Dear Friends,
We had 20+ people at our CologneProject service on July 5 - a warm summer day. This being our third monthly service, we were more relaxed about our liturgy but intense about lovingly preparing everything carefully to honor God and inspire our guests to worship with us. This time we had 2 musicians: Abel, the Spanish guitarist who participated in June, accompanied our singing and Dorothee, a relative of one of our team members, travelled up from Frankfurt to perform on her Cello doing several pieces throughout the service and playing quietly during communion. The acoustics were ideal and her music filled the room, even drawing tears from some it was so beautiful!
I preached on Luke 6 about logs and splinters. Why did Jesus always have such hard words for us - calling us hypocrites and like the blind leading the blind. The answer: His great love for us. He wants us to recognize the truth about ourselves so that we can grow. He relentlessly pursues us, never giving up on us because he wants so much more for us! He paints a picture of a people who don't judge or condemn each other and who forgive each other and are so generous with each other that the blessing will overflow - pressed down, shaken together and running over! After the service we had a delicious meal in the courtyard and enjoyed getting to know the guests that came.
One of our values is to do everything simply but well. During the next weeks we will be working on getting our web site up and running and starting to plan a retreat for October - inviting about 30 believers and not-yet-believers to join us. Included will be morning devotions, evening vespers, cooking together and having significant times of fellowship at the table and a special interactive session to discuss the claims of Christ. Please pray for us as we plan. Pray that God would already be moving in the hearts of those He wants to attend.After a two month wait, we have finally received notice from the German authorities, that the CologneProject received official non-profit status! This is another milestone in the development of the church plant for which we are grateful.
Because of lacking financial support, we are planning a 4 week fund raising trip to Ontario starting mid October. The recession has hit us hard. Last month we had to take a 30% salary cut. Ouch! Please pray for us in this regard - and give if you can. Thanks.
Your missionaries to Germany
Jason and Sue
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