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I'm not an organizer. I don't like organizing. I am a big picture person and I share those pictures and visions and somehow end up being the organizer for things. Conferences, events, etc. BUT, God is stretching me....He's asking me to step out in faith and I'm learning so much that in my weakness HE is strong. I'm also learning humility and trust. We are having a big conference here in Szeged from May 4-7. The main speaker, a messianic Jew named Joan Lipis, is coming to teach and a team from a church in Atlanta is coming to help in this ministry. The ONE message that has come through all the planning and organizing and communicating amongst this team is this: "IT'S NOT ABOUT US, IT'S ALL ABOUT JESUS AND LIFTING UP AND GLORIFYING HIM!" Please pray with us for this conference, for UNITY amongst the team members, for a consistent message of the love of the Father to come through, and for lives to be changed as people enter into relationship with Jesus Christ.
Sunday, April 24, 2005
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
A day of blessings!
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Today, I got to talk with some very important people in this community......11 different pastors from various churches in the city who meet monthly to talk and pray together!!! I was invited to talk about this conference coming up in May here, "The Father's Heart". Amazingly, they all seemed open, and even more of a blessing is that they are interested in meeting with one of the pastors who is coming to help in this ministry! Another blessing came this evening at church where we have started and outreach to punk and rocker young people. Two of them showed up tonight, both from the children's home, one of whom is a believer, and the other is very interested in knowing more about God! These are dear, dear young men whom I've known for 5 years now! God is working here in Szeged, so please keep on praying!
Today, I got to talk with some very important people in this community......11 different pastors from various churches in the city who meet monthly to talk and pray together!!! I was invited to talk about this conference coming up in May here, "The Father's Heart". Amazingly, they all seemed open, and even more of a blessing is that they are interested in meeting with one of the pastors who is coming to help in this ministry! Another blessing came this evening at church where we have started and outreach to punk and rocker young people. Two of them showed up tonight, both from the children's home, one of whom is a believer, and the other is very interested in knowing more about God! These are dear, dear young men whom I've known for 5 years now! God is working here in Szeged, so please keep on praying!
My first singing experience in a Hungarian Wedding
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A week ago, I got a call from some friends on the worship team here in Szeged. "Arden, there is a couple getting married on Saturday at one of the Catholic Churches here in town. The guy is British and the girl is Hungarian. They want some songs sung in both English and in Hungarian. Can you help us out by coming and singing with us?" And so, we sang, in the freezing cold temps of this church, and while it seemed so RANDOM to me to be singing in the wedding of people I didn't even know, it was a great worship experience for me! The only one I had to please was Jesus, and I pray He was!
A week ago, I got a call from some friends on the worship team here in Szeged. "Arden, there is a couple getting married on Saturday at one of the Catholic Churches here in town. The guy is British and the girl is Hungarian. They want some songs sung in both English and in Hungarian. Can you help us out by coming and singing with us?" And so, we sang, in the freezing cold temps of this church, and while it seemed so RANDOM to me to be singing in the wedding of people I didn't even know, it was a great worship experience for me! The only one I had to please was Jesus, and I pray He was!
Saturday, April 02, 2005
A "where are we?" experience
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Late Thursday night of this past week, I received a phone call from some friends asking if I could help them sing in a wedding on Saturday. "The guy getting married is British and the girl is Hungarian, and they want some of the songs sung in English. Can you help?" And so began my first church wedding experience in Hungary. The Szeged ecumenical praise team was invited to sing, and I joined them in a FREEZING cold Catholic Church. After the wedding, there was a reception line, which we went through, and congratulated the bride and groom....."Hi, I just sang in your wedding and I don't even know you!!" No, I didn't say this, but it was quite an odd experience for me to greet this random couple for whom we'd just sung during a very holy union. Gotta love serving cross-culturally!
Late Thursday night of this past week, I received a phone call from some friends asking if I could help them sing in a wedding on Saturday. "The guy getting married is British and the girl is Hungarian, and they want some of the songs sung in English. Can you help?" And so began my first church wedding experience in Hungary. The Szeged ecumenical praise team was invited to sing, and I joined them in a FREEZING cold Catholic Church. After the wedding, there was a reception line, which we went through, and congratulated the bride and groom....."Hi, I just sang in your wedding and I don't even know you!!" No, I didn't say this, but it was quite an odd experience for me to greet this random couple for whom we'd just sung during a very holy union. Gotta love serving cross-culturally!
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