Sister Publishes ‘Lady of the Week’
November 29, 2007
LEWISVILLE TX (WGN)- Angie Mayo brings Christian ladies closer by publishing their biographies in her project, “Lewisville Lady of the Week.”
“One of the biggest interests is that I include their favorite recipe with the bio. I always make the bios fun, feel-good stories with humor. I want them to be an encouragement to someone,” she wrote. Read more
Churches Worship Together
November 29, 2007
SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, BRAZIL (WGN)- In a country larger than the continental US, where congregations are scattered, two churches an hour apart from each other came together Nov. 25 for a joint Sunday meeting.
The church in the Pimentas neighborhood of the city of Guarulhos came as a whole, in a school van and cars, to the meeting of the congregation in Sao Jose dos Campos (SJC). Both congregations are located near the Via Dutra, the main interstate highway between Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Read more
Jimmy Jividen Still Writing Despite Illness
November 28, 2007
ABILENE TX (WGN)- Author and speaker Jimmy Jividen’s writing is limited to a couple of hours a day as his Parkinson’s Disease progresses. Jimmy had to curtail his speaking engagements, but still manages to do some writing. Read more
Bangladesh Christians Suffer from Cyclone
November 26, 2007
KHULNA, BANGLADESH (WGN)- Christians were hurt, and one was killed by the cyclone that hit the country. Houses, church buildings and crops were damaged or destroyed. The Christian killed was from the Shikarpur church.
Church Bulletin Editors Welcome Changes
November 24, 2007
WGN FEATURE
Producing a church bulletin or newsletter demands hours of time, input from multiple sources, creativity in presentation and perseverance in a weekly task seldom acknowledged or appreciated.
In a survey done in November, a number of church bulletin editors responded to these questions. Representative answers are included below.
Is your job easier today or harder? Why? Read more
Thoughts on Work from a Worker
November 22, 2007
by Neal Pollard
I met David Bayi on my first trip to Tanzania in 2003. He is, on the surface, a reserved man, but he has a winning smile and jovial personality to go along with a tenacity in teaching the gospel few can match.
His former profession was competitive road racing, in which he did quite well. The discipline and determination that characterized his life and work before becoming a Christian describes his labors as a gospel preacher now. Read more
Roy Davison Gives Year’s Overview of Work
November 21, 2007
by Roy Davison
FLANDERS, BELGIUM (WGN)- We work regularly with the congregation that meets at Burcht, Belgium, which is across the river from Antwerp. There is also a congregation at Deurne, which is a suburb on the other side of Antwerp.
The Antwerp metropolitan area has a population of 1.2 million. Read more
Avondale Hosts Online World Wide Lectureship
November 20, 2007
DECATUR GA (WGN)- Digitalbiblestudy.com will conduct an online World Wide Lectureship December 2-6. The lectureship is unique in that it will not only host 31 different speakers from one university and nine churches, but will allow the online listener to interact with other listeners from around the world. Read more
Strathmore Offers Free DVDs on NT Church
November 19, 2007
TORONTO, CANADA (WGN)- Free DVDs are offered on the archive web site of lessons presented by missionary Roy Davison at the Strathmore congregation in Toronto entitled, “Can we be the church of the NT?” Read more
What’s a Church Bulletin to Do?
November 17, 2007
WGN FEATURE ARTICLE
Church bulletin editors have long been challenged to fill those empty pages and vacant blocks with catchy text or a smart graphic. In congregations where the preacher or minister is not a writer, the task increases. Then there is the concern to be both Biblical and practical. Whats a church bulletin editor to do? Read more
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