Pic-nic with Congregation
Sunday, September 9th 2007
Pic-nic with members of Emanuel Congregation, in Maia - Porto
First Communion (Emanuel Congregation)
Sunday, July 7th 2007
First Communion of Beatriz Lima and Breno Landmeier, from Emanuel Congregation, in Maia - Porto.
Free booklets through the Internet
The Portuguese Evangelical Lutheran Church is launching a project for delivering literature through the Internet.
We are offering free booklets, in PDF format, about Stress, Depression, Loneliness, Drugs and other subjects.
Our first step was print 10.000 flyers to advertise our website and the booklets available. To print these flyers, we had the support of Concordia Lutheran Church of San Antonio, Texas, to whom we want to say thank you very much. We also would like to thank Raquel Figur, from CAN-DO Missions, for doing the flyer's design.
These flyers were first distributed by the college students from Florida, USA, who came to Portugal beginning of May on a CAN-DO Mission's Trip.
On the Pentecost Sunday, the Emanuel congregation of Maia started the flyer distribution among its members, including the youth.
Next Sunday, June 3rd, the flyers will be distributed to the Consolação congregation members in Lisbon.
Thank You!!
Dear Aaron, Amy, Beth, Brian, Chris, Christine, Dan, Leah, Liisa, Luke, Kelly, Mark, Mary, Matt, Mike, Scott, Todd, Travis, Vicki, Landon and Pastor Nilo,
It’s already been a week since you are gone, but the mark you left is still here. Each of us keeps the memory of the beauty of your smile, the sound of your songs, the hard work you’ve done, the care with the seniors, the strength of the youth, the effort to overcome the language obstacles, the emotion of every hug you left.
Our church has grown with your presence. Our Congregations had the privilege of being served, more than being a servant.
The Portuguese Evangelical Lutheran Church wants to say thank you to each one of you for coming to Portugal, and for the blessed days we have lived together. In every possible ways, through the power of God, we’ll do all we can to make the seeds you’ve planted grow and produce many fruits.
Special thanks to Ron for leading Can-Do to Portugal! Your vision and support made possible the presence of this fabulous group with us, last week. Your Portuguese brothers and sisters wish you all the blessings on your new ministry at the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, in Saint Louis, MO. Come back to visit us!
It’s already been a week since you are gone, but the mark you left is still here. Each of us keeps the memory of the beauty of your smile, the sound of your songs, the hard work you’ve done, the care with the seniors, the strength of the youth, the effort to overcome the language obstacles, the emotion of every hug you left.
Our church has grown with your presence. Our Congregations had the privilege of being served, more than being a servant.
The Portuguese Evangelical Lutheran Church wants to say thank you to each one of you for coming to Portugal, and for the blessed days we have lived together. In every possible ways, through the power of God, we’ll do all we can to make the seeds you’ve planted grow and produce many fruits.
Special thanks to Ron for leading Can-Do to Portugal! Your vision and support made possible the presence of this fabulous group with us, last week. Your Portuguese brothers and sisters wish you all the blessings on your new ministry at the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, in Saint Louis, MO. Come back to visit us!
Ron Scherch, Pastor Nilo Figur and Pastor Jonas Flor in Lisbon (January 2006)
May the grace of God be with every one of you in your home, study and work.
Thank you very much! Come back soon!
All of your brothers from IELP
See you later!
The last day has, unfortunately, arrived. Everyone woke up very early in the morning, so that we could leave to Lisbon at 6 am. (Which turned to 7 am, because of some delayers), but we still had time for a last picture in front of Porto's Church. The trip was fine, almost everyone sleeped for a while (except our two kind-of-nerds), and we were all fresh when we arrived in Lisbon.
The service was a very beautiful moment. Vicar Landon played guitar with the Church's band, and our American choir sang one more time one of their beautiful songs. The was also something that most of us were not expecting: a little girl was Baptized, which someone said was the most beautiful way to end the mission trip. After the service, we took some time to take pictures with the Congregation and people who hosted them in Porto, and then we had luch with the Lutheran Lisboetas.
After lunch, we all went for a walk around Lisbon, for some sightseeing, and some had even decided to try some local pastry.
Saying goodbye has never been easy. In between many people crying, promises of visits, picture taking and hugs, we all could see how important this mission trip was for everyone.
Thank you very much, our friends! May God bless you in everything you do, and help you spreading His Gospel wherever you go.
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