Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Preach the gospel

What apt title can it be..............IInd week of March 2008...holy days of lent....and then a call from Rev. Gorde to meet up for discussions.....Present were Louis Shelke, Santosh Sonawane, Rev. Prashant Gorde and myself ( Nilesh / Daniel Bhonsale)
Agenda: To visit STOTHERT MEMORIAL CHURCH- LONAVALA on 21st March 2008 on the occassion of Good Friday.
Our role : To say the sermon on the 7 words spoke by Jesus on the cross....
Who would say : As always Rev. Gorde, Louis and myself...........we included one more well-informed friend Santosh Sonawane..........we decided 1st word - Santosh Sonawane , 2nd and 4th myself i.e Nilesh , 3rd and 6th Louis , 5th Rev. Gorde and 7th Rev. Anil Nagarkar.
Other associates: How can we miss on Raju Thakur, Rajan Telore and Vishwas Ohol.
Final Goers: Rev. Gorde, Santosh Sonawane, Rajan Telore, Vishwas Ohol, Louis Shelke, Raju Thakur, Nilesh Bhonsale ......entire family i.e wives / children's et al.................22 members were finalised .
Along with the sermon we also decided to present some songs based on Jesus's Passion .
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Date : 20th March 2008
Venue: Christ Church- (UCNI)- Rastapeth, Pune
Day: Maundy Thursday Time: Around 9:30 PM
Agenda: Final Plan of the next day i.e. 21st March 2008- GOOD FRIDAY.
What was finalised: We will go by local train from Pune to Lonavala........Santosh will join from Kasarwadi, Louis from Nigdi and rest from Pune. We will carry tiffins and after the holy service , we will gather at RYEWOOD PARK to have a LOVE FEAST together.
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Date: 21st March 2008
Venue: Stothert Memorial Church- Lonavala
Day: Good Friday Time: 12:30 PM
An introduction by Rev. Anil Nagarkar as regards the passion of Jesus and the service started........the next couple of hours were blessed, full of anointment, holy and we all felt the presence of almighty with us.....What a glorious feel..which cannot be written in words......but I am sure GOD gave us an opportunity to touch the lives of those who have not yet received him completely...........
Sharing: Who are we to say the word of god..We are nothing but ash and dust, we are but born sinners who commit hundreds of sin daily. And as King David said in Psalms we are born sinners , from the womb of our mother, when we were gaining shape , we are sinners.........
But this is the testimony, however bad we are, however big sinners we are , God has used us meticulously. That god who does not like sinners, that god who is holy, that god who hate sin to that extent that once he washed away all mankind except Noah and his family, secondly he destroyed Sodom and Gamorrah...............That LIVING GOD gave us an opportunity to speak on his scriptures.....
Moral: We will keep racing through the doors that GOD opens for us.......................we will Preach the Gospel...Allelujah




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