We are excited to be partnering with City Light Church for their youth camp for a couple of days here on Bantayan. We just finished the first evening together and tomorrow we will be there all day talking about being fishers of men.
Author: Shofar Missions
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Leyte
We took a couple days this week to explore the southern portion of Leyte Island to see about the potential of holding our upcoming Ministry Training Institute class there. We put many miles on the motorcycle, saw some beautiful sights, and had a productive trip. We were able to meet with the pastor who is our main contact to discuss the class more too. Along our journey we stopped at every church we could find to pass along info about who we are as an organization and invite them to join the class.
Our plan is to return to Leyte in a couple weeks to attend a pastors meeting and hope to make some good contacts there. Prayers for this new ministry location are appreciated!
Here’s a video of some of the travels…
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Toledo Ministry
This week started with a trip across the island to the city of Toledo. Here, we hosted the final MTI in the “Genuine Disciple” series. We hope that the material covered in these MTIs will produce long-lasting fruit and bless those who have attended as well as their churches.
For pastors who have been active participants of these MTIs, Shofar Mission is now offering support and resources for starting local Bible studies, in hopes of increasing biblical maturity and fellowship in their communities and churches. We are looking forward to what God will do through this new ministry endeavor.
During the Toledo MTI, a couple people from the team paired up with Street Level Toledo members to do outreaches at one of the local universities. While they gave away coffee and iced tea, they were able to tell students about the weekly Bible study and make new connections.
Some of the team will be heading back to the States this week, while the remaining members will continue ministering in Cebu and Toledo. The next few weeks will be filled with a Pastoral Training Institute (PTI) class and more university ministry and outreach.
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Street Level Ministries Retreat
Over the weekend, members from Cebu and Toledo Street Levels along with a few of the American team members came together for a weekend retreat in the mountains.
The intent of this retreat was to provide an opportunity for the members at both locations to come together for fellowship, but also have an opportunity for additional training. Pastor Tim opened the weekend up with a message on making your life count and not living an unfinished life.
Over the weekend, the group discussed topics on commitment to church, how to read the Bible, prayer, and service. We were able to share real life examples with each other and many students came away from the retreat with conviction and a desire for a fuller life with Christ.
In between sessions we shared meals together, played games, and enjoyed the sunshine and cool mountain air.
The team ended the weekend together at Believers Church Cebu. God is good, and we are excited to see what He has in store next.