CC Prague's First Sunday Service!

"Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!" Psalm 133:1

...and it was sweet as our small group gathered together for our first Sunday morning service!

In some ways it was no different than what Jason and Tomaš have faithfully been doing for almost a year now...teach-ing the Word verse by verse with translation into Czech. The only difference was the location! Instead of in Jason's apt., now we have this great building!

But what is a church, really? Not the building, but the people, of course, and we were blessed with help from some wonderful people from Roudnice this first Sunday.

Franta and Alysia came and shared their talent in music and worship.

Alysia's husband Zdenek and their two daughters joined us, too.

After service it was a good time for folks to hang out with some coffee and snacks and just get to know each other better.

And so although the church is the people, we are blessed to have this great building that has not just a place for the serivce to meet, but also room enough for people to hang around afterwards and fellowship. We are blessed!

We have a lot of room to grow in this location and we pray, and believe that God will fill it in His timing and His way! Thank you so much for your prayers! Please continue to pray for us here in Prague

Our Loss is Spain's Gain

It has been raining here the last few days in Prague but we are sure the sun is shining in Spain. Maybe not according to the weather reports but rather because a bright shining light just flew from Prague to Spain.

Noelle Swedlow was with us here in Prague for

just a few months, but the impact she made on the laying of the foundation for Calvary Chapel Prague was significant and will always be appreciated. Even though we knew that when she came here should would be eventually returning to Spain, it was still hard to see her go. She will always be a part of our team.

Noelle was always ready to help, and not just to help, but with a smile and a cheerful attitude no matter what was required. Here she is putting together the sack lunches we give away to the homeless.

When she and Cara moved here to join the team neither had ever even met each other, but they quickly became fast friends. Cara credits Noelle with being one of the main tools that God used to really help her through the first few hard months of cultural transition, etc.

It was hard to find pictures of just Noelle because she was so often with someone...helping, encouraging, or just having fun....that is Noelle.

Here she is with Sharka celebrating each other's birthdays. She made friends with Sharka during the Easter outreach at the student dormitory.

This may not be the best photo of Noelle, but to those who know her it speaks volumes about who she is. Not only does it showing her doing one of the things she loves, but she is going for it, giving her all, wanting to win the prize, not worrying about whether she is recognized or not, and having fun in the process! We love you Noelle and know God has you in the palm of His hand. You are welcome back to Prague anytime!

Summer Outreach Prayer Request

They say that " a picture is worth a thousand words" and this summer we have an opportunity to "speak" millions of words about God's love to the people of Prague! We have an opportunity to do some outdoor evangelism utilizing some of the dynamic creative visual ministries from Calvary Chapel Kyiv, Ukraine.

Their drama team and a young man who does something really unique that could best be called "Paint-ing Evangelism" are available to come to Prague and we would like to ask you to be praying with us about this. Ukrainians need visas to enter the Czech Republic and for a group this size to come that distance there are a lot of practical needs that need to be met as well. Please pray that God would give us wisdom and open all the necessary doors if this is indeed something that God desires would take place this summer with us in Prague.

Our First Blog

Ok...so here it is, our first post on our first blog.

Here is where we - the team here at Calvary Chapel Prague - will keep you, our friends and family, updated on our latests news, prayer requests and praise reports.

You can reach us at ThePragueTeam@gmail.com

Watch for more news and info soon!