Church in Doha

There are still some who ask me about church on sundays or whether there is a church in doha in the first place. Yes, there are churches in Doha - and quite good services and preaching also (but worship not as high standard as VFC). In one of the sermons, the pastor talked about persecution and mentioned that we can check out more in http://www.persecution.com/ - encourage you guys to check this out as well.

This pastor, Pastor Gene, preached pretty well - structured, straight from the word - as in interpret the word for you and always manage to capture the congregation's attention - through jokes.. esp that he always start his sermon with a joke. I have remembered one for you below..enjoy.

A mother have 3 sons who have graduated and left their hometown for work elsewhere. After about 3 years, the 3 sons decided to buy and send something back to their mother, out of respect, who is still in the hometown.

The 1st son bought a big house, thinking that the mother will enjoy it in her old retirement years.
The 2nd son bought a car, thinking that this is one luxury which the mother never have.
The 3rd son remembered that the mother loves reading the bible a lot - so he bought a parrot who can recite the entire bible (just say the chapter and verse to it) because the mother is old and aging in her eyes.

After about 3 months, the mother wrote a letter back to the 3 sons.
To the 1st son, she said "this house is too big.. I am getting tired cleaning it everyday"
To the 2nd son, she said "the car is nice, but I don't have any places to go with it"
To the 3rd son, she said "you know what your mum likes best. Thanks for the chicken. It tastes delicious."

ha.

ok, jokes aside. one reminder to all - READ your Bible.