General News

PARTNERPLAN – a letter from Gary Brough – Malawi – September 2024

Capacity Development Facilitator, CCAP General Assembly Office, PO Box 112, Mzuzu, Malawi

Greetings from Malawi,
By the time you read this, we may well be on Scottish soil.  We’re looking forward to time with family and friends and connecting with congregations.  I’ll put a summary of dates and events at the end of the letter, and I hope we’ll see you there.
The last few months have gone by in a bit of a blur but one weekend stands out clearly.  From the 23rd to 25th August 2024 the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian celebrated 100 years as an established African church.

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Mathia news report from John Njeru & The MaxWest World Church Team

“Receive greetings in the name of Jesus Christ. We, PCEA MATHIA are doing fine and we hope you too are well,”  writes Elder John Njeru.  The congregation has increased, not only in number but also spiritually – “we thank God a lot for this mighty work whereby many people who have had His calling are ready to serve him.”  However, although there has been improvement in the church, there are also many financial challenges to cope with.

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Organised by Dumfries Christian Network, the BBQ and Fun Day is an opportunity to gather together with people from a wide range of Churches in the region. It’s the first event of this type, arranged by the Network and we hope it will be a huge blessing to people from all backgrounds.
We’re grateful to Dumfries Baptist Church for opening their facilities and hosting this exciting event.

A Stitch in Time

May Brown, a friendly 98-year-old lady, sits sipping her tea every Sunday after the service, joining in with the conversation at her table.  It was during one of these occasions, that I discovered she was a keen embroiderer.
Before she retired many years ago, May was an Art teacher in Dumfries.  She grew up near Dunscore and went to a one teacher primary school at Glenesslin.  She went on to Dumfries Academy, cycling two miles to Dunscore and back every day to catch the bus to the secondary school.

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LISTEN TO LUKE!

Mike Marshall has been lending more than a careful ear to one of our most beautiful Gospels.

When Rev. Johannes, our minister suggested that perhaps we as church members might like to sit down and record the entire Gospel of St Luke and so create a ‘milestone’ in our congregation’s history, I was intrigued. Surrounded as we are by instantly available digital resources you don’t have to search very far to find all kinds of interpretations of our holy scriptures.

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