Sunday 16 August 2009

What Are You Doing Sunday?

I saw this group assembled near the Papal Cross area of the Phoenix Park. I was curious and got closer to see what was happening. They were Brazilian people and were members of "Assembly of God", an Evangelical Christian denomination (Grupo de Evangelismo). They are being addressed in Portugeuse by a preacher and some are holding Holy Bibles, some are wearing Brazilian football jerseys and most of them are young people. I don't know if they gather here regularly, or it they also have an actual church building somewhere in the city, but they certainly came prepared - with snacks and minerals and music, and of course a few footballs.
A few weeks ago I came across a group called the Korean Catholic Community in Ireland playing volleyball near the same place, and that's the thing about the Phoenix Park - you will always see something interesting there.

5 comments:

Maria said...

We have the Assembly of God out here in Lucknow as well, would you believe. Lovely people. One of them's a close friend of mine.

Terry said...

Howdy
Happy Sunday to you.
Liked the post .
What a beautiful place to gather.
Thank you so much for sharing.
May you have a wonderful week ahead filled with many moments of joy.
Happy Trails

Zuzana said...

That seems like a modern religion to me.;))
I like the picture as it captures so much motion and emotions at the same time;)

steviewren said...

Sunday greetings from Alabama!

Blogaire said...

Thank you all for commenting!
I did some research and was surprised to discover that Assembly of God is the World's largest Pentecostal Christian denomination with nearly 60 million followers in 110 countries Worldwide. It is the 4th largest body of Christians.
Have a good week everybody.