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St Andrew's Cathedral, Asunción

Read about the truck we funded via our 2006 flower festival
Read about the 24-hour prayer room which we helped to fund
Read about the toy library's work

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Paraguay, in the centre of South America, is witnessing an evangelical revival. Many young people are turning to Christianity and appreciate the informality and bible-based teaching of evangelical worship, contrasting with the more high-church style of South American Catholicism.

		At the centre of this movement is the Anglican Cathedral of St Andrew in the capital, Asunción, where there is a large youth ministry including an outreach programme to schools in the city. The cathedral has had to be rebuilt due to decay in the original building. Holy Trinity has supported this rebuilding and has forged a close link with St Andrew's, which was strengthened when a former bishop from Asunción came to visit us in Ripon. The project has been running for 2 years; building work is virtually complete but more is needed in terms of acoustic panels, a sound system, chairs, and external work (noise pollution is a big problem because of traffic). A sound system may not seem like a critically important aspect - but it means that the church can do more outreach work, holding concerts and hosting weddings. The cathedral has an important ministry among street children, as well as bringing unchurched youth to God. The recent building work, which Holy Trinity has supported, provides vital employment for builders, roofers, carpenters, painters, electricians, plumbers, tilers, gardeners and maintenance people - all of whom are exposed to the witness and ministry of the cathedral.


St Andrew's Cathedral


The car park was hopeless - dusty but prone to flood in periods of rain, and damaging to the undersides of cars.		The new car park is safer and cleaner, and much more welcoming.


In 2005, St Andrew´s Early Years Teacher Training College started toy library sessions for street children in the church hall		...and parachute play in the cathedral grounds


Up to 100 street children at a time can have an exciting morning playing with toys and dressing up. They have the time of their lives!		The 'Youth in the Spirit' programme sees over 100 young people meet monthly in the church hall/cathedral


Youth service numbers grow as young people, very hungry to know God, bring their friends. More than half the group of 25-30 are young men.		With the acoustics balanced and good sound equipment, the building can be let out for weddings, concerts and theological seminars.

Prayer requests:

The outreach work among teenagers
The toy library, going out into the slums
A resolution of the acoustics problems in the Cathedral
The prayer room, that it be in a continued blessing
The Spanish congregation
Being able to move out of the Church hall and into the building
The Diocesan Executive committee & all the diocese as they seek to appoint a new bishop