Our vision is to see churches—and the regional campsites and national support ministries who serve them—working together to point people to Jesus through the gospel from the Scriptures.
It was a delight then to hear about three churches in the Canterbury region reaching into their communities through a combined regional Rally camp last weekend: Church Street Bible Chapel, Glentunnel Chapel and Rutland Street Church.
As they worked together, 68 children experienced and heard the gospel throughout the weekend.
It was encouraging to see ten teenage cadets (volunteer Rally leaders in training) take on significant leadership responsibilities. I am grateful too for Marty Scheib from Riccarton Community Church for pointing the kids to Jesus, through the gospel, from the Scriptures.
I also heard that Church Street Bible Chapel won the tug of war. Well done team!
I loved hearing from Daryl Bay at Hope Community Church in Nelson.
Daryl writes:
“'Show the Way' is our leadership development program, a fruit of covid learnings. We gather one hundred of our leaders, disciples, and counsellors once a term for an evening. It is filled with sharing stories, sharing dinner and learning about a specific area of focus. This term Rowland Forman taught on ministering to people in pain.”
What a simple but significant idea. Investing into leaders, disciples and counsellors on a regular basis. Love it!
By Mark Grace, CCCNZ Ambassador
