Moments with Vigan Church

I went to Vigan to minister to the members of our daughter church for five days.  We had Bible study, worship seminar, fellowship, film showing and worship service.  I enjoyed the fellowship with the members of our church.  They were warmth and fun to be with.  The atmosphere during my stay was light and simple.   They were very generous and accommodating.  They provided for my needs within the new parsonage where I stayed.

There is a great need for a fulltime worker in our daughter church since members are scattered as far as Laoag, Batac and Abra.  I am blessed with their faithfulness to travel so long distance just to worship the Lord.  I also had mixed filling with their hunger for the Word and complacency with the church.  Hunger because you see their eagerness to learn and listen to instruction. Complacency because I felt their spiritual life just plateau focus only on listening, maybe this is a side effect from not having a fulltime pastor that would bring them deeper into the Word of God and help them explore their spiritual gifts for church ministry use.

The church had a wonderful team of young leaders.  I felt their dedication and love for the Lord. They are spending much of their personal time in putting the different ministries in functional state.  They need more workers to help them out.  I am glad the older church leaders were just glad and willingly support their ministry especially on the financial aspect.

I really felt convicted to help this church but still need to pray how.   There are too many things that can be done because the church really has a big potential with a congregation of 70.  This is big compared to most of our daughter churches that does not exceed 40.  And there is over a thousand Filipino-Chinese in Vigan alone.  This does not include the nearby places like Batac, Candon, Abra…

I pray to God for right direction and conviction on how to continually and effectively minister to their people by the mother church.  I also pray for the spiritual nourishment of our members in Vigan.  May the name of the Lord be glorified and praised in this place.