We had a great evening, fellowshipping, discussing, praying, eating and more. Mario was the facilitator, the man of the moment. The evening kicked off with a discussion on church. Malcolm brought up the issue of simple/organic church (which is basically going back to the model of the 1st church in Acts where they met in their homes). The key scripture for the evening was 1 Cor 14:26. "What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. all of these must be done for the strengthening of the church."
We discussed this and what it means to have a church with every person participating, a living breathing body. This led to a discussion on what the purpose or role of the pastor is. This went onto different worship styles and the five fold ministry. Whew, there were a couple of tense moments with hackles rising and claws out. Pauline brought up the point that she wanted to see the power of God and the gifts in operation. We gathered around to pray for her and we did indeed see God's power and the gifts in operation. We also prayed for Malcolm who has been sick. We shared a very precious time during these two incidents where we saw the love of God in operation, working through each other. It was indeed a good evening!!!!!!!
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great job with the blog! it is wonderful being kept up to date in this way.....thank you so much!
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