Saturday night's final service of 2022 went very well. I both led the service and preached. Prior to my sermon we enjoyed the participation of a wide range of church members. It started with the youth group singing and this was followed by a quartet. Liz then did a resumé of the church's year giving thanks to one and all for their cooperation in the Gospel. This was followed by a duet and two words of greetings from different brothers. The variety of the programme was added to by ballet in praise of God by our granddaughter Alice, her friend Millena and a little 5 year old Eloisa who did very well. We heard 4 more words of greetings from brothers including our deaf pastor Luis Carlos and then there was a final duet. Everything was a lovely way to end the year with much praise to God for all those that came to make commitments to Christ.
On Sunday night (January 1st) I conducted the communion service and Rafael preached. We received two new sisters into fellowship - Maria and Salete. It was a good start to the New Year.
Yesterday newly elected President Lula was sworn into office. Thankfully all went off peacefully under a very strong police vigilance. The defeated ex-president Bolsonaro left the country prior to the ceremony!
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