Day 11: Sunday, January 22, 2006
This morning, we went to the English (and Swahili) service at the Kaaga Methodist Church. The service was about 1 ½ hours long (and they had to quit because they had another church service – the one in Kimeru that we attended last week – to follow.)
The order of worship was:
Opening: welcome and prayer
Reading: Psalm 60
Hymn: “I Know Not Why God’s Wondrous Love”
Reading: Genesis 4:1-5
Music (Youth Choir): “I Want to Love You Lord” (in English and Swahili)A young girl led this song and was “followed” / “joined” by 4 young men; all were teenagers.
Reading: Hebrews 4:14-16
Reading: Matthew 4:1-11
Hymn: in Swahili . . . don’t have a clue as to what it was other than beautiful and “led” by Doreen.
Children’s Time: All of the children came to the front; there were two solos (one by a small girl (Anita) and one by a small boy with a group song led by a small girl and a memorized verse quoted in-between the two solos. A prayer was then offered for the children, thanking God for them, asking a blessing upon them, and a sending off to their Sunday School. The children then all left the service.
Combined Choir: “One More Step” which had a chorus of “Keep me traveling along with you.”
Hymn: “Be Still”
Message: Given by Francis Iminea on the “Temptation of Jesus”. The questions posed were, “How many times have you been tempted? How many times have you won by knowing the Word of God?”
Solo Music: “Through the Night, my Jesus Asked for Me”
Prayers of Intercession
Lord’s Prayer
Announcements / Welcoming of Visitors / VIM Team Announced Bags of tea were given to each team member; plaques were also provided for each representative church.
Offering done while Hymn “O Jesus, I Have Promised” was sung.People took their offering to the front of the church and placed it in a basket / wooden bowl and then returned to their seats.
Sending Forth Chorus: ”We Thank You Lord”
After service, we had a brief tea at the church and visited a little more with the church family. Then, we went for lunch at KenTrout, a nice restaurant about 1 ½ hours drive from Meru.
The drive was quite interesting as the scenery changed very quickly from jungle to farm land (maize and wheat) and to dry land without much on it at all.
As we left Meru, several saw an elephant standing to the side of the road in the jungle area.
We ate as soon as possible upon arrival at KenTrout, and then we walked around the grounds looking at the fish ponds (where one could feed the trout), the cattle / goats / sheep, and observing the monkeys (and in Cliff’s case, having a monkey observe / attack him. Cliff was okay; he had something from a tree that the used to get the monkey to let go.)
We then drove back to town and went to the Mubichi home for supper. There were several from the church there and we had a good evening of food and visitation. As we closed, Rhoda presented each team member with another bag of tea (and we accepted very graciously as we have come to really like it!) as well as a cloth for each church represented that was made by the girls at the School for the Deaf. We visited a little more before heading back to the hotel where most were able to be in bed by 11 p.m.
Submitted by Kellye J
The order of worship was:
Opening: welcome and prayer
Reading: Psalm 60
Hymn: “I Know Not Why God’s Wondrous Love”
Reading: Genesis 4:1-5
Music (Youth Choir): “I Want to Love You Lord” (in English and Swahili)A young girl led this song and was “followed” / “joined” by 4 young men; all were teenagers.
Reading: Hebrews 4:14-16
Reading: Matthew 4:1-11
Hymn: in Swahili . . . don’t have a clue as to what it was other than beautiful and “led” by Doreen.
Children’s Time: All of the children came to the front; there were two solos (one by a small girl (Anita) and one by a small boy with a group song led by a small girl and a memorized verse quoted in-between the two solos. A prayer was then offered for the children, thanking God for them, asking a blessing upon them, and a sending off to their Sunday School. The children then all left the service.
Combined Choir: “One More Step” which had a chorus of “Keep me traveling along with you.”
Hymn: “Be Still”
Message: Given by Francis Iminea on the “Temptation of Jesus”. The questions posed were, “How many times have you been tempted? How many times have you won by knowing the Word of God?”
Solo Music: “Through the Night, my Jesus Asked for Me”
Prayers of Intercession
Lord’s Prayer
Announcements / Welcoming of Visitors / VIM Team Announced Bags of tea were given to each team member; plaques were also provided for each representative church.
Offering done while Hymn “O Jesus, I Have Promised” was sung.People took their offering to the front of the church and placed it in a basket / wooden bowl and then returned to their seats.
Sending Forth Chorus: ”We Thank You Lord”
After service, we had a brief tea at the church and visited a little more with the church family. Then, we went for lunch at KenTrout, a nice restaurant about 1 ½ hours drive from Meru.
The drive was quite interesting as the scenery changed very quickly from jungle to farm land (maize and wheat) and to dry land without much on it at all.
As we left Meru, several saw an elephant standing to the side of the road in the jungle area.
We ate as soon as possible upon arrival at KenTrout, and then we walked around the grounds looking at the fish ponds (where one could feed the trout), the cattle / goats / sheep, and observing the monkeys (and in Cliff’s case, having a monkey observe / attack him. Cliff was okay; he had something from a tree that the used to get the monkey to let go.)
We then drove back to town and went to the Mubichi home for supper. There were several from the church there and we had a good evening of food and visitation. As we closed, Rhoda presented each team member with another bag of tea (and we accepted very graciously as we have come to really like it!) as well as a cloth for each church represented that was made by the girls at the School for the Deaf. We visited a little more before heading back to the hotel where most were able to be in bed by 11 p.m.
Submitted by Kellye J
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