Went to the 9.30am Service in Indiranagar Methodist Church. This is Prem and Rita's home church and the 9.30am service is the second one, the first one being at 7.30. Big church and full to overflowing, people sitting in chairs outside. The senior pastor was preaching on Ps 23:1 "The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want." That part of the service ended at about 10.45 and e moved immediately into a communion service which lasted another hour. A beautiful and very moving service which they hold once a month. Those taking Communion, (virtually the whole church) kneel at the rail at the front of the church and receive the bread and wine there.Taking part in leading the service was a pastor who just last week had joined Ravi Zacharias' International Ministry. He was very good and the whole service was a very precious and beautiful time. After church we went for lunch in a Tamil Restaurant where I had my dinner served on a banana leaf!
That evening, Lilian and I had been invited to the home of a couple, Bill and Suma, who work with Feba. Suma is heading to the UK for some meetings and is hoping perhaps to be able to speak briefly in our own church. Talked about Feba and the challenges for the ministry in such a rapidly changing technology!
The following morning I was off to speak to students at the South Asia Bible College. Prem had told me it would be a few students and I would have about 10 minutes. I decided not to bring any notes as I envisaged a fairly informal gathering in a classroom. It turned out to be a couple of hundred students meeting in the college chapel and and I had 35 minutes! Furthermore the chap who appeared to be leading the service had just returned from Princeton University in the US where he had completed his PhD! The moral of the story is, never underestimate your audience. The card I had up my sleeve was that Lilian's maiden name is Carey and she is a 4th generation descendant of William Carey, the famous Missionary to India, and William Carey is almost worshipped here. My marriage to Lilian trumped his PhD!
Afterwards Prem and I went to Asha Kiran school where we had lunch and then back home. Lilian and I caught an autorickshaw and went down town to do some shopping.
That evening, Lilian and I had been invited to the home of a couple, Bill and Suma, who work with Feba. Suma is heading to the UK for some meetings and is hoping perhaps to be able to speak briefly in our own church. Talked about Feba and the challenges for the ministry in such a rapidly changing technology!
The following morning I was off to speak to students at the South Asia Bible College. Prem had told me it would be a few students and I would have about 10 minutes. I decided not to bring any notes as I envisaged a fairly informal gathering in a classroom. It turned out to be a couple of hundred students meeting in the college chapel and and I had 35 minutes! Furthermore the chap who appeared to be leading the service had just returned from Princeton University in the US where he had completed his PhD! The moral of the story is, never underestimate your audience. The card I had up my sleeve was that Lilian's maiden name is Carey and she is a 4th generation descendant of William Carey, the famous Missionary to India, and William Carey is almost worshipped here. My marriage to Lilian trumped his PhD!Afterwards Prem and I went to Asha Kiran school where we had lunch and then back home. Lilian and I caught an autorickshaw and went down town to do some shopping.
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