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Area Wide Worship
More than 350 Christians gathered for an area-wide church service at the Las Lomas facility on Sunday, Feb. 15. Those that arrived late had to leave because there was not even enough standing room to get within the gates of the facility grounds. There were a number of large blue tarps set up to shade the crowd. But the crowd was so large, it covered less than half of them. The blue tarps also explain why everyone in the crowd looks a little "blue".
The gathering is a quarterly event that moves among facilities
and is intended to encourage fellowship and unity
among the members of the various churches of Christ.
The 15 congregations represented included El Colegio, Santa Maria Del Real,
La Mansión, San José, Villa Verde, Jutiquile, La Trinidad,
El Centro, Nueva Esperanza, San Isidro, Siguate, Arimís, Fredy Salgado
(Nueva Victoria), Buenos Aires, and, of course, Las Lomas.
We know of at least one other congregation that wanted to be there,
but could not because they had no way to make the long journey.
It was the first event like this that the Tomkinses had attended in
Olancho and it was enjoyable to worship with so many brothers and sisters.
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Wilmer Espinosa giving the introduction to worship. | |
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View of the crowd with only standing room left. | |
| One of the sweet children of our Lord |  |
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| Part of the crowd |  |
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| Brothers who gave their seats so that others could sit |  |
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More of the crowd | |
| About to lead a prayer |  |
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| Even though it was very hot, the crowd had a beautiful view. |  |
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More of the crowd | |
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Taking advantage of the shade | |
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Leaders Meeting
On 16 February, several preachers and leaders, including some ladies, met at the Colegio church of Christ building to talk about the benefits and responsibilities that the church has with the different ministries that have developed here in Catacamas, Olancho, Honduras. The MPRC was represented by its director, Jorge Vargas.The next meeting was held on Monday, February 23. Only 3 people attended that meeting.
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Remote Teacher Training Update 19 February 2009
The most recent remote teacher´s training session held by the Mission Point Resource Center was in San Esteban, Olancho, Honduras on Saturday, the 14th of February. It was well attended by teachers of children from the Iglesia de Cristo in San Esteban and surrounding congregations. This was the second in a series of 3 class sessions which are being delivered in the various mountain communities and last 3 hours each session.
17 teachers represented congregations from not only San Esteban
but from as far away as 2 hours.
Jorge Vargas, MPRC Director, taught the class.
Participants were given written materials and were taught such subjects
as the differences in child developmental ages and why some children
can learn certain material that is too advanced for younger children.
They were also given topics and material suggestions for presentation
to the various age groups.
Teachers were very pleased with the material they learned and because of that material, 5 of the participants decided to divide up the 40 kids of the San Esteban congregation into separate classes based on age groups. They were previously taught in one classroom. They plan to present material more suitable to the different developmental ages.
The MPRC will be supplying them all the materials they will need to teach the various age group classes for the next 6 months and has Sunday School materials for any congregations that would like them.
Refreshments were provided by the ladies of the congregation during a break in the session.
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VOAG Meeting
Jorge Vargas (MPRC Director) met with a group of church leaders to talk about VOAG (Agroindustrial Vocational) on the 14th of February. The meeting was led by Davíd Chacon, current LDI Director for Honduras. It was held in the new third floor conference center of the Francel Restaurante, which from the photo, you can see is overlooking the beautiful Valle de Catacamas and the surrounding mountains.