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FESTIVAL REPORT OCTOBER
2007
The Festival was held this year in the Highlands
of Papua New Guinea at Mt Wilhelm. The theme of the festival this year
was “The Glory of Christ” and he alone is worthy of glory
and honor and praise.
Some of the highlights this year included the
blessing of nine little children and presentations by the church youth
and children’s church. Two church hymns printed on cloth were a
great success so the whole congregation can sing and learn to read in
unity. A ground turning ceremony was also preformed for a new church
building.
Many donations of clothing, wool, Bibles, books
and medicines from churches in
Australia and from the Australian public were gratefully
received. Literacy class materials were also delivered to help in the
education of the congregation and next year five women will
graduate.
Inter-church cooperation between
Australia and Papua New Guinea
was illustrated by women from the
Sydney congregation donating money to purchase a sewing machine,
material and even a stove for the Mt Wilhelm church to better look
after its members in the congregation. The
Bathurst congregation donated money for the printing costs of the
PNG Living Today magazine. The Canberra congregation donated money for cement for the new church
building in Mt Wilhelm and the Wollongong congregation donated money so Mrs. Elizabeth Genora
from Port
Moresby could travel to
Mt Wilhelm to carry out women’s ministry and greatly encouraged
the women in the congregation. Mr. Rod Matthews sent a letter to the
members in Papua New
Guinea, which
greatly encouraged them.
An annual general meeting of the PNG church board
in Port
Moresby was also
conducted; the church mission statement, child protection protocols and
directions for church outreach were discussed. The PNG congregations
wish to thank everyone for their prayers and gifts and give God the
glory for the work he is doing in the region and in the lives of his
people.
Mark Latham
Matthew Gudze
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