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- Tiferet Yeshua Congregation
- May 31, 2023
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Holocaust Survivors & Holiday Outreaches
Tiferet Yeshua Congregation
Tel Aviv
This year, our Passover Holocaust survivors’ event was especially meaningful for all of us! We all felt a special sense of joy throughout. Many of the guests asked us about our faith, much more than in previous years, and there was a great openness for us to share about our hope in Messiah.
Holocaust Remembrance Day comes one week after the Passover holiday, so it is very meaningful for us to celebrate the victory of life over death with these survivors. We even had the honor of celebrating Yosef’s 95th birthday (see photo), a man who has endured unimaginable trials in the Holocaust and in his life afterwards. Seeing him with a smile on his face, as we honored him, truly delighted my heart! Our sincerest thanks to all of you who support this important outreach!
TEL AVIV Street Outreach
When the weather warms up, we like to head out to the parks of Tel Aviv to share the gospel: we call it our “Gospel Grill Outreach.” We bring food and instruments for worship. When planning this outreach, we felt led to head to a specific area on the sea boardwalk in Tel Aviv, a place where there are paths and grassy areas where we could set up our grills. (Little did we know that the very next day, this spot would become the scene of an attack when a terrorist rammed his car into a group of tourists, sadly killing one man.)
Everyone who participated felt that there was a special openness in the people they had the opportunity to speak to, and they felt that there was grace in their conversations with them. There was also a group of Bible students from Glaubenszentrum Bible School in Germany who did a wonderful job of talking with people and sharing the hope they have in the Jewish Messiah. People also approached the group when we were worshipping to ask about who we are.
Quite a few people took home New Testaments and booklets with the biblical prophesies about the Messiah. Several people we spoke to said that they would like to be in touch with us to learn more. Days later, a woman the group witnessed to, came to our main service and was deeply touched by the message. Since then, she has been back every week. Praise God! Please pray for all the people whom God brought into our path during this outreach, that the seeds of the gospel would fall on good soil and that the Holy Spirit would water them to bring forth a harvest of salvation.
