Sharing Christ with Foreign Students In Germany
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I'm needing to raise funds to support a Bible study designed to reach international students studying in Bamberg Germany. These are students from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Greece, China, Hungary, India, and Germany. They have very little money and most have a desire to improve their English. Some are Muslim and I feel that an English Bible study on Jesus's parables will be a great way to show Christ's love while presenting the gospel in an academic setting that should appeal to open-minded students. (There are no English speaking churches in Bamberg. I go to a German Lutheran church myself and while I still can't understand anything the organ music is really nice.)
I need the funds because I would like to include pizza and other snacks in our meetings. I've attended a few of the international student get-togethers that the German Catholic church sponsors and I notice the food is a big attraction for the students. Through my German classes I have become friends with many of these students and while I do not know how many will come I'm estimating 5 to 8 for a once a week meeting for 22 weeks. I'm hoping 35 euros would cover the pizza for that many students each week.
If I was working I could cover that myself but I quit work and came to Europe to get my master's and now I find that I too am a poor college student. So I have to appeal to others to help with the food costs for these bible study meetings. I hesitated to do a study like this as my coursework is demanding, I've never led a study on the parables and I am not trained on how to reach Muslims, but during my prayer times, the Lord kept pushing me to do it. I hope to kick off the first session the third week of January once classes resume after Christmas break.
Hopefully, the desire to improve their English and get a free meal along with their curiosity about Jesus's famous teachings will entice them to attend. Once that happens I trust God to touch their hearts with His Holy Spirit. Please pray about possibly sponsoring the refreshments for 1 week or half a week of the Bible study and also pray that this effort would reach a few of the students with the Good News of Christ's message. Also, pray that I would do a good job of sharing the Good News through these parables.
You are welcome to share this on your Facebook page but I won't' share it on mine because many of the students that I hope will attend are my Facebook friends and while I do not want to be deceptive I also don't want to turn them off by being too pushy with Christianity. They know I am a Christian and I trust as we read God's word He will touch their hearts and they will feel His love.
PS-If you have any thoughts or outlines on any of the parables please send them my way. I could use the help as I study for each week's lesson. [email modificata]
I need the funds because I would like to include pizza and other snacks in our meetings. I've attended a few of the international student get-togethers that the German Catholic church sponsors and I notice the food is a big attraction for the students. Through my German classes I have become friends with many of these students and while I do not know how many will come I'm estimating 5 to 8 for a once a week meeting for 22 weeks. I'm hoping 35 euros would cover the pizza for that many students each week.
If I was working I could cover that myself but I quit work and came to Europe to get my master's and now I find that I too am a poor college student. So I have to appeal to others to help with the food costs for these bible study meetings. I hesitated to do a study like this as my coursework is demanding, I've never led a study on the parables and I am not trained on how to reach Muslims, but during my prayer times, the Lord kept pushing me to do it. I hope to kick off the first session the third week of January once classes resume after Christmas break.
Hopefully, the desire to improve their English and get a free meal along with their curiosity about Jesus's famous teachings will entice them to attend. Once that happens I trust God to touch their hearts with His Holy Spirit. Please pray about possibly sponsoring the refreshments for 1 week or half a week of the Bible study and also pray that this effort would reach a few of the students with the Good News of Christ's message. Also, pray that I would do a good job of sharing the Good News through these parables.
You are welcome to share this on your Facebook page but I won't' share it on mine because many of the students that I hope will attend are my Facebook friends and while I do not want to be deceptive I also don't want to turn them off by being too pushy with Christianity. They know I am a Christian and I trust as we read God's word He will touch their hearts and they will feel His love.
PS-If you have any thoughts or outlines on any of the parables please send them my way. I could use the help as I study for each week's lesson. [email modificata]
Organizzatore
Rod Jetton
Organizzatore
Bamberg
