First Helping Hand Society Meeting 2018
This is the first meeting of the women's association -the Helping Hand- after the summer vacation on Friday 19th of October 2018. We remembered our late sister Souad Amoun Chamsy who was our treasurer for 20 consecutive years. She will be greatly missed but we accept God's will with faith and thanksgiving. Then Mrs. Badr thanked Ms. Najah Magdalani for 10 years of faithful service as secretary of the Helping Hand. As the guest speaker in the meeting Rev. Badr took us on a musical journey through some of our hymns whose musical origins are well known secular tunes.
Farewell Service of Praise & Thanksgiving
The National Evangelical Church of Beirut (NECB) organized a joint farewell service with the International Community Church (ICC) on the Reformation Sunday, October 28, 2018. The ICC will move its place of worship from our church NECB to another location in Ashrafeyyeh, Beirut. Yet the worship service in English will continue in our church at the same time, each Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
Rev. Habib Badr preached in Arabic from Romans 8:24-28 on Cleanliness and Justification, while Dr Karen Shaw, the preacher of the ICC spoke about Salvation by Faith Alone from Jonah 4:1-11.
"Dear brothers and sister in the International Community Church: wherever you are and wherever we are; wherever you go and wherever we go; whatever you do and whatever we do; whatever you say and whatever we say; all things will work out for the good for those who love God. Since we both love God, so things for sure have worked out for the good and now working out for the good and will forever working out for the good.. and God's blessings be on us all", said Rev. Badr.
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International Community Church has moved to Amin Gemayel Street in Sioufi, Beirut. Sunday Worship starts at 11:30 a.m. See their website for more information: www.icc-beirut.org
First Woman's Ordination at NECB
On the November 11, 2018, Dr. Rima Nasralla van Saane was ordained at the National Evangelical Church of Beirut (NECB). She is the first female ordained at our church in Beirut. Many local and international partner churches participated in this event: The National Evangelical Synod in Syria and Lebanon (Rev. Joseph kassab, General Secretary), The Armenian Evangelical Union in the Near East (Rev. Dr. Paul Haidostian), Fellowship of the Middle East Evangelical Churches (Mrs. Rosanjela Jarjour), Middle East Council of Churches (Sister Emelie Tannous), World Communion of Reformed Churches (Rev. Najla Kassab), Anglican Church of Beirut (Rev. Imad Zorob), Evangelical Mission in Solidarity EMS (Dr. Gebriele Mayer), United Church of Christ USA (Mr. Benjamin Drolet) and many other partners.
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