Autumn and Wniter requests, 2008

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Looking back

Summer outreaches

There were plenty of outreach activities this summer. Many of the events were closely linked to the Agua Viva evangelical pavilion and concurrent city-wise outreach in Zaragoza, taking place in and during the World Expo on water and susteainable development. For more information on these activities, we refer you to the September news page (cf. News from the Churches). A photo report is also available, along with the specific Agua Viva report.

Upcoming events

As the summer turns to autumn, most churches turn to focus on local activities, follow-up of contacts made during the summer and integrating them into church life. However, there continue regular outreaches in many cities. In particular, the Kilómetro Zero outreach at 8 p.m. every day in La Puerta del Sol, central Madrid, continues to attract crowds to hear the gospel.

Calendar Outreach

From 1st to 7th November, a Swiss team is joining forces with the Costa Brava evangelical church in San Feliu de Guixols to distribute the 2009 Buena Semilla calendar along the coast between San Feliu and Palamos.

The Buena Semilla / Good Seed calendar, made up of tear-off Bible quotes and thoughts for the day, is a very popular item in the churches' evangelism programme at this time of year. Many are the testimonies of people who have come to the Lord through reading this calendar. - Update: The team reports that it kept so busy that it ran out of calendars by the end of the week!

Becky Manley Pippert outreach

The renowned writer on evangelism and lifestyle returns to Barcelona, 28th November to 4th December for a series of conferences. Some of these are evangelistic.

Autumn is also conference time. This autumn two events stand out:

Pentecostal Europe Convention

This will take place on 24th and 25th October. Prayer days have been held monthly to prepare for this. Keynote speakers included David Wilkerson on the program, but eventually he was unable to come, due to illness in his family.

Spanish Evangelists' Conference

This takes place from 5th to 8th December at El Escorial, Madrid. It will gather leading evangelists and church planters from across Spain and the denominations to assess progress and challenge each other to complete the work. The 7th conference's title is 'Win or Lose!'

Other events

Regional Brethren ministry Day

The Brethren in Galicia have a day together on 25th October. They will meet in the capital, Santiago, for plenary sessions, a round table and a choice of 17 seminars.

56th Baptist Convention

This is also on the weekend of 23rd to 26th October.

Other events include Family Life marriage seminars, Youth gatherings, Volunteer training courses, etc..