, and Sis. Malu was our guest speaker during the Family Day and Sunday Service. The Pantojas have been a great blessing to WIN Frankfurt and Europe since they arrived in Switzerland.
Noteworthy is the growth of support for our Seeds of Hope from mostly external donors. We have received donations from a German company to continually support SOH projects in the Philippines and our orphanage in Mombasa, Kenya. Recently, WIN Goeppingen and Hamburg has joined us in sponsoring children in the Philippines.
Our women’s ministry, WINGS (Women in God’s Service), under the leadership of Sis. Sacel Bernardo and Sis. Precy Ward, has been very helpful in ministering to our women by organizing projects, counseling and fellowships. Our recently held, Mother’s Day Celebration last May 9, 2010 was a great blessing to many mothers.
In August, we held our first WINKidz Camp in Limburg, 120 kms from Frankfurt. It was a great time for the kids to build their own tents and sleep outside. The games, teachings and other outdoor activities brought a lot of fun and adventure for all of them. They are excited for the next camp this coming July 2010.
God has allowed us also to formally organize our first Church Council last September 2009. We have elected 4 council members from our ministry heads to help me oversee the church. Since then, their valuable help is a big blessing to the church.
In December, as usual we had our Christmas Celebration. It was very well attended. We had our different ministries presented their special numbers. This event has brought new visitors to our regular Sunday Service.
The entry of the new year, 2010 had brought a fresh realization for many of their freedom in Christ through attending the Freedom in Christ (FIC) Seminar from Neil Anderson’s Ministry. For the first batch in January, we have 20 persons finished the course. We have recently started our second batch this year. Pastor Ric and Sis. Malu Pantoja recommended this material to us.
And as part of our theme this year on Evangelism, we have invited Pastor Rodney Friend from the European Theological Seminary to conduct a three-day seminar on Evangelism. Our brethren were blessed and encouraged to involve more in the Great Commission.
Very recently, we have been blessed to hold our 2nd WIN Germany Family Camp, involving our three churches (Hamburg, Goeppingen and Frankfurt) last Easter Holidays. It was great time of God’s salvation, healing and empowering. We praise the Lord for the beautiful time He has given us to strengthen also the relationships of our three churches.
In all these things, we also recognize that there we setbacks we experienced like a few people left the church because of relationship problems. We recognize also our continuing need of more workers in many ministries and our desire to have more younger people in the church.
Prayer Needs:
More committed workers in the different ministries.
More children and youth to come in the church.
Spiritual and numerical growth of the church.
Establishment of a counseling ministry to minister to the hurting.
More leaders to be developed.
Strengthening of our couples and parenting ministries.
More external donors to our Seeds of Hope Ministry.
Other pastors to rise up.
This report is written for WIN UAE Missions.
May 19, 2010
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