The River Conference Day 3

Ps Ross Smith from The Vine Church in Brisbane taught during the morning sessions
before we broke again into streams that our Thai team ran in the afternoon.

 During the afternoon on day 2 & 3 the delegates divided into 4 groups and rotated through 4 stream sessions taught by our team menbers.  "How to connect with the Government" with Kraiwut, "How to do Home Visitations" with Sii, Daeng &Nit , "Kids Ministry" with Wongduen and Tim and "Schools Ministry" with Aon and Bronwyn.
Above are photos from one stream where C.H.E. methods of group participation were used to help the delegates discover for themselves how to connect with the schools in their community.  Drama, large and small group discussion assisted in the generation of ideas and local solutions and the presentation by each group at the end of the session consolidated the ideas.
The kids ministry stream taught how to get children involved in all areas of the program by running sections of a kids program and having the delegates participate as the kids would.  It was a lot of fun and lights began to tun on for a lot of the church leaders who attended.
The home visitation group showed their hearts of genuine love toward the community. Delegates have been really touched by the need to visit, not through a sense of duty or as a work requirement, but with genuine love and a desire to help people.
The government connection group taught how much benefit there is when The Church works  in connection with the government.  When we partner with them and they endorse and support the work we do, there are so many fringe benefits.  The provision of facilities to host events and the advertising of and endorsement of events are just some of these benefits.

In the evening celebration meeting, Mariaana Klar preached a very powerful message on "The Power of Forgiveness"

Another wonderful day at The River !!!