May 2011 News
Celebrating 50 years of Missions in Brazil
National Men´s Conference: ENOC
The annual men´s conference, which is held in Sao Paulo at Easter, chose this year to honor the first big mission team that came to evangelize Brazil in 1961, 50 years ago! Several of the original members of that team came for the event. The theme was “Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever”. Jerry attended the conference to help pass the baton of leadership from the Americans to the Brazilian leaders of the church of Christ. This has been the goal of our ministry for many years and we are excited to see more and more Brazilians taking up the responsibility of nurturing and expanding the Lord´s church.
Preparing for Pastoreai 2011
Last year´s ElderLink kickoff was a great success. The planning committee met in April to firm up plans for what we now call “Pastoreai” (in Portuguese). This year events will take place in Recife, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte and Curitiba. These events are being organized by leaders in each region. Jerry will be helping with the event in Brasilia.
Mentoring Leaders in São Paulo
One of the highlights of our work each month is gathering with the couples in this mentoring group. We had meetings on April 16th and June 4th. We will skip July because of vacation time here and resume in August. This is a group of talented and dedicated people who are serving God in many ways. We have 2 preachers, 2 elders, a camp director, a couples´ minister, a business man who spends his extra time in leadership training, a couple who do podcasts and videos for the church, a church planter and a director of a school of the bible. At these meetings we are striving to motivate, inspire and challenge each other as we also spend time with the father, with our mates and in prayer for each other. There is never enough time! We praise God for the opportunity to share in the growth of these wonderful servants.
UPDATES!
1. We took a 3 day trip to the city of Cuiabá this month to meet with one of the couples on the Goiania team. It was an intense time of important conversation.
2. Kristofer is back in the US for the summer and staying, off and on, with Angela and Joel. He will be traveling to see friends and family.
3. Alexandre and Erica, neighbors of Bryan and Becky Gibbs here in Itu, were baptized on June 4th. We are excited to see this wonderful family return to God.
4. We are still in need of funds for our trip to the Global Mission Conference in October. We have already bought our tickets on faith. If you would like to help with our trip to speak on the need for missionary care around the world, please send your contribution to: Prestoncrest Church of Christ, 12700 Preston Road, Suite 210, Dallas, TX 75230, and specify Heiderichs GMC funds. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
National Men´s Conference: ENOC
The annual men´s conference, which is held in Sao Paulo at Easter, chose this year to honor the first big mission team that came to evangelize Brazil in 1961, 50 years ago! Several of the original members of that team came for the event. The theme was “Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever”. Jerry attended the conference to help pass the baton of leadership from the Americans to the Brazilian leaders of the church of Christ. This has been the goal of our ministry for many years and we are excited to see more and more Brazilians taking up the responsibility of nurturing and expanding the Lord´s church.
Preparing for Pastoreai 2011
Last year´s ElderLink kickoff was a great success. The planning committee met in April to firm up plans for what we now call “Pastoreai” (in Portuguese). This year events will take place in Recife, Brasilia, Belo Horizonte and Curitiba. These events are being organized by leaders in each region. Jerry will be helping with the event in Brasilia.
Mentoring Leaders in São Paulo
One of the highlights of our work each month is gathering with the couples in this mentoring group. We had meetings on April 16th and June 4th. We will skip July because of vacation time here and resume in August. This is a group of talented and dedicated people who are serving God in many ways. We have 2 preachers, 2 elders, a camp director, a couples´ minister, a business man who spends his extra time in leadership training, a couple who do podcasts and videos for the church, a church planter and a director of a school of the bible. At these meetings we are striving to motivate, inspire and challenge each other as we also spend time with the father, with our mates and in prayer for each other. There is never enough time! We praise God for the opportunity to share in the growth of these wonderful servants.
UPDATES!
1. We took a 3 day trip to the city of Cuiabá this month to meet with one of the couples on the Goiania team. It was an intense time of important conversation.
2. Kristofer is back in the US for the summer and staying, off and on, with Angela and Joel. He will be traveling to see friends and family.
3. Alexandre and Erica, neighbors of Bryan and Becky Gibbs here in Itu, were baptized on June 4th. We are excited to see this wonderful family return to God.
4. We are still in need of funds for our trip to the Global Mission Conference in October. We have already bought our tickets on faith. If you would like to help with our trip to speak on the need for missionary care around the world, please send your contribution to: Prestoncrest Church of Christ, 12700 Preston Road, Suite 210, Dallas, TX 75230, and specify Heiderichs GMC funds. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
posted by Family Institute of Latin America @ 2:27 PM
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