Jan 12: Day Three of General Conference

12 Jan Jan 12: Day Three of General Conference

January 12, 2010 by News |1 Comment

Bishop Winston Smith of Jamaica gives the morning devotions.

Billy Simbo (with the Sierra Leonean flag) reported on the work in Sierra Leone.

Steve Dennie (with translator Orville Brown) leading a seminar on "Communications in the Age of the Internet."

L-r: Ajiax Wo (Hong Kong Superintendent), Jeff Dice (UB missionary), Karis Vong (Hong Kong delegate).

David Raudales (on keyboard) and Orville Brown led singing during the Tuesday night service.l

Bishop Phil Whipple preaching Tuesday night.

The highlight of Tuesday was most definitely accepting Guatemala as a new United Brethren national conference. But a lot more happened.

Bishop Winston Smith (Jamaica) began the day with devotions.

Three national conferences still had to report on their countries.

Superintendent Juan Pavon Pavon reported on the work in Nicaragua and its two mission district, Costa Rica and Guatemala.
Bishop Billy Simbo told about the work in Sierra Leone.
Bishop Phil Whipple reported for the United States. He told the delegates, “As I give this report, I am largely telling you things that have happened over the past four years, and I have only been there four months. But I’m excited about where God is taking us with the United Brethren church in the USA.”

After lunch came two workshops.

Carlos Quesada, a Costa Rican who works with Operation Mobilization and has lived in Mauritania for nine years, gave a fascinating presentation on Muslims.
Steve Dennie, UB Communications Director, led a discussion about technology and the internet.

Other highlights of the day:

For the second day in a row, we had sunshine.
As we prepared to begin the afternoon excursion, Superintendent Ajiax Wo of Hong Kong arrived. It was great to see him join the group, although belatedly.
Bishop Phil Whipple spoke in the evening service, held at one of the United Brethren churches in La Ceiba.