Posted July 2, 2007 | Category: Oviedo | Written by: Daniel Lacich
The team arrived at Hlane Game Preserve after dark on Saturday. The 7 hour bus ride from Johanessberg was a great way to get to know our Cape Town partners. During the night and throughout Sunday we saw Rhinos, Elephants, and numerous other less exotic animals. The rhinos came withing a few yards...
Posted June 29, 2007 | Category: Oviedo | Written by: Daniel Lacich
I am sitting in a hotel lobby in Johannesberg South Africa having arrived at 5:00 local time. We are six hours ahead of Orlando which meant we had about 24 hours of travel from the time we left OIA. Having slept on the plane for a several hours my bodies natural clock is a mess. It is 3:30 am and I...
Posted May 21, 2007 | Category: Oviedo | Written by: Daniel Lacich
There is a famous scene in "The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis. In the scene, the young girl Lucy learns that the king they are waiting for whose name is Aslan, is in fact a full grown lion. She asks if he is safe to which Mr. Beaver replies, "Safe, no he’s not safe, but he’s...
Posted April 27, 2007 | Category: Oviedo | Written by: Daniel Lacich
Well not really. At Northland/Oviedo we will meet without having to involve food. But we have learned as a congregation how food can enhance community building. We saw that last Sunday at our one year annicersery barbecue. It was a great time for people who attend the different worship services to...
Posted April 13, 2007 | Category: Oviedo | Written by: Daniel Lacich
Lot’s of kudos need to go out to the Oviedo Team. What a wonderful job everyone did. We had 844 people in worship that day which more than doubled the 381 last year. Cyndi Lott and Jeremy Jobson led the Serving Team very well. Peggy Hill and Marianne Testa did an incredible job organizing communion...
Posted March 30, 2007 | Category: Oviedo | Written by: Daniel Lacich
For centuries people have been encouraged, challenged, comforted, and stretched by The Psalms in the Bible. Feasting on them is a tremendous way to grow in the grace and knowledge of God. At Oviedo we are blessed to have one of the worlds most respected scholars on the Psalms as part of our...
Posted March 10, 2007 | Category: Oviedo | Written by: Daniel Lacich
One of the Oviedo groups is kicking off a new Bible study on March 18th from 6:30-8:00 on Sunday evenings at the home of Dick & Betty Houser (Aloma Woods). They will tackle very practical issues from a Kay Arthur Study on 1-3 John and Philemon–you won’t need to be a Bible scholar to benefit. The...
Posted March 2, 2007 | Category: Oviedo | Written by: Daniel Lacich
It is certainly exciting that we have added the 11:15 service and seen some very significant growth in the last couple of months. But life together as followers of Christ goes beyond gathering for worship. It includes serving together as well as doing life together. One way to expand the circle of...
Posted February 4, 2007 | Category: Oviedo | Written by: Daniel Lacich
Near Cape Town this past week, I had the opportunity to visit Pastor Aaron. He and his wife run a community care center in the township of Kyalitsha. There are 1.2 million black South Africans in this community that is a remnant of aparthied. Nearly one half of the adults are thought be HIV...
Posted January 20, 2007 | Category: Oviedo | Written by: Daniel Lacich
On Friday the 26th I am heading back to the little town of Siteki in Swaziland. Swaziland is a kingdom of about 1.2 million people in southern Africa near Mozambique. Nearly one half of them are thought to be HIV positive. Last summer I spent two weeks there with a team from Northland, working at...
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