August 2008 VBS

Report on VBS, August 2008

VBS has been real unique this year! Unlike the previous years, five missionaries from Watermark Community Church. Dallas, TX, came in to help organize the event. The team was led by Mr. Robert (Bob) Rudy in the company of his wife Elizabeth Rudy, Mark McLaughlin, Roxana Deadman and Robbie Russell. It was a cross-cultural program as the team worked in collaboration with Aniefiok and Judy udo and other ministers.
The program lasted for 6 days, started Tuesday, 6th August and ended on Sunday, 10th August in a variety show. Event was held in the premises of Monika Elementary School owned by a German lady who is married to a Nigerian. Over 500 children were in attendance and each day was met with an increase.

Theme of VBS was “The pirate who don’t do anything”, a veggie tale VBS series. Fortunately, most of the children here do not know much about the pirates nor veggie tales, hence they were real eager to find out. They were so fascinated by the skits presented by the mission team as well as the movie clips. Other features included Arts/Crafts, games, soccer competition, etc. Over 25 volunteer teachers were recruited from about 14 churches pastored by the AMF pastors and 10 classrooms were used. Lunches and snacks were served daily. Thanks for helping us do so.

Sunday marked the highlight of the program as children and parents from 3 different cities in the metropolis trooped into the hall of Fellowship Bible Church, Ikot – Ekpene, Nigeria. On attendance too, was the city mayor, who was very impressed with the event and expressed interest in continuity of such programs to help our youth and children live Godly lives.

VBS, 2008 has been the ‘talk of town’. Parents are greatly impressed and our children are happy. They are looking forward to participating next year. Our heartfelt thanks goes to our missionaries who worked tirelessly and sacrificially to make the program a great success.

PRAYER POINTS
1. Prayer of Thanksgiving to God for all his goodness towards us.
2. Divine provision to meet our budget for the year.
3. Wisdom for growth and expansion of our frontiers

4. Pray for divine blessing on all our partners,

AOI July 2008 Report

PREAMBLE : The month of July was a wonderful month for us as we set it aside to give thanks to God for successfully bringing us to the second half of the year.
ATTENDANCE; the attendance at the Ikot – Ekpene main campus stood at 160 for our Sunday services and 75 for the Itak assembly.
EVENTS.
We started the New month with a day of prayer and fasting committing the new month into the hands of the Lord. This took place on Tuesday 1st of July.
Thanksgiving Service: Sunday 20th of July was a day we set aside at FBC to corporately thank God for bringing us to the second half of the year. It was a great time of jubilation and rejoicing as the choir was on hand to lead us into the presence of God.
YOUTH FELLOWSHIP: By 4:00pm of the same day the Youth Fellowship gathered for a time of sharing Gods word, Bible Quiz and other activities.
ALL NIGHT SERVICE; Friday 25th of July, was an all-night of praise, prayer, Word exposition. The event started by 9:00pm and ended 5:00am Saturday morning.

AFRICA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY: Preparation is on top gear to welcome both old and new students to a new academic session in August. The
entire Faculty Board had a meeting in July to map out plans for the new school year. Dr. Udo presided over the meeting.
AFRICA MINISTERIAL FELLOWSHIP: The month of July was a very busy month for the executive members in preparation for the first National Pastors Conference at Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Nigeria. Friday 25th to Saturday 26th of July, Dr Udo and the wife led other 7 AMF pastors to facilitate the conference at Port Harcourt. There were plenary sessions on leadership led by Dr. Udo and family life and marriage by Judy Udo, as well as break out seminar session on church growth and worship led by other AMF pastors.
The high point of the event was the official Inauguration of the AMF Chapter Rivers State. This was another milestone in the progress AMF is making to reach out to Pastor in Nigeria. Plans are on the way to soon have another National Conference at other locations.