Over 40 students complete Christian music studies in Guyana

Over 40 students graduated from the “Music for the Churches” program in Guyana last year, according to missionaries Víctor and Belén Rivas.

The Rivas have been running this program in partnership with Guyanese Outreach, a non-denominational Christian organization that collaborates with all Christian churches, offering music training to both equip current church musicians and develop new ones.

In Guyana, most musicians have limited formal training. Between 40 and 50 students of all ages participated in the program.

The program currently serves five churches: Saint Philip Lutheran Church, Agape Full Gospel Church, Olivert Church of the Nazarene, First Baptist Church, and Holy Spirit Fire Pentecostal Church. “More churches have shown interest, and this music program has truly been a blessing to us,” the Rivas shared in their latest newsletter.

“We are hoping that with your help we can continue in 2025. We want to strengthen the music skills in the different churches. Some of the ideas are buying some instruments, like guitars, small keyboards, and violin”, the missionaries wrote.

For 2025, the Rivas outlined several goals: developing an app for the Lutheran Guyanese Hymnal, continuing with the five music groups, and “visiting the brothers and sisters to pray with them and study the Bible together.”

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A double blessing: father and son confirm their faith together

Anthony and Alfonzo Freitez, father and son respectively, were confirmed to the glory of the Lord at Divine Providence Lutheran Church in Chile, a congregation led by missionary pastor Adrián Ventura.

Both were beneficiaries of the Temporary Shelter Program for Immigrants run by the Fundación GLO Chile (GLO Foundation in Chile). Now, this father and his young son from Venezuela are official members of the congregation.

But the remarkable detail doesn’t end there. The confirmation was also officiated by a father and son duo, Pastor Adrián and Josué Ventura, who was visiting Chile at the time.

Regarding this pleasant coincidence, Pastor Adrián stated: “This is the first time in 28 years of ministry that I’ve seen a pastor father and his pastor son officiate the confirmation of a father and his son as they become new members of a Lutheran congregation. Thank you, beloved God!”

We give thanks to the Lord for this joy!