| Freedom Park Outreach |
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With the help of Pastor Franklyn, 1in1out organised an outreach to Freedom Park informal settlement in the South of Johannesburg on the 20th June 2009. 1in1out was joined by approximately 60 volunteers from Finishing Strong, Urban Oak (Rhema's youth) and Rant en Dal church. A bus departed from Rhema Bible Church and brought the volunteers to the Fountain of Life church in Naturena. Pastor Franklyn is the pastor of this church. He and his wife Frieda had identified approximately 250 needy people from the nearby Freedom Park informal settlement and gathered everyone into the church hall. The day's programme started with praise and worship organised by the Fountain of Life church. This was followed by a message by Paul Kafentzis from Finishing Strong. There was an altar call after the message where many people received Jesus and repeated the salvation prayer. Thereafter the people were broken up into teams and ministered to individually by the volunteers. This helped the volunteers to lay hands, pray for the sick and also to counsel people on a one-on-one basis. Every person was given a Bible. After this, the volunteers served each person in their group with a hot meal. As the people were leaving they were each given a blanket, a grocery hamper, clothes and a bag of biscuits. Some of the children were even treated to a pair of new shoes! |
