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SUNDAY CHOICE – He Knows My Name – Charles Schokman The sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. –John 10:3 When we attended a large church, we learned new things, joined a great small group, and enjoyed the worshipful music. But I didn’t realize for a long time that I missed something—the pastor had no idea who I was. Because of the thousands in attendance, I understood that it would be impossible for him to know each person by name. Then, when we began attending a much smaller church, I received a handwritten welcome note from the pastor. After a few more weeks, Pastor Josh was calling me by name and chatting with me about my recent surgery. It felt good to be personally acknowledged. All of us have a desire to be known—especially by God. A song by Tommy Walker, “He Knows ...

St Stephen’s Church Negombo – By Prashanth Sentilkumar Source : Prashanth Sentilkumar Linkedin After ascending to the top of the Negombo Fort, I saw a church which was about 500m towards the north, quite an old structure but beautifully painted in white. So I headed down from the mound and walked on to a carpeted road towards an open gate , walking past the gate, I came towards the garden of the Church, beautifully maintained and well pruned. The church was quite a big flat beautifully constructed gothic designed church. For some reason, it reminded me of Zimbabwean Architecture although I have never been to Zimbabwe in my life. However, when I watch cricket matches I always witness the grandstand at the Harare cricket grounds and I have a weird habit of doing internet searches of the particular country that I find interesting to check on their architecture, food and prominent places. ...