Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010 SW MI Africa Team Meeting
Submitted by Kyle Douglass (not verified) on February 2, 2010 - 5:32pm
Members of our three Southwest Michigan Remote Care Partner churches got together in Lawton, MI, on Sunday, January 31, 2010 for the first meeting of 2010. Connections Community Church in Schoolcraft (www.my3c.org), New Hope Fellowship in Lawton, and Life Point Community Church in Portage (www.thatissochurch.org) were all represented.
Ted Manning from Connections started the meeting off with a new prayer experience for the group. He asked us to pray "Ugandan style", where everyone prays out loud at the same time. Though it was obvious we needed some more practice, it was a great way to step out of our boxes and learn from our brothers and sisters in Christ.
The team had a short devotional from Habakkuk and discussed the difficulty of sometimes seeing violence and injustice go unnoticed by God. God's message to the prophet was "be patient", He will soon make it right. Also, there were some unnerving parallels between the attitude and actions of the Chaldeans, who the prophet was complaining about, with that of the rich West. We need to be careful to find ways to use our wealth and power to love others rather than continually serve ourselves.
While enjoying lunch, we watched various segments of the Glory of Christ Primary School Christmas Party DVD our Uganda friends had sent us. It was thrilling to see the results of the churches' efforts on tape. The kids received a real feast, school supply gifts, live music and watched the Christmas Card DVD that we had sent them in December. We will soon be posting that video in our media gallery. We also received updates on the various projects and OJM's adoption advocacy efforts in Haiti.
Finally, we picked out our next group read, which is When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert. The book can be purchased at Amazon.com or several other bookstores. They also have a website (www.whenhelpinghurts.org) with more information about the book.
Members of our three Southwest Michigan Remote Care Partner churches got together in Lawton, MI, on Sunday, January 31, 2010 for the first meeting of 2010. Connections Community Church in Schoolcraft (www.my3c.org), New Hope Fellowship in Lawton, and Life Point Community Church in Portage (www.thatissochurch.org) were all represented.
Ted Manning from Connections started the meeting off with a new prayer experience for the group. He asked us to pray "Ugandan style", where everyone prays out loud at the same time. Though it was obvious we needed some more practice, it was a great way to step out of our boxes and learn from our brothers and sisters in Christ.
The team had a short devotional from Habakkuk and discussed the difficulty of sometimes seeing violence and injustice go unnoticed by God. God's message to the prophet was "be patient", He will soon make it right. Also, there were some unnerving parallels between the attitude and actions of the Chaldeans, who the prophet was complaining about, with that of the rich West. We need to be careful to find ways to use our wealth and power to love others rather than continually serve ourselves.
While enjoying lunch, we watched various segments of the Glory of Christ Primary School Christmas Party DVD our Uganda friends had sent us. It was thrilling to see the results of the churches' efforts on tape. The kids received a real feast, school supply gifts, live music and watched the Christmas Card DVD that we had sent them in December. We will soon be posting that video in our media gallery. We also received updates on the various projects and OJM's adoption advocacy efforts in Haiti.
Finally, we picked out our next group read, which is When Helping Hurts by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert. The book can be purchased at Amazon.com or several other bookstores. They also have a website (www.whenhelpinghurts.org) with more information about the book.
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