The church is arranging a vocal workshop and a music workshop by famed newfrontiers singers Virendra Patil and Marianne D’cruz Aiman.

On the 8^th and 9^th of September in Guwahati, the two artists will gather for a 3 hour workshop from 5.30pm to 8pm at Samanway Path, H/No 9, Christian Basti, Guwahati, 781005

We encourage everyone in Guwahati who has an interest for vocals and worship to join these workshops. Alternatively if you have friends in Guwahati please do recommend these to them.

These are the fliers for the same:

About Marianne:

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.

About Virendra Patil:

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 as a church endeavored to actualize this scripture during the last 21 days, meeting morning, noon and evening at a home despite heavy rains and traffic delays. We worshipped, sang and prayed. Some prayed softly, some whispered, some expressed passionate pleas and still others were loud enough to possibly provoke even the neighbors to at least think of praying!

Young children, seniors, widows, married couples, singles, all prayed each according to their faith. It was a special joy to hear the passionate worship of some new believers as they sang to the Lord in Hindi.

Numerous petitions surrounded us and realizing their enormity people of little faith may have wondered if God could or would respond. But for our Omnipotent God all our petitions a million times over are like a mere drop in the ocean.

At the close of this endeavor, we may ask ‘Has a good thing come to an end’? No! For us this is a new beginning. Someone said, ‘Prayer is the door to God’s treasury and Faith, the key’.

We have the key in our hand, let’s use it!

Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God. 2 Corinthians 5:20 (KJV)

Solomon Ekka

Solomon Ekka is a 23 year old lad from Orissa, part of Giji and Binny’s outreach work there. He came down to Mumbai at the start of the year for a short period to get trained under the church leadership and get strengthened to go back and help the work in Orissa pick up pace. He has been doing a number of activities in the church from helping with the PA, to visiting people and from doing the bulletin to helping  with the website. This talented young man with an M.Sc in Microbiology to his name, further plans to pursue his PhD but he is sure about one thing : He wants to serve God! As Franco has been training him over the past 5 months, we hope that he is able to entwine his talents and studies with the Lord’s work and bring greater glory to Him in the godless land of Orissa. Following is a short account on his stay in Mumbai:

“Mumbai is a diverse city and it was encouraging to see so many cultures live together in apparent harmony. I’ve been on the run in terms of activities since the day I got here. In the first week itself I was sent to the Leadership training in Nashik where I got to learn from the lives of many leaders like Inder & Praveen Darole. These four months have been hectic in terms of the things I’ve done and learnt. I assure you the time has been well spent. The leaders made sure of it!

“Franco encouraged me a lot to understand the principles of planning, managing my time & resources well. It is a cool thing to have a motivator like him in the Church. I always liked his way of presenting things. He preaches a sermon in a very efficient way that breaks all barriers and touches hearts.

“There are many people I would like to thank, but I was told to keep it short, So in finishing I would like to thank all the leaders and friends who have interacted with me in whatever small or big way. May God bless you all abundantly!” – by Solomon

Marriages are always a special occasion in the Kingdom. And our church has had two this year! Both the weddings took place outside Mumbai. Here is the picture of the two couples:

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