December 6-8 NYC Christmas Retreat Concludes with Abundant Grace

From December 6th to December 8^th, Minister John went to NYC to attend the NYC Christmas Retreat hosted by Immanuel Bronx, which was a refreshing experience.

40 Ministers and Bible students from Immanuel Bronx, Philadelphia, Boston, New Haven, Burlington, Manchester and Jersey City and more joined the retreat. The theme was “The Birth of Jesus” and students were given the opportunity to study messages answering where, why, when and how Jesus came to this earth. Each message was prepared and delivered with lots of love and the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

The retreat featured several activities including an open-mic night, a gift-exchange, testimony time, prayer meeting and lots of opportunities to break-bread and converse.

The minister himself testified, “Even as Christians, we don’t think about why and how Jesus as Son of God came to the world. You can see the Gospel, the power of salvation when you look at his incarnation.”

Christmas Retreat in Burlington Agape Community Church will be planned around Christmas. All are welcome!

Welcome to Agape Thanksgiving Event on Wednesday Evening

There will Agape Thanksgiving Event on Wednesday Evening right before Thanksgiving. We welcome all people who like to gather together to remember the stories of thanks and share them. Let it be the evening full of thanks, grace and love! All are welcome! You can bring food as well your thanks stories.

Welcome to Daily Devotionals

Thank you! Daily Devotionals will come out next week.

New Poster and Flyer Being Used in Evangelism

New poster and flyer have been designed and are being used from October 25. We hope they will help us to witness the grace and life in Jesus Christ more effectively.

Reaching People in Different Ways in Evangelism

Agape Community Church is trying to reach people in different ways, which is making the evangelism more active and effective.

What impressed the minister is that it’s not easy to see people except in universities and in downtown, which makes the evangelism being limited. But now he found more ways to reach people.

Table in the Street and Universities

Agape Community Church has applied showing materials and doing evangelism by reserving a table in the main street of downtown once. Signs and flyers are being prepared for another one tomorrow. We will try to reserve table in the campus to do evangelism, too.



Flyers with Short Messages

The minister is making short messages to hand them out in evangelism, so people can read them even they have rejected the offer of Bible studies.

Posters

Posters are being made to be posted in the street and universities, which will inform more people.

Local gatherings

Residents here have many gatherings for different kind of people. We are following the events from local newspapers and are doing evangelism at the places where people gather.

Bible Study Programs

Bible Studies on Romans are being held in different places at fixed time, praying that people who are interested will come.

An Office in Downtown

We are praying for and looking for an office in downtown, and it will make the bible studies more convenient for people around.

We invite your prayers for the mission here – the minister can preach the good news of salvation and people here can seek and accept the salvation from God.

Invitation to retreat in Jersey City

Brothers and sisters in Agape Community Church are invited to attend the retreat held in Jersey City from Jersey City Ephesus Church on August 24 and 25.

It will be a wonderful time when you can have bible studies intensely, meet members from other cities and have joyful fellowship with each other. We will study the path of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph in the Genesis.

You are welcome to attend the retreat even you are not a member in Agape. Just send us email to office@burlingtonagape.org . Booking tickets from Megabus is a cheap way if you don’t want to drive there. (Just book the ticket to New York City)

Sunday Service and Fellowship with Grace

On July 7, two new comers from Burlington Emergency Shelter visited Agape Community Church to attend the Sunday service and had fellowship with the minister.

Valerie Brosseau and her husband are working in Burlington Emergency Shelter. The minister introduced himself and the church after service and they also gave their testimony and their opinions on spreading the Gospel.

As two Vermonters, they said that people here are easy to think about you are selling something, which reminds me of witnessing the Gospel only with love. We welcome anyone who wants to know the love of God to come.