Updated Comings and Goings

This is on the Eastern Orthodox Evangelism and Adult Sunday School front:

Things are going really well at Saint Marks. Fr. Falconi and I have the blessing of our clever and witty Arch-Priest to conduct regular prayer sessions and Holy Unction sessions. I believe this will be a source of real blessing and support for our class members.

Also, there are two really exciting recent developments on the Evangelism side of things.

First, there is a new Eastern Orthodox evangelism program called The Way that is similar to the Anglican Alpha program.

I've always said that we need an Eastern Orthodox version of Alpha, and now we have it. It has been approved by Bishop Kallistos Ware, among other Orthodox leaders and the pilot program was successful. Now, with the permission of your local Bishop and Priest, you can use this program to win people to Jesus Christ.

Also, God paved the way for a Youth for Christ leader in our area to address our Adult Sunday School class about his upcoming Mission to Cyprus.

The presentation was a smashing success. This YFC leader's objective is to address nominalism in Cyprus, which is a predominately Eastern Orthodox country.

Pairing the Evangelical zeal of organizations like YFC and Eastern Orthodoxy has been a hope of mine. Now the potential to see this hope realized is starting to take shape.

The objective of YFC is to plug new Christians and revived Christians back into their churches. This means the revitalization of the faithful in Cyprus.

Blessings in the Holy Trinity, One God

Columba Silouan