A Sunday Evening Observation
This last Sunday evening we attended a joint worship service of the five the congregations of the Lord’s church here in Bangkok. They have been, as I found out, been joining together to worship once every 3 months for about a year now, a different church hosting the others each time. This month, the Soon Sayam church played host and there were close to 75 people in attendance from all 5 congregations: Soon Sayam, Watcharapohn, Soi Ari, Ban Mai, and Somprasong 4.
This is the first time we’ve been able to meet this many people from the different congregations in Bangkok, which is something that I have been anxious to do for a very long time. We had a good amount of contact with the Watcharaphon congregation last year, but have yet to meet anyone from the other 3 congregations here.
That evening, I was able to observe something that I hadn’t seen before. Before the worship service, leaders from the 5 congregations got had an informal meeting together; a time where they could just come and talk to each other. This might seem like such a small thing, but I think it is something truly great. They started by talking about plans to improve future meetings of the congregations. They then had each group update the others about the things that are happing at their home congregation. Things like Watcharaphon planning to produce a series of DVDs of the Bible courses they teach, or Somprasong hosting a group of Christians from Singapore later on in November.
Never before have I seen the leaders of separate congregations actually sit down and have a simple conversation together about the Lord’s church. I am glad to see that the churches in Thailand have recognized the importance of this, and that they are talking, sharing, planning, and worshiping our God as one.
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