San Ramón: The Ministry

The ministry in San Ramón is in its first stages. Every Sunday afternoon, a small group of members of the 21 de Mayo church take two city buses out to San Ramón. By bus, the trip takes around one hour. The church has a separate offering box for members to give towards the ministry in San Ramón. These funds help pay for the bus fares, snacks, and crafts for the children's club. I was very pleased to see their "ownership" in these things.

Upon arriving in San Ramón, the team divides up. One group opens up the house and gets the rooms ready for the kids (see above). The other group starts walking down the streets of San Ramón to greet and remind the children, who are playing on the streets, that the kids club is starting.

Above: Pastor Marcelo and his wife, Teresa, talk with a young mother and several children. The desire is to develop relationships with fathers and mothers in San Ramón through the kid's club.

The children are taught new songs and choruses that teach about God and the Gospel.

Above: two young people from the church come each week to help play the guitar for song time.
Their willingness to be a part of the ministry in San Ramón is encouraging. It gives them a chance to serve and use their talents for the Lord.


A Bible verse is taught each week. The emphasis is learning the truths in the verse and not just memorization.

There is a teaching rotation with five teachers from the church. I was pleased to see that the lessons are from the chronological New Tribes Sunday school curriculum. Kristi and I hope to be put on this teaching rotation once we move to Temuco. The beauty of the teaching rotation is that the people of the church are involved and not just one person, or couple, is doing all of the teaching. This also breeds ownership and stretches each team member in ministry opportunities.

The club ends with some coloring/craft time as well as some snacks. The kids then all walk home and are encouraged to come back the following week.

It is the goal of the 21 de Mayo church to morph this club into a "preaching point" in the near future. This will give additional opportunities not only for me to practice teaching/preaching in Spanish, but it will give the other men of the church opportunities to share as well.

Please pray for this exciting ministry in San Ramón. So much potential. So many opportunities. So many families without the Gospel and Biblical truth.

The next post will be about "The People of San Ramón". Come back again tomorrow.