win Europe Mission and Leadership Training Launched

match the hunger that we have to serve God and expand His Kingdom - we may desire to plant Churches in other countries,but there just isn't enough workers; we may desire to reach out to Muslims, Hindus and other cultures, but we lack theconfidence; we may desire to become fully developed Biblical leaders, but we just don't understand how!

During the first week of April, in Frankfurt, the first WIN European Mission and Leadership Training was launched toprepare and equip the leaders of the Church for what the future holds. Pastors and leaders gathered from all over the regionfor five days of teachings that covered Theology, Biblical Interpretation, World Missions, Leadership and Personal Formation.Our teachers were of an excellent calibre from all over the region - Pastor Rene Nepomuceno, Pastor Stefan Tiran, PastoraChing Lansang, Pastor Figy John, Sis Liza Lansang, Pastor Manny De Leon, Pastor Philip Curva and Pastor Rene Valasco. WIN istruly blessed to have the teachers that we have. The lessons were very informative and challenging, giving the delegates astronger grip on advanced concepts and also clarifying basic concepts that are often overlooked. The format of the trainingwas very interactive and discussion based. Leaders and Pastors had the opportunity to discuss and reflect on issues as a team- a rare occurance that I, personally, was privledged to witness. Many leaders and Pastors also had the chance to ask ques-tions rather than always be the ones to answer them all! I found the experience extremely humbling and empowering at thesame time. Chris Ordanza

Volume I Issue 2Spring May 2012

Jesus tells his disciples in Matthew 9:37 that "theharvest is plentiful but the workers are few". Thesewords are just as true today, and not only are theworkers few, but the workers are often unequippedto tackle the mounting pressures of today's culture.The rise of Islam, secularism and New Atheism makebeing a leader in the Church very challenging andsometimes leaders are falling short in their efforts tostrengthen the Body of Christ.The youth in particular are falling victim. We'refinding that there just isn't enough resources to

Reaching Out Reaching OutWord International Ministries Europe Newsletter

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January 27-28 WORKER’S RETREAT“Whatever you do, do all to the glory ofGod.” 1 Corinthians 10:31bWIN-Netherlands begun the year 2012with a Worker’s Retreat which had thetheme, “Give God All the Glory” ; it washeld in “De Berghut”, a retreat center-surrounded by a farm in Noorden, last-Jan. 27-28. For two days, church workersfrom Schiedam and Utrecht spent timelearning and fellowshipping with oneanother. Group games to know eachother better were interspersed with theteachings. Parents were assignedalternately to take care of the childrenand teams prepared our food, which, asusual with Filipinos, was sumptuous.“Learning to Listen to God”, taught bySis. Ching Lansang, and a time of praise& worship and prayer and In-filling of theHoly Spirit, marked the first day of theretreat. The following day Sis. Chingtaught on “Hearing and Obedience” andBro. Rihard Pasaribu taught on “Praiseand Worship”, stressing the importanceof the worker’s personal lifestyle of

worship unto God. At the end of the day,Sis. Susie van Kralingen shared on howwe, as Christians, build our communitylife. Refreshed by the Holy Spirit andenriched by the time together, everyoneleft energized for the year of ministryahead of us. After the goodbyes, all ourworkers are again looking forward to ournext retreat. Glory to God!

February 18 IN MINISTRY MEETINGOur men in ministry led by Bro. LeoKoekoek have decided that for this year,the Men in Ministry will meet everyother month. The meetings will takeplace in different homes. In this meetingheld at Bro. Alex Veenman’s home, twoyouths were present, Rijk vanOostenbrugge and Anthony Veenman .The two were asked by the men to sharetheir personal experiences in the churchand make suggestions on what caninterest the youth to make them moreinvolved in the church. Suggestions givenwere presented to the leadership teamfor action.

March 18 – WATER BAPTISMSERVICE IN LUNETTENTwo weeks before the Water Baptism-service, members were given theopportunity to be part of an orientation

on the meaning of Water Baptism andwhy we baptized in water. Threemembers of our church responded andwere prepared for this special day, whichwas held in the garden of the BaanbrekerSchool in Lunetten. Our service beganwith Praise and Worship and a shortpreaching on Water Baptism. As thecollections were taken, the candidatesput on their baptism gowns for the dayand were brought out to the garden ledby the congregation as the P&W teamsung. Sis. Doris Alfafara, Sis. Fely MaeGeli and Bro. Alex Veenman, each inturn, gave their testimony on who Jesusis to them before they were led into thepool and baptized in the name of theFather, the Son and the Holy Spirit withtheir confession that Jesus is their Lordand Savior. The baptisms wereconducted by Sis. Ching, assisted byBro. Rihard. After the three baptisms, wehad communion and then the newlybaptized members received theircertificates of baptism together with awhite rose each, as one by one thewhole congregation went to Sis. Doris,Sis. Mae and Bro. Alex and warmlycongratulated them on this blessed andimportant day in their lives. #

Pastor Ching Lansang

Sis. Fely Mae Geli, Sis. Doris Alfafara and Bro. Alex Veenman (left to right) before the water baptism service.

