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Neeye Nirantharam



Tamil Christian Song Unga Kirubai thaan





Thanimaiyin Paathaiyil - Tamil Christian song




Thuthithu paadida Paathiramae - Tamil Christian song



 
The Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC) traces its beginnings from the missionary efforts of the first Lutheran missionary to Guntur, C. F. Heyer, in 1842. "Father" Heyer was deployed by the Ministerium of Pennsylvania, the oldest synod in North America. Work started by the North German Missionary Society in 1845 was turned over to the American Lutherans in 1850. As the work spread, Guntur became the center for general and higher education, and Rajahmundry, an old Telugu center of learning and culture, became the center for theological education. The Bible training school set up there in 1885 later became Luthergiri Seminary. The AELC was constituted in 1927. Prior to this it was a mission of the United Lutheran Church in America (now part of the ELCA).

With more than 400,000 members, the AELC is considered the third largest Lutheran church in Asia. It has been a member of the LWF since 1950. It is served by 250 ordained pastors and a large number of workers in areas of evangelism, education, health, and other diaconic ministries. AELC's work is mainly in the state of Andhra Pradesh, a Telugu-speaking region. Evangelism is carried out through film, radio, and personal work. Bible women are effective in gaining access to Hindu and Muslim homes. The AELC runs 500 Sunday schools. Over 30,000 women regularly study the Bible and promote the Christian faith. Five ashrams give people of various castes and ethnic backgrounds opportunities to live and study together.

 The church operates a college of education, 19 secondary schools, a school of law, and cooperates in running an interdenominational college. For vocational training, it operates an agricultural school, a sewing school, two industrial schools for boys and girls, and a Bible school. The Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church once had eight hospitals, products of the work of pioneer missionary Dr. Anna S. Kugler of Philadelphia. Beginning in 1883, her work attracted many influential Indian women and men. 
 
In recent years, many of the hospitals have been turned over to the government, but the AELC continues to operate two. The AELC works with people suffering from leprosy, and includes health education in its community development work. The Christian Medical College and Hospital in the city of Vellore is a major center for healing and teaching. Two important theological schools are located in AELC territory. 

The United Theological College in Bangalore, founded in 1910, is the main Protestant institution for graduate theological studies. It has one of the best theological libraries in Asia. The Gurukul Lutheran Theological College and Research Center in Madras relates to all Lutheran churches in India. It has a strong program relating to issues of urbanization and an accredited women's study program. The AELC is one of ten members of the United Evangelical Lutheran Churches in India. 

The UELCI is a member of the World Council of Churches and the Christian Conference of Asia. The UELCI carries out mission development in India, and has also become a member of the United Mission to Nepal. 

Signaling a new direction for online music services, Liquid Audio launched the BurnITFIRST digital music subscription service this week, offering users the ability to burn CDs and transfer music to portable devices.
The subscription service unveiled late Monday features Christian music offered through Liquid Audio's partnership with leading Christian music company EMI Christian Music Group, a unit of EMI Music.
The new service differs from similar online offerings in that the music doesn't "time out," or disappear from users' hard drives after the allotted subscription time, and users can move the music off their computers to a variety of portable devices.

This new digital music model is one that most major record companies have being shying away from. With burning capabilities, consumers can make perfect digital copies of works that could them be potentially distributed for free. Unlike allowing copying with analog music, the distribution of digital copies represents a much larger threat to record company's business.
BurnITFirst only features Christian music, however, and it remains to be seen if any online music subscription provider would be able to offer the same sort of service with mainstream major-label offerings.
The Redwood City, California, company has said that Christian music is one of the fastest growing genres, however, outpacing jazz, classical, and new age combined.
The new service is priced at $9.95 a month, offering 20 downloads per month. Currently, the downloads are only available in the Liquid Player format, but the service will offer Windows Media support by the third quarter of this year, the company says. Using Liquid Player, consumers burn CDs, create playlists, transfer music to portable devices and combine their existing music collection with their subscription downloads.

