‘A farmer will not leave the seed in the barn, instead he will go and scatter it!’

The Challenge We Heard

This was a challenge we both heard clearly one Sunday morning in a church service. Growing up in Sunday school we were taught “The Parable of the Sower”. The seed represents the Word of God and the soil, the different conditions of the human heart. Whether a heart is hard, divided, shallow or receptive, we as the sower are told to go and scatter the good news of the gospel.

Scattering the Seed This Summer

Over the summer months the seed of the gospel has been scattered through camp, 5-Day Clubs and Holiday Bible Clubs. The seed has fallen and we are waiting in anticipation for the fruit.

As we have trekked the streets promoting various ministries in the area, it has been a joy to talk to, encourage and pray with people on their doorsteps. Building relationships and having that presence within your local community opens doors of opportunity for the gospel to be presented.

One Teacher, One Seed, One Family

After one of our summer clubs this year, a school teacher approached us. In a previous school while teaching Religious Education, unknown to the teacher a child had listened, gone home and explained what had been taught that day to their family.

Years later, in remembrance of the mother who had been called home by God, the family acknowledged their heartfelt thanks to the teacher for sowing the seed of the gospel. God had used this teacher to impact and change their family for eternity. Through one school teacher scattering the seed, a child and members of their family came to a saving faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Will You Pray With Us?

Are we scattering seeds of kindness, encouragement, compassion and love for those that we come into contact with? As we scatter the seed of the gospel in this area of Ireland, will you pray with us that God will give much fruit?

-Testimony from workers in CEF of Ireland (Philip & Rachael)

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