Installing a Pipe Organ at Schneller School

On Dec. 3, 2017 at 5 PM the inauguration ceremony of the new pipe organ was conducted at Johann Ludwig Schneller School in the Beqaa, Lebanon. The German organist Klaus Schulten played several pieces and accompanied the audience as they sang Christmas carols. Rev. Habib Badr welcomed the audience and prayed. Rev. George Haddad explained the history of the organ and how it ended up in Schneller. 

The pipe organ was a donation from the Church of the Incarnation in Tombae, Scotland. It was dismantled by Gerhard Walcker-Mayer, an organ building company from Germany, and rebuilt again in our school’s chapel, St Michael at Schneller School.

We praise the Lord for the love of Tombae's parish and for their gift. 

1517 The Reformation and Its Impact

On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of Reformation Dar Ophir publisher (Amman) in cooperation with Dar Al Manhal publisher (Beirut) launched a new book in Arabic: "1517, Reformation and Its Impact on Aspects of Life" by Rev. Suheil Saoud الإصلاح الانجيلي وتأثيره في نواحي الحياة at the Lebanese American University (LAU) on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017.

Rev. Habib Badr presented the book during the ceremony and greeted Rev. Saoud for his passion and nobility to write this book to honor his daughter Grace who is suffering from cancer. Rev. Saoud mentioned in the introduction that the illness of his daughter took his soul to the abyss, but through her thankful heart and gratefulness to God, she lifted him to heaven.

Then, Rev. Badr mentioned the relation between the East and the West that resulted in the Protestant churches in this region, and how it was rooted and adopted by the people in the East. Rev. Badr called the attendees attention to the impact of Reformation on the political, economic and social life that changed the people in Europe and later in the ME. It has also been explained that the author’s intention has not been writing a "history" of Reformation but explaining its great effects. Therefore, he pointed to 9 domains, where the influence of Reformation in people's life were clear, such as education, social justice, freedom principle, sciences and other domains. 

Rev. Saoud, said Rev. Badr, courageously approached this matter subjectively mentioning the positive and negative sides of Reformation, and mainly the three reformers: Martin Luther, John Calvin and Ulrich Zwingli. 

The Sunday School and Thanksgiving

With Thanksgiving and joy, the Sunday School children celebrated on Sunday by getting creative, playing games and sharing food to remember and affirm their thankfulness to all God's gifts. The children also set up a tree at the church entrance with "Thank You" cards on it. 
Thank the Lord with all your hearts and souls and minds!