This year the Season of Advent begins on the 3rd December. This Christian Season teaches us the lessons of waiting; anticipating; hope; patience; to watch and be ready, prepare - in view of waiting for Christ's birth and the King's Second Coming.
Some churches choose to celebrate Halloween Festival and others shun such festival. We understood that Halloween Festival is rooted in a yearly Celtic pagan festival known as Samhain.
We had our Good Friday Tenebrae (Tenebrae is Latin for “shadows” or “darkness”) worship service. It was a series of Scripture readings, meditations and prayers done in stages while the candles were gradually extinguished to symbolise the gradual darkness of Jesus’ death and a world without true hope.
ICF is holding our Good Friday Evening Service on 7th April, 7:30 PM. We will be contemplating and meditating on the sufferings and death of Jesus Christ on the Cross.
Today is Ash Wednesday (22 February). It marks the beginning of the 40 days of Lent. It is a time to pray, fast, reflect and repent – returning to the Lord with our whole heart.
We are sure you had a good celebration of the Lunar New Year (known as Tet here in Vietnam) and with all the feasting and partying over, it is time to start work again and face the reality of life.