Bega Kwa Bega Fall Festival
This Saturday, November 5, from 8:30 to 11:30 AM, a couple hundred people from around the Saint Paul Area Synod will gather at Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church in St. Paul to celebrate a wonderful partnership -- our Bega Kwa Bega relationship with the Iringa Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania.
The annual Fall Festival brings together many of the hundreds of people in Minnesota congregations who have traveled to Tanzania to form partnerships with remote rural congregations there. Shepherd of the Valley's partnership with the people of Tungamalenga Parish is just one of 70 such partnerships within the synod to diocese umbrella partnership.
Special guests at the gathering this weekend are Rev. Lusungu Msigwa, who serves as Bega Kwa Bega liaison for the Iringa Diocese, and Rev. Blastone Gavile, who serves as Dean of the Diocese, or assistant to the bishop.
Msigwa is a special friend to those of us from Shepherd of the Valley. He served as our translator during our trip in August 2010, spending an entire week with us, away from his family and diocese work. His guidance and friendship was of invaluable assistance to us both during that trip and as a facilitator of communication ever since.
The Fall Festival schedule includes a time for worship, with Dean Gavile preaching, and then time for break out sessions featuring the work of many affiliate partners: the healthcare work of Shoulder to Shoulder, the water and sanitation work of St. Paul Partners, updates from the Agricultural Institute, Radio Furaha, Microfinance, and the brand new efforts of the Tanzania Million Tree Project. There are also sessions about travel information and cultural issues, as well as information about our secondary scholarship program.
Finally, the morning includes the announcement of the winners of the BKB Photo Contest. Wonderful photos of our partnerships will be on display.
It's going to be quite a morning -- all are welcome.
The annual Fall Festival brings together many of the hundreds of people in Minnesota congregations who have traveled to Tanzania to form partnerships with remote rural congregations there. Shepherd of the Valley's partnership with the people of Tungamalenga Parish is just one of 70 such partnerships within the synod to diocese umbrella partnership.
Special guests at the gathering this weekend are Rev. Lusungu Msigwa, who serves as Bega Kwa Bega liaison for the Iringa Diocese, and Rev. Blastone Gavile, who serves as Dean of the Diocese, or assistant to the bishop.
Msigwa is a special friend to those of us from Shepherd of the Valley. He served as our translator during our trip in August 2010, spending an entire week with us, away from his family and diocese work. His guidance and friendship was of invaluable assistance to us both during that trip and as a facilitator of communication ever since.
The Fall Festival schedule includes a time for worship, with Dean Gavile preaching, and then time for break out sessions featuring the work of many affiliate partners: the healthcare work of Shoulder to Shoulder, the water and sanitation work of St. Paul Partners, updates from the Agricultural Institute, Radio Furaha, Microfinance, and the brand new efforts of the Tanzania Million Tree Project. There are also sessions about travel information and cultural issues, as well as information about our secondary scholarship program.
Finally, the morning includes the announcement of the winners of the BKB Photo Contest. Wonderful photos of our partnerships will be on display.
It's going to be quite a morning -- all are welcome.
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