EPIC/Gateway Newsletter from Turkey: February 12, 2010
First Kurmanji Worship service: Dêra Beytel
I want to thank each one of you for your prayers for this historical meeting. Last night (Thursday) we prayed, read Psalms, sang 6 worship songs and a sermon was given in the Kurmanji language. One of those who attended said, “Being able to worship in the language of my heart is something that I have only dreamed of”. Another said, “I believe that one day this will be the largest fellowship in the country.” Another brother commented, “When other Kurdish brothers and sisters know about this they will pour in, and we will have so many Kurds that will come just to hear something in their own language!”. (See Pictures of the service on our Facebook page)
The beginning of the service is provided below:
Ev evar çima em civiyan? Em Mesîhî ne û di zimanê Kurdî de îsa Mesîh bilind bikin û pesnê wî bidin. Di vî welatê da îbadeta Kurdî tunebû, îlahîyên Kurdî nedihat gotin, Duayên Kurdî nedihat kirin û Waazê Kurdî nedihat kirin. Lê îro wê Peyxama Yûhenna: 7:9 di nav Kurdan de bê holê!
This evening why have we gathered together?
We are Christians, and we wish to praise and worship Jesus Christ in the Kurdish language. In this country there has never been a Kurdish service, there has never been Kurdish praise songs sung, prayers in Kurdish have not been given and preaching in Kurdish has never happened. But today what the prophet John said in Revelation we see happening here among the Kurds…
Prayer points:
1. Pray as we plan for the next service that will take place the end of March. Preparation for these services is tedious as we have to translate each verse for everything preached and read into Kurmanji that is understandable, and this takes hours. Unfortunately there is not a usable Kurmanji translation available.
2. Pray as we begin to prepare worship material so that we do not have to sing along with a CD. There are a few who will help with this.
3. Pray for J. as he will be preparing to preach again for this next service.
4. Pray that the Lord would protect all involved from nationalists and others who would like to destroy such a work.
5. Pray that a leader would be raised among the Kurds to lead such a work so that it may continue.
Thank you for your prayers and support,
J.
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