03 November 2012

They're all praising God

I have lost count of the number of times I have watched this since I first saw the full message over a year ago. The boys were also fascinated by it, so we jumped on their interest and read this to them in the evenings before they went to sleep: Indescribable (Illustrated Edition): Encountering the Glory of God in the Beauty of the Universe

30 October 2012

Autumn 2012 CMLC at Kilchzimmer

The autumn 2012 students in the English and German class at the Children's Ministry Leadership Course at the CEF European Headquarters, Kilchzimmer, Switzerland. Photo: Tim Shirey
Just after the group photograph was taken, over 30 cm of snow fell at Kilchzimmer over the weekend. Today, this was the stunning view from the fellowship room.

23 July 2012

Kilchzimmer Summer 2012

12 English speaking students, 8 Italian speakers and 16 children. 
Below some of those who volunteered as child minders.

The first Baltic CMLC in Lithuania

Last week I was teaching with Roy Harrison at the first Children's Ministry Leadership Course in Lithuania. Praise God for 18 students (7 from Lithuania, 7 from Estonia and 4 from Latvia). 

02 July 2012

Children's workers commence their training

Today is the first day of classes at our Italian / English Children's Ministry Leadership Course (CMLC) in Kilchzimmer, Switzerland. It was thrilling to teach these students knowing that each one is an answer to prayer. The classes are being taught with consecutive interpretation from English into Italian. We have 8 Italian students, plus 4 from Northern Ireland, 2 from Ireland, 2 from USA, 2 from Holland and 2 from Sweden. It's over 2 years ago that we started talking about the possibility of an Italian CMLC and it's hard to believe that it is now a reality. Praise the Lord!

24 May 2012

NW Europe Workers Conference

The historical Baltic port city of Tallinn in Estonia was the location this week for our conference for CEF workers in the Baltic and Scandinavian countries. The main Bible speaker was Pastor John Shearer and other workers took seminars and reported on the work in their respective countries. There was also an afternoon outing to tour the old town. Sufficient time was also given for discussing the ministry in smaller groups. I was able to make good progress on several projects to assist these countries.

18 May 2012

CEF is 75 years old

Today we are celebrating the 75th anniversary of Child Evangelism Fellowship, the largest Christian ministry to children in the world. CEF is now active in 176 countries and last year shared the gospel with over 11 million children around the world. Read more