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'We are coming to you'. With those words, we announced in Mission News a series of regional evenings for mission committees and pastors. Miranda from Harderwijk was one of the visitors and we asked her to give an impression of the evening. Read her story here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
'On 11 June, a regional evening was held at CGK de Zaaier in Harderwijk about the missionary work in Tajmyr, specially arranged for missionary committees and pastors of the churches supporting this project. Committees and pastors from different places attended. It was a wonderful evening, in which we were able to learn a lot from the speakers and each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The evening began, of course, with an opening, during which we even sang together in Dutch and Russian. Then there was a short introduction about the work in Tajmyr. In it, it became clear that the missionary work takes place in a vast expanse, with distances of up to 2,500 km across frozen landscapes and rivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the introduction, there was an interactive part, where we were divided into four groups. Each group took turns thinking about what we can do together to involve the congregation in mission work. Large sheets of paper were laid out, and we thought about which tasks belonged to which category. The categories were the mission committees, pastors, church councils and the congregation itself, in which we also thought specifically about involving children\/young people in mission work. We were instructed not to raise problems, but to see everything as opportunities. We were able to learn a lot from each other and get ideas to make the church even more enthusiastic about our beautiful missionary goal. We were also given tips on how to communicate with the congregation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n