Youth Sunday 2010
After a really long time, TLC had it’s Youth Sunday—a day when all the youth organized the setup, led the worship and the overall management of the meeting. Rajiv led the worship and we had Sydney Nevis with us that day who shared a simple word in Hindi. We had 5 young new comers that day.
It was a joy to see all the youth come together and work as a team that day. Amen!
The M.A. Students
Under the Allahabad University, and the UGC, the course sponsored by Development Associates International aims at building leaders in the church around the world through biblical principles and models of leadership like Servant Leadership. Currently in this 3 year course are Michael, Patricia, Neil, Errol, Sweethin, Giji & Saiola from TLC. We hope to see many more such leaders being raised through this in the days to come.
Website : http://www.daintl.org/
On A Mission
We have been going through the book of Acts and Franco more than preached a brilliant sermon on the Sunday before some of us went to Guwahati on mission. It was a ‘now word’ for us – a wake-up call.
He said that as Peter entered his house and Cornelius greeted him, it was a giant leap for mankind. In Acts 9:32, Peter was available and obedient to the leading of the Holy Spirit. And the unexpected happened. So it is with mission. So is it for us who are led by the Holy Spirit. Are we excited about the unexpected? With the suddenlies and the surprisinglies?
He reminded us of Esther, who laid her life on the line for her people. David, who was suddenly called out of the pasture into an unprecedented battle which changed the history of the Israelites. And Mary the mother of Jesus. Greeted by the Angel Gabriel and given a message from God which was totally unprecedented and unexpected yet she responded positively, saying “Be it done unto me according to your word”. He challenged us to be part of an end time revival which is coming, by being available, and being led by the Holy Spirit as sons of God. Don’t be parochial, he said. But be available and be overcomers of barriers such as 1. Food, 2. Culture, 3. Social
4. Mental i.e. preconceived notions.
We as a church took steps that can become a giant leaps into Orissa, Chhattisgarh, Silliguri, and Guwahati which is the gateway to the North East. And on the first day of our time together in Guwahati we were told that since 1842 when there was revival in Assam there has not been anything till now when we are sensing that there is something happening again and God is about something unprecedented. This kind of confirmed the message Franco quoted Hudson Taylor of mainland China Mission fame, who said there are three stages for every Christian: First it is Impossible, then it is difficult, and then it is done. It looks impossible but when we are available to come out of our comfort zone and take action the difficult gets done. So where are you? 1st, 2nd or 3rd stage? Wherever you are, God wants to take you to the next level of faith and works.
John Piper said in his book ‘Let the Nations be glad’, that at the heart of God is worship ( Jn 4:23) but the means is Mission. Have we in any small way incorporated this Mission, or our own TLC’s mission into our lives? Let’s go out and take the harvest for the Lord! – Pat
Kyle Pinto (TLC) in action with Lyndin D'Penha (LWC) in the Finals
On the 9th of September TLC played for the first ever inter-church football tournament. The Newfrontiers India Football Association as it is called, was initiated by our young Stephen Fernandes from Living Word .
Kyle Pinto (Franco’s nephew) was captain. In the first match, we beat Living Hope 2-1 after being 1 down from a penalty. Next up were Grace Church, Nashik who surprised all by scoring twice in the 1st half. Some stunning goals and the scores were level at full time. The game went into penalties and sudden death – Scott Clark was the keeper. We made it 4-3! The final match was against championship favorites Living Word whom we beat with resilience to win 2-1!
THE TLC TEAM (Clockwise from top) : Errol (GK), Bevin, Ardon, Jacob, Robert, Emmanuel, Kyle (Captain), Ajay, Neil (Manager), Kirk, Joshua, Samuel, Jerald and Aditya.
It was a mixture of joy and surprise as we took the cup. Glory to God, we won! The matches we played were tense and exciting! There was no controversy, just plain, clean fun. As a family of churches who came from different parts of the city together that day, we exhibited a sense of oneness that can come only from Christ. May be that’s what being part of the Church is all about—togetherness and family! – Neil Quadros
Don’t miss these concerts in Guwahati. Of course if you’re not going to be there, please invite your friends and family who are around Guwahati for these secular concerts.
Marianne D’Cruz Aiman will be the main singer for a concert in English on the 10th with many well known secular English songs. Virendra Patil will be singing in Hindi & English on the 11th. Both these events will be conducted in one place @ Kalashetra hall, Panjabari, Dispur on their respective dates from 5.30pm onwards. For details contact : Mr. Baruah on 098620.89388
This is a Newfrontiers event and we would love it if you could invite your friends and family to this event which we are going to hold together.
NEWDAY Concert by Newfrontiers
Marianne is a diploma holder in Voice from Trinity College and Royal Schools of London. She has been teaching for over 10 years and was a faculty member at Whistling Woods International Institute of Acting. She has worked extensively As a sessions Vocalist with Salim Merchant , Vishal Kasbekar, Amit Trivedi and other Bollywood music directors in film scores of Chak De India, Kurbaan, Kites, Black and is working now on her on CCM album.
A renowned Christian singer, Virendra has released 5 Hindi albums and more recently a Live Concert DVD. His first album and its title song, ‘Prabhu Tera Pyaar’ has won wide acclaim in the Christian community. He has performed in India and internationally and is a sought after worship leader and trainer. Web: http://virendraministries.com
We are part of Newfrontiers, a worldwide family of churches together on a mission
