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A picture of the Crieff Church with about 80 people who attended the Scottish Mission Officers Training day. Picture taken from the front of the church, from behind the presenter to capture the fact that most of the seats are full

Scottish Mission Local Church Officers Training Day, 15 January 2023

Crieff Seventh-day Adventist ChurchWeiers Coetser

The Scottish Mission Local Church Officers Training day, which was held in the Crieff Seventh-day Adventist Church on 15 January 2023 has been described as one of the best yet. Here are some photos capturing the event. A full article about the event is available here.

Pastor Jacque venter sits at the front of the Crieff church working on his laptop while Pastor Wilfred Masih preaches for the morning devotion.
Scottish Mission Local Church Officers Training Day, 15 January 2023
Pastor Wilfred Massih at the front of the Crieff church. Photographer is positioned slightly behind him, in order to capture a few members sitting in front of the church. This was carefully done to hide away all the empty chairs in the building. This was the first presentation of the day. People were still trickling in. later the building would be filled to the brim.
Pastor Jimmy Botha standing at the lectern at the front of the Crieff church
Picture of the audience in the Crieff church taken from the side as pastor Jimmy Botha welcomes members to the Crieff Church for the training day. The picture shows perhaps 40 people. It is not a full image of the church. Pastor Jacques Venter is sitting in the front row with his laptop open. He is working very hard to get his presentation ready for church clerks later in the day.)
Scottish Mission Local Church Officers Training Day, 15 January 2023
Audience in the Crieff church listens to pastor Anthony Waggenersmith as he presents on church growth by addition and mulitpilcation. On the screen he has an image of two people's hands looking like they want to interlock the fingers together. Each person has a tatoo of an anchor on their ring finger, indicating that they have co-ordinated this. (Haha - I wonder if anybody has ever asked him if he condones tatoos by using that picture! It is a nice picture though.)
Pastor Jimmy thanks Anthony Waggenersmith for his inspiring presentation on church growth principles.
Pastor Ratko Risteski is introduced as the latest pastor to join the Scottish Mission team.
Trevor Johnson from the Stanborough Press talks about the work of the Press in the British Union Conference and how it serves the Irish Mission. He is standing at a lectern at the front of the church with the large screen with the Stanborough Press logo in the right hand corner.
Scottish Mission Local Church Officers Training Day, 15 January 2023
Women's Ministries leaders meet to talk about plans for the Women's Ministries department.
Scottish Mission Local Church Officers Training Day, 15 January 2023
Pastor Njabulo Ndlovu, Scottish Mission Pathfinder co-sponsor, together with Pastor Kevin Johns, youth director of the British Union Conference.
Scottish Mission Local Church Officers Training Day, 15 January 2023
Attendees browse the Stanborough Press bookshop that was set up at the back of the venue.
Aftab Barki updates local church treasurers on important aspect of the treasurry work.
Pastor Sam Davies was in one of the Crieff church's children's classrooms presenting some key ideas about the importance. Others in the photo are Ruth Arthur from the Crieff churc and Hellevi from the Scottish Misison Office.
Lunch was delicious and the conversation was stimulating. Looking at the camera is Pastor Les Ackie, Family Life director of the British Union Conference. In the foreground is Manuel Vieira, elder of the Aberdeen Church.
Church leaders networking with each other over lunch.
Pastor Jimmy Botha and Hellevi Walker hard at work making sure that everyone is being fed.
Photo of the Crieff Seventh-day Adventist church from the road level, with a fallen tree trunk in the foreground. The church is slightly obscured by shrubs growing in the garden.
Photo of Nancy and Ifeoma from the Aberdeen church standing at the entrance of the Crieff church.
This was the cover photo for the event. A photo of attendees of the event (approximatley 70) who are gathered for the final plenary session of the day.
Pastor Jimmy Botha thanks one of the members of the treasury team who travelled from Watford for the training event.
Pastor Jimmy Botha and members of the British Union Treasury team, and pastor Jacques Venter pose for a photo at the end of the day. (In the photo from left to right - Jimmy Botha, Aftab Barkey, a lady from the Adventist Risk Management team, Sandra Aguiar,Jacques Venter, Steve Okelo, and Wedderly Aguiar

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