September 4, 2006

Three Churches in One Day

Sudays are genrally busy days for the Comings family. Yesterday ranks up there as one of the busiest.

In the morning I went to First Baptist Church here in Juazeiro to "peek in" on some of our seminary students who work there.

The church is pastored by Francisco Fabiano, who is in his last year at the seminary. Here he is seen giving the announcements. Pastor Fabiano comes from a broadcasting background, and is heading up the TV project here in Cariri Valley.

I was very impressed with the music program at First Baptist. Two of our seminary students take a leading role in it--Fábio (the middle singer) and Marcos (on the violin).

Fábio also teaches the teen Sunday School class. He gave an excellent lesson on how attempts to discredit the Bible have been unilaterally unsuccessful.

In the afternoon we had choir practice at our home church, Peace Baptist. We made good progress on Mozart's Aleluia.

For the evening service I went to the New Juazeiro Baptist Church, where I was able to observe Francisco--one of our students from the Amazon region--in action, leading the Junior Church (with about 40 kids!). After the service, we went out for a Coke and talked about ministry.

These students always impress Itacyara and me with their attitude and dedication to the work. We are so glad for the privilege to be able to invest in their lives.

Posted by Andrew on September 4, 2006 8:55 AM.