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Participants watching the teaching video

At WIN Hamburg, we have prayed for andplanned to have a tool for evangelism toequip the church to share the Gospel inour community. Last year we had theprivilege of one of our couples (Regie &Cherry) attending a seminar on Evangelismconducted by Evangelism ExplosionPhilippines, while they were on vacation inthe Philippines. As a result, on the 3rdMarch 2012, we launched the XEEprogram in the church, to equip our churchbrethren to share the GOSPEL. This is a 13lesson program; a step by step approachto guide those who don’t know how toshare the Gospel. It teaches how toconnect with the person through guidedquestions and how to incorporate yourtestimony into the conversation. A typicalexample questions is like...

“On a scale of 1-10 how fulfilling you sayyour life is ? The training is deliveredafter our Sunday Worship service. Pleasecontinue to pray for the success of thistraining. As the scripture says” Theharvest is plentiful but the workers arefew.” Matt 9:37(NIV).

Pastor Joel Ciprez

TEAM SPIRIT

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rom the very begin-

ning of 2012, WIN Andorra hasbeen engaged in a “variety ofactivities to call everyone to bein dialogue with GOD, to livetogether as Christians, aspeople with joys and sorrows, aswe are being called to build afuture in which our personaland spiritual lives are to bestrengthened.”

tarting with a New

Year’s Day celebration withplenty of culinary delights, fungames and good company, thehighlight of the first quarterof 2012 was the comingtogether of many friends andfamily from various churches tojoin with Bro. Willy and Sis. Floras they celebrated their 25thWedding Anniversary.

hroughout 2012, the

stage will be handed over to theyoung people on every 4thSunday of the month, toparticipate in the praise andworship and get their voicesheard, as they take their firststeps in ministering and inleading church activities.

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WIN Carrickmacross, the youngest

church in the region, announced it’sarrival with a bang as it not onlyparticipated in the town’s St Patrick’sDay Parade, but also entertainedonlookers with a wonderful display ofmusic and dance. The congregation,along with others from the WIN Irelandfamily, took this excellent opportunityto evangelise the local population,sharing gospel tracts, candy andchocolate treats with the crowd , whohad lined the streets to watch themperform. Carrickmacross is a town situ-ated about 100km north of Dublin andabout 25km inland from the Irish Sea .

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June 12-15, 2012Dublin Ireland

August 13-17, 2012Co. Wicklow, Ireland

December 27-30, 2012CCT, Tagaytay City,

Philippines

‘We are the men of God called to lead our family, serve the church and to reach out toour fellow men’

In recognition of the call to serve God and the community in one spirit, a gathering ofmen took place last November 2011, where a decision was taken to formally establishthe long awaited men’s ministry of WIN Ireland–the Christ’s Carpenters. Under theguidance of our Sr. Pastor Manny de Leon, a core group was appointed among themembers to lead the ministry namely: Bros. Mandy, Sunday, Alex, Denis, Howard,Eugene and Butch.

With the men’s ministry in place, our 1st General Assembly dubbed as 'BreakfastSaturday' was held at our WIN centre Dublin on the 14th January 2012, the eventstarted with a mini-jog around Phoenix park and then back to the centre for a filmshowing of the movie, ‘Courageous’. The film eventually inspired us men to hold aspecial short ceremony to formally present our ‘Resolution’ to our Wives & Families.

The month of March saw two successful activities held by the ministry; Mother’s daylunch sponsorship and the Cavan outreach/retreat which yielded an overwhelmingattendance of 40 men. During the month of April, the 'Carpenters', as they are nowcommonly known, have started a clean-up drive in our WIN centre Dublin, which willhopefully be part of the ministry’s a quarterly commitments. The Seamen’s ministryseminar, men’s basketball & men’s 'camping out' fellowship are among the activitieslined up for the next couple of months.

As part of our fundraising initiatives, we started our haircut & carwash ministries, toassist in funding our current & future projects and activities.To God be the Glory.

Bro Eugene Isip

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