Team Effort – Beyond Borders
A vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing and appealing to him, and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” … immediately we sought to go into Macedonia (Acts 16:9-10)
We thank God for bringing us to a successful end of Semester, for a successful celebration of the Resurrection, and for a successful Chapel AGM that was held last Sunday. We also welcome back school children who are on holiday after their first term. I pray that the Lord gives us good fellowship as we refresh and prepare for the next stages of our growth.
During his missionary journeys, Paul actively harnesses the power of teamwork: he picks up great helps and builds a great team that propagates the gospel beyond his good personal efforts; this enabled him to go far and beyond borders with the gospel. In today’s passage, we see the young man Timothy being picked up, little knowing he will be a great pastor in future! As we focus on raising funds for continuation of the construction project, we should be reminded that building requires team effort; it requires the participation of all who care, bringing their money, and attention. At Kakumba Chapel, it is again time to rally our efforts in this direction – it is time to build.
Kakumba Chapel embarked on the vertical extension of the Chapel Hall to create more working space and the Musiime Hall – a multi-purpose Hall which will majorly be used as a Teens’ Chapel, and also for fellowships, meetings, parties, short courses and University lectures and exams. The motivation of these physical development actions is the Gospel; we want the good news of Jesus Christ to reach more and deeper, and to equip more people to go and proclaim the same. The gospel liberates and gives life and light. Our teens need deliberate gospel focus as they transition from being children to becoming adults. There has been good progress on the building project, but we still need to do more and go beyond.
At least Ugx 335 million has already been spent (since July 2017), and the foundation, gallery (first floor), second floor and third floor slab structures are up. Thank you for your giving! Next: we hope to extend the third floor slab to the area over the current offices, then continue the vertical extension. We need to raise more money for the concrete and the next tasks, which include fixing windows and doors in the lower floors, and building walls to enable the completed sections to be used safely. I call upon you to support the physical prosperity through your generous contribution to the building project at hand – the Musiime Hall Project.
Just like the man in the vision called out, ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us’, there is a need that demands our response today. Someone needs help. Join and commit to remain on the team until this task is accomplished, and it will be a great blessing.
God bless you all.