Institute: Unleashing the Power of Biblical Storytelling

Our first week in The Gambia, March 8-13, 2011, we led an Institute in collaboration with The Gambia Christian Council. We called it "Unleashing the Power of Biblical Storytelling in Worship and Ministry."

This Institute took place in celebration of Bible Week and indeed unleashed a lot of power! The Gambians are excellent storytellers and the Bible is full of excellent stories. It was a good match.

Most of the workshops took place outside under trees or this gazebo.

The Institute was free. The participants invited were pastors, Christian educators and laity of every faith tradition.

Staying with us at the Gambia Pastoral Institute for the first week was Rev. George Vimensi Minang from Cameroon. He brought greetings from Cameroon which he presented to our group's leader, Mrs. Juliana Rowe.

George had not come as far as we had, but it had taken him just as long due to various travel adventures and misadventures. He finally arrived safe and sound.

We all thoroughly enjoyed George's company during the week as well as his participation in the Institute. We were very impressed by his dedication to learning about biblical storytelling and teaching others. Since our visit we have been pleased to hear from him; he has continued to enable the telling of God's stories by heart in his home country of Cameroon.