Two trips

The pastors of our Union

There were around forty of us at our National Pastor's meeting representing 50 churches.

Our guest speaker reminded us of the history of the Lausanne conferences - the Evangelical Manifestos. He had the privilege of attending the Cape Town Lausanne III conference. He works for the French equivalent of Tear Fund.

His challenge to us was how we Christians within our churches put our faith into practice in our concerns for the needs of so many others in this world.

It was a great time of catching up and we were particularly interested in the mission of 3 of our 4 pastors present who are Army Chaplains.

One of the lovely bridges of Lyon

2 days later we headed off to Lyon. It was the only weekend where I was free to accompany Pascal as he pastors another of our churches. We had the luxury of having a hotel room to ourselves, so when he wasn't in meetings, it was like having a mini-holiday. The church has suffered these last few months with a kind of split. But Pascal is building up the leadership with special training sessions and they are young, energetic and on fire for the Lord.