tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3162093434920087037.post1649848784529475940..comments2023-10-20T09:19:16.576-04:00Comments on Bits From Brasil: Service ideaDavid and Sarah Carrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14387355127535702980noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3162093434920087037.post-75858514273234914762013-03-26T15:29:44.759-04:002013-03-26T15:29:44.759-04:00Great to hear Jeff! Glad the work is going well th...Great to hear Jeff! Glad the work is going well there in Canoas; I know that is a very unreached area. Keep up the great work!David and Sarah Carrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14387355127535702980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3162093434920087037.post-13401413153664567482013-03-26T14:49:32.512-04:002013-03-26T14:49:32.512-04:00Hello David
I'm Jeff Barker, Missionary worki...Hello David<br /><br />I'm Jeff Barker, Missionary working in Canoas. We met at Sitio da Esperança in Lomba Grande. <br /><br />Currently on Wednesday nights, our church holds home prayer meetings. We call the "At Home" services, because people feel more "at home" meeting in a home than coming to a formal service in a religious building.<br /><br />We meet in members homes or other homes that make themselves available. We have 3-4 songs, then 15-20 mins of a devotional, and 15-20 minutes (or more) of prayer time. Neighbors, friends, and family members come to these meetings, that for a long time had been invited to formal services, but didnt come. We have been seeing results, salvations, and an increase in our normal Sunday services. We are being able to take the Gospel to where the people are, in there very neighborhoods, in their friends homes. <br /><br />Currently I have three other men that help me with the devotional. One is in training for Ministry, the other two just started being taught to form a message. We are praying more of our men will be motivated to take part, and that soon we can have several of these meetings taking place at the same time.<br /><br />So, I believe your idea, which sounds much like what we do on Wednesdays, is a very effective way to minister! God bless!BARKERnBRAZILhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15593944339273115793noreply@blogger.com