Have a Blessed Day to all ASEAN Hivers and all my Fellow Hivers all over the World!
For this week, I have shared in my blog posts that I am just here in our house taking care of my nephew and doing some house chores, and many more. It is the usual activity that I always do when I don't have any events or activities to attend, and I am always happy to do all of that.
Thankfully, just a few days ago, I received a message from one of the Senior Pastors who encouraged us to attend the Seminar and Training facilitated by a non-government organization whose mission and vision are to help other churches and ministries grow by providing lessons and training to equip and handle well the ministries we have right now, and they offer all of this for free only. All we needed to do was just to attend the scheduled event.
This event was organized by the International Care Ministry for free, with lunch and other materials needed during the session we have right now. I am happy to share today, but before I share the happenings, let me share my thanksgiving and appreciation first before anything else, especially to the Admins, all Curators, and all commenters. Thank you always for the unending support to me all the time.
That was two days ago when I read a message from one of the Senior Pastors about the coming Seminar and Training, and it is a Pre-registration where we needed a full list of those who will attend for the organizer to prepare, especially in the financial aspect and also with the materials that need to be prepared by the organizer, and also we will be able to know those who were willing and wanted to learn more.
When I read it, I immediately sent my full details that were asked for, and then other co-Pastors also started sharing their details as it is important and it is needed as soon as possible, so we can immediately send the lists to the organizer, so as long as early they can know the full list and they can also immediately plan of what they needed to do. The total numbers were around more than 20 persons who will join and hoping that all of us will participate.
The day has finally come for our International Care Ministry (ICM) Seminar and Training, and the scheduled time to start is at 9:00 in the morning. I woke up around 5:30 in the morning so I could prepare our breakfast early, knowing that my nephew would be going to School by 7:00 in the morning. I prayed first to thank God for giving me another day to enjoy life and to thank Him every day. I then immediately did what I needed to do, which was to prepare our breakfast, take care of my Nephew, and then send him to their school before class started.
Just after I sent my nephew in their school, I went back home immediately and had breakfast so I could prepare myself too so I can go to the venue before the time of the seminar and training started. One of my co-pastors who will attend also messaged me, asking if I would be going to the venue, as she had already arrived at the venue very early.
That was already around 9:00 in the morning when I arrived at the venue, and a few Pastors were already present in the venue but the organizers were still travelling, and so we were just waiting here inside, talking with other Pastors. Then, after a while, we were instructed to start with the Praise and Worship time, which was to be led by the host Church. We thank God at this moment. We feel God's presence, and all of us heartfully worship and give praise to God in Spirit and in Truth.
The host Church now then gives a time to her to share a short message since the organizers have not yet arrived and maybe they will be coming for a while from now. What she has shared is very interesting and good for all of us pastors, as it is all bout being consistent and persevering despite all the challenges that may happen to all of us, and we all know that God will always be with us.
At this moment, the orginizers were still not arrived as they have a problem with their vehicle, and so what we did is, the host church pastor continue sharing and asked someone too to share a life testimonies that will encourage everyone, and a few was now then started sharing.
That was already around 10:00 in the morning when the ICM organizers finally arrived and the host church pastor now give the rest of the time to them, so we could start the seminar and training, as we will be going to know the lessons that will be discussing by the lecturer.
The materials, which are manuals, have now been given to everyone, and all the lessons can be seen in the manual that were going to study. The lecturer has now started teaching us by following what was written in the manual. And I can see that the manual given to us for free was really good and very helpful to us, especially when we are handling a Bible Study or Discipleship groups.
What the lecturer did was that he also gave us some true-to-life stories so we could easily understand what he shared and teach us, and we thank God for his life, for he indeed does his best so we can understand well the lessons that have been given. It is good also that we have a manual, so we can also use it to share with our brethren in our respective churches, and it is all free, we don't need to buy it.
Our lunch today was also free, and since it is already noon, we now have our lunch break, and all of us at this moment were already hungry. The lunch box has now then given to us while the lecturer was still ongoing sharing the lessons and it is okay for him to have working lunch, so we can catched us more lessons to discuss.
The remaining lessons were then continued discussing after our lunch break and we have just ended the seminar by around 2:00 in the afternoon. We finished early as they have other important transactions to do. Now, we immediately went to our houses, and I thank God that I went back home safely.
This would be all for today's post, and until next time, I just want to thank everyone in advance who will drop by my blog post.
To God be all the Glory! 😇🙌☝️
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