Church here is different but interesting. The sermon the other night was preached in English and translated into Russian, while a woman behind me was translating for her husband into some other language. Some days the power goes out every so often, but we just sit patiently in the dark till it goes on again.
Basic truths like the resurrection, particular atonement, and eternal punishment are known and accepted by the regular members, but there are often visitors of all types, usually tourists, from various church backgrounds, and this results in many interesting discussions after church.
Songs are in English or Hebrew or sometimes Russian, or sometimes two languages simultaneously or consecutively. There isn't a regular hymnbook. For a while we used a projector of the kind where you print the songs on plastic. Now we use a computer projector with power point slides. Most of the Hebrew songs are transliterated into English and Russian. Some people prefer to read Hebrew in Hebrew, understandably, so one slide often contains three versions of the same verse.
We meet in a small lower room under a bigger church. It is not pretty, but it works well, and we don't need a sound system. Someone from another group would occasionally stick a small wooden cross on the wall, but a couple of us kept taking it down and eventually it disappeared for good. The only symbols we need are the bread and the wine. I have heard that the church above us is full of idols, so I am glad we have a plainer place.
April 12, 2013
Trip to Galilee
A full day just relaxing. Not totally relaxing, since it involved a short hike, but relaxing by not planning, worrying, or studying.
I find this hilarious. Doesn't the sign need to be a little closer to the tunnel?
Fish Ponds
Farms
Lookout
Lookout over Valley of Megiddo
City on a Hill
Mount Tabor and part of Nazareth
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