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Photojournalism in Slovakia

By Todd Patterson, on May 2nd, 2013

According to a news report that I just read, the Slovak news magazine “.tyzden” has won 11 prizes in the “Best of Photojournalism” contest organized by the National Press Photographers Association. That means that .tyždeň brought home the most number of awards, beating out Newsweek and The Seattle Times who won eight and six awards respectively. And that’s not to mention Sports Illustrated, National Geographic, New York Times Magazine…).

Narnia Property Update

By Todd Patterson, on May 2nd, 2013

narnia campus

We’re starting to be optimistic about the possibility of purchasing property for Narnia Elementary School. This last week we received two pieces of good news. One came as a result of the end of the third round of public bidding and the other was news about loan approval.

I Must also See Rome!

By Todd Patterson, on March 23rd, 2013

In this series I’ve been trying to demonstrate that the book of Acts works like a story. It has a tension that finds resolution at the end. In other words, it has a climactic conclusion. In these next two posts, I want to show that nested in the story of Acts is another story. It’s the story of Paul’s journey to Rome via Jerusalem. This story has its own tension and resolution while at the same time bringing the story of Acts to its climactic resolution.

2013 Spring Photos

By Todd Patterson, on March 22nd, 2013

2013 spring

Winter is over (at least according to certain artificial definitions of the seasons that have little relation to empirical characteristics normally perceived as winter-like) and so our winter photo gallery is now complete.

That means, of course, that our spring gallery has begun. We’ve started it off with a few pictures of Friday afternoon youth group. This group is made up of fourth through sixth graders from our church and from Narnia. There are just a few photos for now but we’ll be adding more right up until the day the earth begins to reverse its tilt.

Membership Classes

By Todd Patterson, on March 21st, 2013

membership class

I’ve talked about the growth of our attendance in previous posts. Baptism and church membership are some of the best ways that we can see the fruit of evangelism. In our church, this is the time of year for both of those.

Twinkle Twinkle

By Todd Patterson, on March 21st, 2013

Elisabeth and two of her classmates play Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star for their music school’s Winter concert. That violin is starting to sound pretty good.

Freeing the Church from My Pantheon of Priorities

By Todd Patterson, on March 12th, 2013

richard baxter

Recently I read this blog post by Greg Strand, the Director of Biblical Theology and Credentialing for the EFCA. In the post he challenges us to reflect on the dichotomy of theological academia and ministry. In my post dissertation phase of life–teaching at a seminary and serving as an elder in our church, that tension between theological academia and ministry is where I live.

Malí Muzikanti Gets Traction

By Todd Patterson, on February 11th, 2013

Starting in the fall of 2011 Jana has been trying to start up a Music Together class here in Banská Bystrica. Unfortunately there were never enough kids signed up to meet the minimum requirements for a group.

Our 2013 Winter Pictures

By Todd Patterson, on February 2nd, 2013

2013 winter

In this gallery we have photos of our family winter activities including hikes in the hills, family game night, and Max’s family birthday party. We also have some photos of ministry activities like membership class, our campus debate club, kid led worship on Sunday and a valentine dinner for couples in the church.

Enjoy!

2013 spring

2013 winter

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