Dauner News Update November 16, 2007
FUVEAU CHAPEL CELEBRATES TENTH ANNIVERSARY
On November 10-11, the Marseilles church celebrated its tenth year at our location on Fuveau Avenue. The weekend included a ten-hour prayer vigil, potluck dinners and an evening of open-house fellowship for our neighbors in the local community. About a hundred people came to view a multimedia history of the Fuveau Chapel and to hear the Gospel proclaimed in song. It was the first official performance of the newly formed Teen Chorale.
The most moving experience was listening to the testimonials of about twenty-five of our members who recounted how they had come to be in the church or how the church had led them to the Christ.
MARIAGE SEMINAR
In October, the Marseilles church hosted a week-long mariage seminar presented byArlin and Pamela Hendrix of Lyon. The sessions were attended by about fifty people, including three couples from the neighborhood as well as a good number of older teens.
NEW CEMIST MAKES THREE
Our two CEM students, Raphël Enderlé and Justin Smith, were joined this month by Linda Allebe, niece of former CEM student Nicole Allebe. Linda is no stranger to the Marseilles church; this is where she was baptized several years ago during a CEM Summer Session. Her home congregation is in Lyon, France.
CHURCH WELCOMES FORMER MUSLIM
Sabrina, a young French lady of Berber origin, placed membership with the church last Sunday. This makes four adult members from the Berber community. On any given Sunday, we have about ten to twelve Muslims or former Muslims in the assembly.
JUDGE GRANTS PARENTAL AUTHORITY
You may be aware that Prisca and I are seeking to become the legal guardians of the two sons of church member Halyna Dudar, who is in the final stages of a terminal illness. On October 23, the Children’s Judge for our district ruled in favor of granting us parental authority over the older of the two boys, Constantin, 17. The case for Alexander, 10, will be more complicated since his father is still living, even though he will no doubt be declared unfit to have custody of his son. Halyna, who is presently hospitalized, is praying that Alexander will not become a ward of the State, which would mean he would be cut off from all contact with the church.
MAX AND PRISCA VISIT SEVEN CHURCHES OF ASIA
For our thirtieth wedding anniversary, our family and Christian friends chipped in to offer us an exceptional gift: a second-honeymoon trip to anywhere in the world… as long as it was a Biblical country. Many of our friends knew that Prisca had been dreaming for thirty years of visiting the seven churches of Revelation. So we spent the Fall Semester Break in Turkey visiting the ancient cities of Pergamum, Smyrna, Ephesus, Laodicea, Philadelphia, Sardis and Thyatira. A week of archeological sites and museums.
Of course, that means I will have to incorporate some new pictures in my multimedia presentation of Revelation!
NEW PHOTOS
Be sure to see the new photos posted on my English language website faxbymax.net
May the Lord shine his face upon you.
Max and Prisca Dauner