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Fellowship meeting are held once a month in the homes of members
in the 5 pastoral areas into which the congregation is divided,
as follows :- |
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| Town |
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the Tues, before the 2nd Sun.
at 6-30 p.m. |
| Gandhinagar |
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the Sat. before the 3rd Sun.
at 8-15 p.m. |
| Medical College |
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the Sat. before the 3rd Sun.
at 8-15 p.m. |
| Sathuvachari |
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the Thurs defore the 4th Sun,
at 8-00 p.m. |
| CMC Hospital |
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the Fri, before the 4th Sun,
at 8-00 p.m. |
| You are welcome to attend any
of these fellowship meetings. |
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Youth Group of about 15 post-confirmation young people meet
about twice a month. |
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| Our
evangelistic work in Nadanur has been strengthened by the appointment
of two missionaries by the National Missionary Society. Regular
Worship Services are being conducted in the church there and
efforts are being made to bring the early converts back to the
church in this tribal area. People of Nadanur are appreciative
of the work done by the present missionaries. Our committee
members made trips to this place to co-ordinate and to encourage
the work done there. |
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| Our
evangelistic work in Indira Nagar continued with the support
of the Bangarupalayam pastor, the catechist and the Bible woman.
Though the catechist has left the church in April suddenly our
desire to provide Christian nurture to the children of this
village remains undaunted. Apart from distributing Christmas
gifts to 45 Children and sarees to 8 windows. We were able to
provide school uniforms to 36 children on 20th June. |
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response to a request from the Bishop we are in the process
of finalizing a new program for poor children called "Foster
Care" through which we will subsidise food and clothes
to village children staying in Arni
Boarding Home. We also intend to motivate our Junior Church
and youth members to visit this hostel periodically to show
their love and solidarity.
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Nursery School, in the Kaspah area of Vellore, has 35 Children
attending daily morning class and noon meal, and is supported
and run by the Women's Fellowship. |
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A different kind of outreach
was linking up with the Trinity United Reformed Church in
Lancaster, England in 1982. There has been on exchange of
news and visitors on a regular basic. Rev. Joseph Pratt's
role in establishing this link was significant.
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| The
Karunai Illam ministry, the brain child of Mrs. Jean Jepagnanam
continues to enjoy financial support of the Church. The main
thought of this ministry has been to take the gospel to the
gypsies and uplift them. |
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intent to extent outreach work of the Church led the Women's
Fellowship to identify St. Joseph's Home for the Aged run by
the Cluny Convent Sister's in Katpadi. Monthly visit and aid
in the form of medicine, toilet articles and a small monthly
food supplement are the features of this service. |