Music in church and on YouTube
Fellowship is something that New Apostolic Christians not only experience in divine service. They often also spend time together outside of church in the circle of the youth, their congregation, or even with the Chief Apostle.
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The last leprosy centre in Europe
Photo: NAC Denia
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The last leprosy centre in Europe
Photo: NAC Denia
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The last leprosy centre in Europe
Photo: NAC Denia
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Ohayō (Hello) Chief Apostle!
Photo: NAC Japan
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Ohayō (Hello) Chief Apostle!
Photo: NAC Japan
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Ohayō (Hello) Chief Apostle!
Photo: NAC Japan
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Ohayō (Hello) Chief Apostle!
Photo: NAC Japan
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Ohayō (Hello) Chief Apostle!
Photo: NAC Japan
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Ohayō (Hello) Chief Apostle!
Photo: NAC Japan
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Christmas carols on the angklung
Photo: NAC Indonesia
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Christmas carols on the angklung
Photo: NAC Indonesia
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Christmas carols on the angklung
Photo: NAC Indonesia
The last leprosy centre in Europe
Last Sunday, members visited the leprosy centre in Fontilles in Spain. It is the last of its kind in Europe. They celebrated an open-air service on the premises of the sanatorium—something special for members in Europe. The sermon was held in several languages because the congregation was international: Spanish, English, German, French.
Following the service, the members were given a tour of the sanatorium, which today still treats people suffering from leprosy. The sanatorium is a small self-contained village situated in a mountain valley. There are 35 buildings housing, among other things, a nursery, a fitter’s shop, a theatre, and a cinema. In the past, up to 400 patients lived in the village. The sanatorium continues to work on eradicating the disease.
Ohayō (Hallo) Chief Apostle!
On his first visit to Japan, Chief Apostle Jean-Luc Schneider was welcomed with traditional music played on a koto, a Japanese stringed instrument, and was given a taste of some of the country’s culinary delights. On Sunday the Chief Apostle celebrated a divine service in Tokyo and later also visited our church in Tama. In his company were District Apostles Andrew Andersen from Australia, the hosting District Apostle Urs Hebeisen, as well as the District Apostle Helpers John Sobottka from Canada and David Devaraj from India.
Christmas carols on the angklung
One of the benefits of making music is that it is a rich and rewarding experience and creates joy. And this is one of the reasons that the youth of the congregation in Purwodadi (Kebumen/Indonesia) get together. There where on a normal Sunday some 250 to 300 members gather for divine service, the 16- to 19-year-old young people get together to play the angklung—in their church. Even if the pews are empty, they let others share their joy: the video of their music is on YouTube.
“We upload the recordingson YouTube because we want to share our music with others,” Gabriel Bezaleel Matahari writes, who put the video online. This week they released a medley of “Jingle Bells” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”.
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Oliver Rütten
28.05.2016
Indonesia,
Japan,
Spain,
Music,
Congregational life,
journeys of Chief Apostle
