End-of-Year Youth Activity
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End-of-Year Youth Activity

The Ebenezer youth group got together on the beach last Friday for a final bash for 2019. As we look through these pictures we are thrilled with how these teens have grown, both in numbers and in their walk with God. We are also thankful for Pastor Francivaldo, who brought a reflection from the Word…

That’s One Big Step for Ebenezer…
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That’s One Big Step for Ebenezer…

Last night marked a huge milestone for the Ebenezer Regular Baptist Church. Our founding church (Good News Regular Baptist) voted to officially grant us “emancipated” status. What this means is that we are no longer a congregation of that church, but a duly recognized, independent, Regular Baptist church. For a long time we have functioned…

“Only He Who Is Running Knows”*
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“Only He Who Is Running Knows”*

Some time ago I posted about the evolution of my daily running routine from “just something I did to stay healthy” to “a bunch of guys from the church bonding” to “official church running day”. Now, there is one more addition to the trajectory: “fund-raising for church construction”. This idea was actually born on one…

Four Generations of Music
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Four Generations of Music

Last weekend we held our seventh annual anniversary conference at the Ebenezer Regular Baptist Church. As part of the conference, my son Michael, a teen named Rodrigo, and myself performed a recorder arrangement of the hymn Holy, Holy, Holy. Go ahead and listen…then I’ll share a couple neat things about it. It goes without saying…

Focus Brazil 2019, Part 6: English Day
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Focus Brazil 2019, Part 6: English Day

This is the final installment of our report on the visit of a missions team from Fellowship Baptist Church in Lakeland Florida. Read parts one, two, three, four, and five. The main…well…focus of the F.O.C.U.S. team this year was English Day, an event where we invited people from the English speaking community for a day…

F.O.C.U.S. Brazil Part 3: The Dunes
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F.O.C.U.S. Brazil Part 3: The Dunes

This is a continuation of our report on the visit of a missions team from Fellowship Baptist Church in Lakeland Florida. Read parts one and two. A mere two-hour drive from our camp project lie the Lençoís Maranhenses dunes. So spectacular is this natural wonder that Marvel used them as a backdrop for scenes in…

Ebenezer Sunday School 2.0
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Ebenezer Sunday School 2.0

On Sunday (August Fourth) the Ebenezer congregation held the grand re-opening of our Sunday School program. Several changes were implemented: a new time (morning as opposed to afternoon), more time (two hours as opposed to one), and structure (an opening assembly, an hour of class time, a closing assembly). To commemorate this new phase in…