What a great workshop with Dr. Pat Cate this morning! He taught a Discover Missions Workshop that was required for our Shepherd School Students and open to anyone who wanted to attend. He did a great job! Many of our people have read Pat’s missions workbook Through God’s Eyes. I require it in my first year missions classes. Some of our short termers have used it, too. Pat served in Iran, Egypt and for 20 years was president of Christar. He has a Ph.D. in Islamic studies.

The first section this moring was very effective. Pat opened by asking for concerns about missions. The issues raised were written on the white board, and then he dealt with them one by one. In the second session he divided the group in two and sent one to another room. Each group learned some basic cultural rules and formed a people group with their own culture. They spent some time practicing and refining their cultures. Then, small groups were sent from one culture to visit the other. Eventually, everyone got to visit the other culture. What a blast! There was much laughing as well as confusion and frustration. Those who participated will never forget it. Then final session explored what we learned through this simple exercise.

Dr. Cate will be speaking in both services in the morning. I am posting this so late most of you won’t read this until it’s too late to come and hear him. As always, you can listen to the message on the www.kcbt.org website.