  • When Do You Know Your Worship Is Multigenerational? By:-Dr. David Manner
    Congregations continue to look for ways to reach multigenerations in worship. This article takes a humorous, tongue-in-cheek look at stereotypical multigenerational worship practices.
  • The Beauty Of Laughter By:-DeBorrah K. Ogans
    Gelotology is the study of laughter! There is much documented research going on to study and analyze the validity of laughter! How does it impact one’s mental state? There is humor therapy, laughter therapy as well as laughter meditation! One of the earliest mentions of the health benefits of humor is in the book of Proverbs. The ability to laugh naturally can lift one from depression. How much would laughter cost if we could bottle it up and then pour it in a glass? It really is priceless!
  • Children Are So Cute By:-Nellie Shani
    One Sunday morning he asked the class to draw a picture of God. He handed out blank pieces of paper and crayons and encouraged the children to be as creative as they could. The kid with the most unusual picture of God was going to get a small gift!
  • Cultural Humor By:-Nellie Shani
    He was my father's youngest brother. He got to go "there" with his wife. I think they landed in England. He had been advised that when he was invited to a British home for a meal, all he would need to do was copy what all the other people at table were doing.
  • Careful What You Eat By:-Nellie Shani
    A little girl's father was reading his Time Magazine as she played imaginary games at his feet. From time to time, she would pretend to catch a butterfly or a beetle and say, "Look daddy I caught another one!"
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    Sure he had strong arms, but did he have a strong wit to mat6ch?
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    I ' m a police chaplain and also a part time police officer in a small rural town. There are some interesting stories that have taken place with this new duty as an officer. Here is one of them.
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    A collection of verses.
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  • Humour From The Bible!!! By:-Mark Crossley
    This was an article I was given that puts a humous perspective from what Children have said about things in the Bible so innocently. Hope you enjoy the article of one liners.
  • Snowflake Lament By:-Donald Mehl
    A fresh snowfall is truly a testimony of God ' s glorious creation. However, along with its beauty, it also brings sub-zero temperatures, dented fenders, aching backs, frozen fingers, endless shoveling ... and those evil snowplows lurking nearby to un-do all your hard work.
  • Did I Eat Him? By:-Jan Ross
    It was customary for Ron and I to quiz our grandkids on the way home from church to see if they paid attention or learned anything new. If the response was credible and it sounded like they really tried to understand, we would stop for a treat BEFORE Sunday dinner. Needless to say, Macailyn and Levi began to compete with one another to give the best answers.
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    The studio audience was immediately captivated by this adorable 4-year old on center stage. Bart ' s House Party featured little four-year old Charlie during National Firefighter ' s Week.
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    Do you have a sense of humour today?
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    An article about a TV producer who intends to produce a reality show following the rapture featuring the funniest home movies of people being raptured - and the chaos that follows.
  • Lighten And Loosen Up @ Church! By:-Mark Crossley
    This article explores fellow believers to lighten up at church instead of being too serious. Is this what your church needs to do today?
  • American-Born Hyphenated-Americanism - Humor By:-Joseph .Perello
    I am American born, but not a hyphenated-American. There are many American born citizens who insist on qualifying their heritage by appending their ethnicity to it.
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    Have you ever noticed that many people color the lies they tell? To them, lies apparently come in a verity of hues. There are white lies, black lies and lies in several shades between these two extremes. As may be expected, those who follow the art of color-lying grow more proficient the longer they practice it. They often claim the best of intentions when using color-lies.
  • What It Takes To Be An Expert On Anything By:-James Snyder
    After what seemed like months of a hectic schedule the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and Yours Truly were enjoying a relaxing evening in the parsonage living room catching up on a pile of newspapers. It is amazing to me how much the new news is like the old news, which only increases my admiration for those who write the news.
  • One Good Look At The Good Book By:-James Snyder
    I very seldom get lost when I am going somewhere. That is, unless your definition of seldom is every time I need to find a new place. Then all options are out the car window. Still I need to understand what you mean by lost.
  • Adam And His Rib By:-Joseph .Perello
    Adam, the first man, had no previous experience; he had absolutely no criteria by which to make a valued judgment of any situation. The fact he just awakened from being anesthetized during an operation in which one of his ribs was surgically removed, put him in a preliminary grogginess that impaired his reasoning.
