Author Archives: Matthew
Harvest Festival 2018
Photos from the Harvest Festival at the English-Speaking United Methodist Church of Vienna on 14 October 2018.
Hocking Hills
I took a break from missionary itineration for a family vacation in Hocking Hills (Ohio, USA).
Mission theology at East Ohio Mission u
On Saturday, July 21, I presented about mission theology and my mission experience to the East Ohio Mission u (formerly the School of Christian Mission). Mission u is an annual summer opportunity for lay women to learn about contemporary social and mission issues and their responsibility to fulfilling the mission work of the church. Mission […]
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Singapore
I visited Singapore in mid-July for a few days vacation.
2018 Austria Annual Conference in Vienna
The English-Speaking United Methodist Church of Vienna hosted the 89th Session of the Austria Provisional Annual Conference of The United Methodist Church. The conference’s theme was “Building Bridges through Multicultural Congregations”.
As I come down to the river to pray…
Fariba Sadat Sadreddini and Seyed Mojtaba Rezaei Sani were baptized into the Christian faith by Matthew Laferty on Sunday, 3 June 2018, in the Oberes Muehlwasser in Vienna. They also entered into professing membership in the English-Speaking United Methodist Church of Vienna.
Christ is the light of the world
Note: This devotional was written for the Lenten devotional series for the Moscow Protestant Chaplaincy in Moscow, Russia. I served as MPC chaplain from 2011-2015. “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” John 8:12 (NRSV) Recently I traveled to Ghana […]
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Christmas Pageant
Children’s Christmas pageant at the English-Speaking United Methodist Church of Vienna on 10 December 2017
