Sunday, July 10, 2005
Friday Nights
Andrew got back from São José dos Campos in time for our regular Friday night meeting. This is a simple time around the word, with a reading and brief comment, recently from 1 Peter, followed by two prayer times, the first a strenuous effort to pray over the content of the text and the second a prayer time for needs and issues in the church. Over the last few weeks the meeting has really taken off in terms of spiritual vitality, warmth and openness to share and pray. This Friday the passage from chapter 2 on submisson to authorities stirred up prayer for governments: in the week of one of Brazil's greatest corruption crises and of the London bombings it was timely, and very encouraging to participate in such prayer in a country where prayer for "kings and those in authority" is very rare.
The photos show that in July in Santa Catarina a warm meeting may not be physically warm!
Andrew got back from São José dos Campos in time for our regular Friday night meeting. This is a simple time around the word, with a reading and brief comment, recently from 1 Peter, followed by two prayer times, the first a strenuous effort to pray over the content of the text and the second a prayer time for needs and issues in the church. Over the last few weeks the meeting has really taken off in terms of spiritual vitality, warmth and openness to share and pray. This Friday the passage from chapter 2 on submisson to authorities stirred up prayer for governments: in the week of one of Brazil's greatest corruption crises and of the London bombings it was timely, and very encouraging to participate in such prayer in a country where prayer for "kings and those in authority" is very rare.
The photos show that in July in Santa Catarina a warm meeting may not be physically warm!
# posted by Andrew and Cora @ 12:12:00 pm 
