Valentine's Day

As a family, you may know, there are only a few occasions in a year when you invite new people over to celebrate something. More often than not that occasion in church, is Christmas. This year, coincidentally, Valentine’s day fell on a Sunday. Thus, it seemed liked the perfect opportunity to encourage all the newcomers and general congregation about true love in a fun and interesting way.

So in keeping with this theme, In the Hindi service it was a pleasure to have Benny Prasad, a talented musician who’s credited with the joy of being the first person ever to create a guitar with drums in it. Benny shared his testimony with the congregation about how he came out of several crisis in his life and how God was sovereign in every situation. His struggle through rejection in his early years and the love of God that brought him back on his feet was moving. And as he finished, he played a wonderful solo on “My Jesus, My Savior” that he had played in the Olympic games in Athens, Greece.

The hall having being decorated with heart-shaped balloons and drapes, we began our Sunday with lively worship and praise. Halfway through the meeting, some youth @TLC presented a short musical play on a girl torn between the attractions of the world and Jesus. The play conveyed the message quite simply and it was touching indeed!

Hearts were distributed to couples to put their partner’s photographs on it and keep it as a memento. Franco towards the end of the meeting prayed a prayer of blessing and well being on all the couples in the church.

And at last Franco taught us on the true reason for celebrating Valentine’s day. Download the message from here. Lots of humor and practical examples kept us all wanting more of a long, but happening Sunday!

A Different and exciting Sunday at TLC

20 volunteers and 5 actors made the play happen with simplicity yet a powerful message about how Christ is important for everyone, from the rich to poor, to the hopeless to the one who thinks he’s got everything in order. Being in Hindi the crowd easily understood the play and around 40 – 50 people gathered on this occasion. This was very encouraging to see as the love of God was communicated through a short message after the play. Many of the audience came eagerly seeking prayer for ailments, family issues and other problems. The team prayed for every one of them and made sure no one left without knowing the love and care of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

What was most significant about this play was the fact that with limited resources, in an area hardened by life, we were able to impact them with the word of God and touch many lives.

Following is an encouraging video of the event: