We had a very good weekend with the growing churches in Skien and in Stokke. The church in Skien celebrated the official dedication of their new meeting place. A lot of new people attended the well planned service. The highlight of the gathering was the group of refugees singing and dancing to the glory of God.
In the service in Stokke we took part in setting in through the laying on of hands Tormod Sandvik as a new elder in addition to Lasse Tretteteig and Geir Mellingen who already serve as elders to the church. Many encouraging prophetic words were spoken to them and to the church.
It is wonderful to see these two churches in the eastern part of Norway being in a phase of enlargement and reaching out. I am convinced that what we are seeing taking place in these two young churches we will see take place many other places in that part of Norway.