Psa 35:18 I will give you thanks in the great assembly;
Among throngs of people I will praise you.

Abhinav, his wife Pooja and baby Riya

Mine is a story of belief, of faith and absolute conviction. Since the time I was in

school, I had this desire to know more about Lord Jesus and to live according to the teachings of the Bible. Through different ways like the internet and Christian radio channels I would try and get information on our Lord and sometimes visit the Church with some Christian’s friends.

It was then that through my brother Abhijit, I came in touch with Franco & the Tree of life Church. The first time I came to the church in Santacruz (W) I felt a tremendous presence of the Holy Spirit. Even though there was no picture of Jesus, I could see Him clearly when I closed my eyes. That day I knew my search had brought me to the right place.

Since that time, I have seen the power of prayer every time I have asked Franco to pray for me and I have seen great things happen in my life. I remember 4 years back, I was in a job that had given me immense stress and pain. By God’s moved marvelously and I was able to find a better job with a much better work environment and role.

So many wonderful things have happened in a short span of few years. The latest is the birth of our daughter whom we have named her RIYA. The Lord Jesus has been kind to me and my wife. She was diagnosed with PCOD, a common condition in working women today, but by God’s grace she was healed. Throughout her pregnancy she had high sugar & was on insulin, but God was with us at every step.

With Franco and Sweethin’s prayers and guidance we are able to hold on. I believe that even in the face of difficulties and challenges it was Lord’s presence in my life that could pull me through.

Together on A Mission 2010

Walking into big steps of faith , covering Hebrews, moving with the prophetic utterances, dreams, bringing forth to the table the know it how moving ahead in terms of steps and money spent,  the visions imparted, childrens work, assessing in god the moves, steps which small yet seemingly yet faith for the achievable.  Amidst electrifying praise and worship, fellowship within the brethren of the body of Christ far and near – all summed up in a nut shell that was how toam 2010 was.

Words of encouragement to each and every church, made to feel belonged fellowship, preaching from the pulpit by guy miller and his team not only convincing into righteousness but surely looking forward to history changing in indias church planting – 100 churches looks so near!!.

Toam comes every year, but this years toam has left an impact which will last in the hearts – towards kuch karke dikhana hain, bade kadam vishwas ke prabhu main.

- by Patricia Quadros

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Kyle Pinto (TLC) in action with Lyndin D'Penha (LWC) in the Finals

On the 9^th 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 1^st 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 10^th with many well known secular English songs. Virendra Patil will be singing in Hindi & English on the 11^th. 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

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

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

Dwell London – Ed Stetzer Interviews Terry Virgo from Ed Stetzer on Vimeo.

This is a praphrased post originally written by Ed Stetzer http://ow.ly/1P0CC

At the conference

Our time began with Guy Miller envisioning us about the conference, speaking from Rev. of the full purpose and plan for us – to be a worshipper who will see Jesus as He is, more than a conqueror and hence for us to be warring Christians full of the Holy Spirit. Jesus holds the keys of all the cities, there is no city whose keys are not with Jesus.  Tribulations, persecutions even death would be the outcome on moving for the kingdom but we are to be like soldiers in uniform to be on the guard.  Jesus speaks tenderly yet straight to the churches, the word of God is not weak, it is life changing. Passionate for Jesus and the kingdom that’s what we are called for, having a heavenly mindset, not the compromising Christians but ones who will battle against the Jezebel who undermines spiritual authority. We prayed vibrantly for the new church plantings initiatives and those who will be leading it. Each one of us was touched by the Spirit of God.

David Stroud who has planted many churches preached on church planting and his experiences with it. The five qualities a church planter should have are:

1.       He must be a man who has the call of God on his life

2.       He must be a man of vision

3.       He must have a history of taking steps of faith

4.       He can make strong relationships

5.       He can lead himself

6.       He must be good communicator

The Momentum Conference

His preaching about taking responsibility and not to make excuses was so remarkable & challenged us all. He challenged us not to live as hostages but to find a way no matter what situation we are in like Moses, Joshua, etc who took responsibility in extreme situations. Responsibility is nothing but an ability to respond to situations

Malcolm Kayes spoke of Abraham in whom there was no evidence of worship of God. God called him and used him. He assured us that we are not disqualified by our past and like Abraham we are not to look back, but to GO There is a sure destination for us all (the city of God). Abraham also had a promise from God and he believed.  Let us therefore be filled with a new passion, a new vision in God, a new hunger for souls.  A great momentum is building up for us all and the church and it is time to move ahead with a new mantle of responsibilities not making excuses but owning India and being bold and empowered by the Holy Spirit.

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The TLC team (L to R): Dinesh, Sonu, SIby, Arun, Allan, Neil, Errol, Neville, Don (Sunny’s brother), Sunny, Aaron & Peter. (Inset) The winning JVK team and Franco.

It was 26th Jan & our cricketers from New Frontier churches in Mumbai and Nasik, gathered together for the battle for the cup at Holy Family School Grounds. There was enthusiasm and joy and confidence in everyone to win the trophy.  Lots of fellowship and fun, friendship, eating together and cheering one-another was happening there. The stadium was full of spectators and cheerers, with music & drums, placards & signs. Last year’s winners Masiha church lost the match in the first round itself. We TLC, played better cricket this year and won the first match against Living Word church. We however lost the second round after a putting up a good fight against Jeevit Vishwas Kalisiya, who won the trophy after consistently winning 4 matches. Let’s applaud these great winners.

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