The past few months have been busy. Here are a few highlights.
Focus Church - Baptismal service:
This past Sunday we baptized five young men. Each is a unique story of God’s grace. Two are young men who grew up in Christian homes, who made decisions to follow Christ. Another is a young man, who found his way back to God. Two others are young men who were recently saved in our church – one from a Catholic background, and one who was an atheist. Each one shared his testimony of salvation before being baptized. We had a great crowd with many visitors. We are praying that many of the visitors will return.
This has been a good season of outreach for our church. In February and March, we held an 8-week Bible Study for seekers. Two young ladies gave their lives to Christ through this and are now in discipleship. God is also using our online ministry, and we have had several people begin attending church who first found us online. In most cases they began by watching a few services online before coming to visit in person. Please pray that the Lord would continue to draw people to Himself through our online presence.
Prayer and worship night in Obuda
We continue to work on building a team for our church plant in Obuda. On April 25th we rented a venue and held a night of prayer and worship. We had 45-50 in attendance. Most were from our main church, but there were several visitors who expressed interest in our new church plant. We will be following up with them in the next few weeks. Our next event in Obuda will be a “vision day” on June 6th, at which we will share our vision for the new church plant in much more detail. Please continue to pray for God to build the team and prepare the way!
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Retreat for church planters
February 20-22, we held our annual retreat for church planters and their wives. We had 19 couples in attendance. These are some of the best people in the world. These men and their wives are on the front lines of advancing the Gospel, and it is always a privilege to spend a weekend with them. Hopefully we were able to encourage them before sending them back into their ministries.
Family news:
I’m sure many of you saw my Facebook post on the passing of my mother on March 22nd. It is a great comfort to know that she is with the Lord. My father is adjusting well and continuing his teaching at Crown College in Powell, Tennessee. Charin and I made a quick trip back to the States for the funeral. It was a blessing to see our three daughters and also many family members that we had not seen for a long time. Please continue to pray for my dad and his adjustment to this new situation.
May 15-16 – Freedom in Christ retreat for women.
May 25 – Evangelistic outreach in the park near the church.
May 29-31 – Retreat with elders and their wives
June 6 – Vision meeting in Obuda
July 6-10 – English day camp at Focus Church.
Thank you for your prayers and faithful support of our ministry!
Marc and Charin
