Our first Thanksgiving Worship on the New Land (13501 Trinity Blvd)

We are planning to have our first worship on this new land maybe in the mid october this year. We will pitch a tent. We encourage people to bring their own folding/lawn chair.
This service will be held at 10:00 or 11:00 am on a Sunday.
This should be neat in an open air worship. Some logistic need to be overcome like Rest rooms, electricity for the mike and keyboard etc.
We will see, we will keep you uptoday as we get closer to the date.
Praise The Lord for His Blessing on Soli-Deo

Kiki

Today our church prayed a corporate prayer.  Among the things we asked for is guidance.  Now that the church has the land, we need to executed our next steps.  We prayed for a successful fundraising effort to raise funds.  And also, we are asking for the Lord's guidance, in terms of locating an Architect, engineers, and a good trustworthy general contractor for the completion of this church building project.   

Land Sale agreement signed!

Praise the Lord!   Today marks a momentum event in the Joshua Project story. 

As of  8:45 AM this Wednesday morning, Soli-Deo Indonesian Church is the offical owner of the property at 13501 Trinity Blvd.    The land sale transaction was officially signed by the seller and Pastor Siswanto and Okie Setiawan as representatives of the church. 

Pastor Siswanto and Brother Okie

With the lawyer representing the seller

There are a lot of papers to be signed.

 

The place of signing was Lawyers Title Company, located at 1100 E. Southlake Blvd in the city of Southlake, Texas.

Please continue to pray our church as we begin the planning of our church's construction.  
 

Indonesian Independence Day Bazaar

Th e 17th of August marked the 68th birthday of the Indonesian nation.    Today, the church is celebrating the event by holding a food bazaar.  As the church service comes to an end, fragrant appetizing aroma invades our nostrils.  The ladies has transformed the eating area into a seller's booth, full of traditional Indonesian food  for sale.

Stacks of  bowls with traditional "soto",  a dish hearty meat broth, with rice noodles, shrimp cake and meatballs, and other dishes abound.

The sellers donated a portion of their sale to support the project.  Some of us choose to donate all of the rofit directly to the project.   Like sister Ester's table. 
She has handmade crafts and traditional gowns for sale.  And all of her profit goes directly to the new church building.

Praying at the Promised Land

The congregation prayed at the land at 13501 Trinity Blvd today.  Amidst the heat and business of traffic, we are able to find shade near some trees.

At around 10:30  the congregation began singing worship songs.  Among the song sang was "I am Walking to Canaan".

Then, Pastor Timothy did something remarkable.  Perhaps moved by the Spirit, he dedicated this land, as the promised land, and together with the congregation asked the Lord to bless this land for his glory, for the purpose of worship, evangelizing and revival, even though no agreements or documents has been established.

But like what the LORD said in Isaiah: 
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.

 The LORD has seen how all this would play out.  It is his plan.  And we will do things according to His Will.