  • It Is Wrong To Speak In Tongues When It Is Inappropriate By:-Max Aplin
    In 1 Corinthians 14 Paul instructs us not to speak in tongues in Christian services and meetings unless it is with a view to the words being interpreted into intelligible language. This teaching is often ignored with damaging consequences.
  • 7 Church Etiquette Rules Everyone Should Know By:-Trenette Wilson
    With the emergence of the "mega church, casual Sundays and a switch to contemporary worship services, the lines of proper behavior and dress have become blurred. Though the strict orthodox rules of church etiquette have relaxed and vary from congregation to congregation, there are 7 general church etiquette rules that will allow you to honor "God's house," no matter where you worship.
  • Four Reasons Why Not To Use The King James Version By:-Max Aplin
    Although it was a massive leap forward in getting the Bible into English 400 years ago, the KJV has long outlived its usefulness: the old-fashioned language does not help present the gospel or Jesus as up-to-date; the evolution of the English language means there is potential for misunderstanding; the translators made some significant mistakes; and the KJV is now generally recognized to be based on an inferior text-type.
  • Poor Harvest By:-Fernando Guilarte
    Many people complain that things did not go well or as they wished but do not realize that much of the failure of their actions is the result of not being prepared in time or of not planning their activities.
  • There Has To Be A Beginning By:-George Watkins
    There Has To Be A Beginning. Where do we start? WHERE DO YOU START! At the beginning, of course. Here is a story with "life teaching" from the life of Dr. Watkins. " In all of my years of building houses and people you must always start with the foundation".
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    Why were Christians to assemble? To worship together? No. The study together? No. To fellowship together? No. To learn to be good and kind? No. To urge one another on to love and good works. Yes. Of course these other reasons are good too, but Christians were not to forsake the assembling of themselves together because they were to urge one another on to love and good works.
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  • The Body Of Christ By:-Sylvia Huffnagle
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  • How Can We Impact Culture With Mediocrity? By:-Dr. David Manner
    The church will never reach its surrounding culture by offering a mediocre prototype of what that culture already has.
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  • To The Romantically Broken Hearted By:-miguel oquendo
    Covered is the true reason why we are prone to fall in love espoused by a more biblically founded psychology. Assessing what we construe as romantic love. Outlining the roots of the practice traced to the trauma experienced at the fall of man.
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    The New Testament gives the church the blueprint for building God’s church. It is the watchmen’s job to carefully share those plans with the congregation so that the building can be built with the effectually working of every part This article is to convey that God’s house cannot be built until His people use His building plans exclusively.)
  • A Story By:-Glenn Washburn
    If you are a Sunday schoolteacher; you’re impact goes farther than you may ever know.
  • Ezekiel 16 By:-Sylvia Huffnagle
    This article relates the message in Ezekiel 16 to the church for the purpose of warning and admonition.
  • Lighthouses By:-Glenn Washburn
    Whether walls went up because of social, ecclesiastical, or prideful reasons; if the church ever hopes to be the “lighthouse” in the community it once was, these walls must come down. We must make every effort to spend less time debating the issues that divide us and more time immersing ourselves in the Blood that unites us. It must never be at the expense of the Gospel message, the purity and trustworthiness of scripture, or the personhood of the Son of God; but come down they must
  • The Final Reformation By:-Sarah Addae
    The church, body of Christ is still undergoing processes towards maturity. Many more changes are yet to come and this describes the nature of the last reformation.
  • Relevance Is No Longer Relevant By:-Christopher Drew
    Is trying to be relevant the answer to all our problems, no not it is not.
  • What Is Your Church Saying To Your Community? By:-Matthew Fretwell
    Why do contemporary churches not see their subliminal messages, which they are sending to their communities. We live in a world of DIY and HGTV; the do-it-yourselfer and mentality of neat, clean, crisp color is in, but is that what our churches look like? Is the building the church, or is it a mere catalyst to reach the unchurched. This article will reflect on these issues in a brief examination of culture, society, and church comprehension.
  • The Inconvenience Of Christ's Return By:-Calvin Koepke
    Jesus is coming back. Is that inconvenient for you?
  • What Happened? By:-Craig Magrum
    A Lutheran Pastor tells me about her experience in asking God for the Gift of Tongues, and that she never received it. She points out to me how it was such a prevalent gift in the New Testament and then asks me: "What happened?" An article on some of my thoughts and opinions on the issue.
  • The Pastor Is Not His Own- Part 1 By:-cyril jeeva
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    Jobs


