A flashmob in the city, a charity concert in a shopping centre, and a singing contest sponsored by the radio. There is music in the air and New Apostolic Christians are right in the middle of it all when it comes to professing their faith or doing something good.
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Testimony in the middle of the city
Photo: Maria Müller
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Singing competition on the radio
Photo: Peter Harder
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Charity concert for shoppers
Photo: INA Brasil/Bolívia
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Little people celebrate big service
Photo: Thomas Brunschede
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Little people celebrate big service
Photo: Thomas Brunschede
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Little people celebrate big service
Photo: Thomas Brunschede
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Little people celebrate big service
Photo: Thomas Brunschede
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Little people celebrate big service
Photo: Thomas Brunschede
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Little people celebrate big service
Photo: Thomas Brunschede
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Little people celebrate big service
Photo: Thomas Brunschede
Testimony in the middle of the city
A Sunday in September in the city of Leipzig (Germany). A young man is playing on his saxophone, entertaining the passersby—something completely normal here. Then a second man joins him on his cajón, a box-shaped percussion instrument, and a young woman on her guitar. Casually, and as though they just happened to be passing by, small groups of people stop and begin to sing: “I believe in God the Father, in Christ His Son”. It is a flash mob put on by fifty New Apostolic Christians from Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Lower Saxony, and Thuringia, who have just come from their annual Day of the Youth. Passersby stop, pause, and listen to the young people’s testimony.
Singing competition on the radio
They are from Hanover and sing everything from the classics to sacred music, to gospel and pop: the youth choir from the New Apostolic Church. At the German Choir Competition 2016 of German Classic Radio, the young singers made it into the final round. There are 32 finalists. Who the winner will be is currently being decided by public vote. The winner, in this case the whole choir, cannot only expect a fantastic weekend in Leipzig, the city of music, but also their very own CD production.
Charity concert for shoppers
The congregation Mossoro in Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil put their musical talents to good use. In celebration of the tenth anniversary of their congregation, they sang at the local shopping centre and collected donations. The proceeds went toward a regional cancer care facility, AAPCMR.
Little people celebrate big service
“You thanked God with your gifts,” is something children heard in a divine service, in which they did something very special. The Apostle was visiting a congregation on Thanksgiving—nothing unusual, really. But there was something unusual about this visit because it was in the big church in Wiesbaden (Germany), to which many members had been invited, and the music throughout the service was provided by children: 35 young choristers and 15 instrumentalists. The children’s ensemble had prepared for this special occasion over a rehearsal weekend.