This is the outside of my new church building. This is Holy Trinity Cathedral, Karachi and where I worship on a Sunday.It was built in the 1800 and is surrounded a lot of open land.
If you look under the tree, you will see a little black car which is mine, it is also parked in the prime parking place, as there is very little shade in the Cathedral Compound, finally my obsession with being early has paid off!!
The congregation is mainly Pakistani, with a smattering of ex pats from the UK, Korea, Germany and Philipines. It is great to be popart of such an international mixture of people. There are 3 services ever Sunday morning, a communion sevice at 8 am and then another at 9.15 which alternates betweeen communion and Family Service. Both these services are in English. They are followed at 11am with a Communion Service in Urdu.
3 comments:
You never cease to make me smile, Michael! I remember how you always want to be early so I'm not surprised you've bagsed (?) the shady spot for your car! It's a bit like the Germans with the towels! It's funny to see such a traditional looking church over there.
Wish Tom kept up with his blog like you do,
Lots of love,
Angela xXx
Don't be fooled folks, the service does not necessarily start on time, so others are more relaxed about when they turn up. 'As the Spirit leads' takes on an extended meaning in Karachi. Great to see that Michael is able to enjoy being in the lap of luxury and intends keeping it that way. So much for Pakistan being a tough assignment! There are plenty of interesting things to see and do and the extreme contrasts in living standards are also a challenge.
As his first overnight guest in his lovely flat I just hope he will stay there a good length of time and get lots of visitors.
John
So Michael, have you started leading the communion services in Urdu yet...?
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