    Work-At-Home Jobs

    Nowadays, there are so many scams around that finding legitimate, scam free work-at-home jobs can be difficult. However, it is possible to find valuable work-at-home job listings if you know where and how to look. Here a few tips for the motivated WAHM job seeker to help you locate legitimate work opportunities and avoid scams.

    Try Conventional Job Boards

    Sites like Monster and Careerbuilder require employers to pay a fee in order to post their job listings. Few businesses would dish out money unless they experienced a legitimate need. Therefore, it is more likely that these sites would offer real job opportunities than sites that don't charge a posting fee. When conducting a search, use keywords like "telecommuting" or "freelance."

    Craigslist does have some legitimate opportunities. However, it may be difficult to find them amidst the numerous bogus jobs on the site. Stay away from listings that are posted in a number of different categories. Also, be careful of posts that ask you to respond to a personal rather than a business email address.

    Don't Respond to Vague Listings

    Employers want to find well-qualified job applicants whose expertise will match the needs of their company. It is in their best interest to be as specific as possible about the job duties and the qualifications needed to properly fulfill those duties. Therefore, if you come across a listing that is so vague that you can't determine what you would be dong, it's probably not a legit opportunity.

    Do Your Research

    If you come across a job that looks appealing, do a little research before you get too far into the application process. Check out the company's website and look for their address and phone number. All companies regardless of the nature of work should have a verifiable business address and number. If you can't find a number where you can talk to a real person, don't pursue the opportunity. You can also check out the company with the Better Business Bureau to see if there are any current claims against them.

    Avoid Red Flag Phrases

    Work at home scams come in all shapes and sizes. However, there are a few phrases that should be a red flag to any serious job seeker. Beware of any telecommuting jobs that require you to "process orders." More often than not, these companies require you to pay a fee. The job consists of posting similar ads on the Internet to get other people to pay the fee. Also, stay away from enveloping stuffing opportunities. This scam is similar to the order processing scheme, where you are asked to pay a fee and then required to recruit others to do the same.

    Never Pay a Fee

    Employers should pay you to work for them, not vice versa. No legitimate company will ever require you to pay a fee to work for them. Certain specialized job boards such as Elance will charge a fee to gain access to their job listings, but no employer should ever ask you for money.

    If it Sounds Too Good to Be True, It is

    If you type in the words "work from home jobs" into any popular search engine, hundreds of websites will pop up. Most of these websites claim that you can make $1,500 a day working part-time. Who wouldn't find the idea of making such a large chunk of cash in a short amount of time appealing? However, it's important to remember that if it were really that easy to make a six-figure income, everyone would be doing it. Real work-at-home jobs usually pay less than other jobs simply because there is such a high demand for telecommuting positions.

    It is possible to find legitimate opportunities to earn income from the comfort of your own home. However, you have to remember to keep your expectations realistic. Finding a job is a job in and of itself. You have to be willing to use a little elbow grease to find the perfect opportunity.

    For the WAHM who wants to bring in some additional income, there are many easy ways to make money on the Internet. This doesn't mean that you have to take on another full-time job; you can choose to do one of the following jobs in your free time.

    1. Affiliate Marketing

    There are a lot of online merchants who will pay you a good commission to use your blog or website to sell their products. In order to make money online in this way, you will need to sign up with the merchant so that you can use their banners and links. Then whenever someone purchases a product through one of your links, you will make money.

    2. Blogging

    It is becoming more and more popular to create a blog. Regardless as to what you decide to blog about, you can make money with a blog. You simply need to put up some Google ads and advertise a few affiliate products. Then you'll need to get traffic flowing through your blog so that people will see these things, click on them and make you money.

    3. Freelance Writing

    This is one of those Internet jobs that you may think that you need special skills for, but really all you need to have is good spelling and grammar skills to start making money. There are a lot of online businesses that need to have content written for their websites. You can either seek these businesses out on your own, or write for one of the numerous content websites in existence today. Once you get started doing this, you will see that writers really can make great money writing online.

    4. Online Surveys

    A lot of companies need to find out what people think of their products or services and the way in which these things are advertised. With this in mind, you should know that as long as you don't get bored easily, you can actually make a few hundred dollars each week just taking surveys in your free time. This is one of those jobs wherein you can write your own paycheck, because you are the only one who will determine how much, or how little, time you put into doing this.

    As you can clearly see, there are a lot of ways in which you can make extra money from home in your free time. You don't have to give up your current job or take on a part-time job outside of the home in order to be able to work from home (and make the money that you need). Of course, these are just some of the many things that you can do online. You simply need to decide what you want to do, how much time you have available for doing it, then go for it.