| This amazing place of worship that brings
people of many nations together to worship & Praise
God in spirit and in truth. Praise God for this marvelous
work of art. |
| For the opportunity for people in Dubai
to come and join in service/worship to the Living God. It
truly is a lighthouse in the middle east. |
| For a beautiful place where all nationalities
are welcomed to worship our Lord in unity |
| I am thankful that I am able to be in
the UAE at such a time as this and be part of all that is
happening |
| To praise our Lord |
| That we are able to have our service on
Friday so we are united as one congregation |
| God Lord, thank you so much for making it happen for such
a lovely church, and allow me & David have our wedding
ceremony held here on 12 September’03. |
| Another testimony to God’s faithfulness in the provision
of a place where His word can be freely preached in spirit
and truth. An Oasis in a dry and thirsty hand…. in need
of His love. |
| For the love of the Lord which is this place. |
| The great building. |
| The many members of the DECC committee (and its predecessors)
who have worked so hard in many areas to bring this vision
to reality. Thank you |
| The good shepherd exercised by the elders. |
| The fellowship between the Arabic and the different English
– speaking groups will grow and hopefully have an impact
on the witness in this counting. |
| The fact that we can all be in one venue with a good sound
system |
| The fellowship, the worship, the multicultural atmosphere
and the drive |
| Because it is going to be a blessing to the people of UAE |
| The whole congregation has taken part in making DECC a reality
for today and to be a testimony for non-believers for what
God can do. |
| That we have found in DECC a place for our family to worship
and a place of friendships and shelter |
| To be able to serve God in such a beautiful building. |
| Giving us a wonderful place for corporate worship |
| The church is so much closer to our house |
| A new place of worship to honor glorify God. |
| We will all be working together here in unity for the glory
of God and His Son, our Savior. |
| That we have room to worship together in one single room. |
| That God has provided a fortress in this place of fierce
spiritual warfare. |
| That it is a lighthouse in the desert. For the teaching
and fellowship |
| That we are able to worship freely here in UAE. Praise God
for His faithfulness. |
| Because I believe this will be the house where the glory
of God will be seen to every body. |
| It is so beautiful. |
| A growing church and new place of worship for all believers
in Dubai. |
| A great place of God as the house of prayer for all nations.
Praise God for this project. |
| A large congregation! |
| Sound System |
| God blessed us with a magnificent place in this part of
the world. May His name be glorified. |
| We have a “Church” to go to worship. |
| That people of diverse cultures can worship together in
unison. |
| I am thankful for God thank God for food in my life and
in Dubai I am thankful for a family. |
| The unity we have in Christ in DECC |
| That this building exists and that I am here to see it finished. |
| A chance to worship him as a family and for the excellent
facility. |
| I am thankful for my wife and all the wonderful things that
she has seen things differently through prayer and faith. |
| Providing an amazing Christian family for me the to feel
apart of. |
| The sense of freedom to worship without any inhibitions! |
| For being here and have the opportunity to know and serve
our faith in God with many different nationalities |
| One big room to be together for worship!. Also, a chance
to visit with Arab ECC friends after church each week. |
| When I first came to Dubai, the first Friday I was invited
to UCCD by an Arab Christian friend this building is the fulfillment
of a promise. |
| I am glad that we have food tonight! |
| The opportunity to worship with such a wonderful & diverse
group of believers. |
| That DECC offered us a good help to settle in Dubai. |
| I am thankful to God for having the opportunity to know
DECC and stay in Dubai for one more year. |
| A place for all people of many nations to freely worship
God. |
| Being able to go to Church again |
| I am thankful for God in my life and to be in Dubai and
family. |
| The Youth (H2O) ministry. |
| That God has blessed us with such a large convenient facility
to meet and spend time with the Lord. We can fellowship with
all our UCCD brothers & sisters at the same time. |
| The facility of a Bible bookshop that will make available
God’s word and Christian literature which will encourage
people to become more effective in His kingdom. |
| United in one building in one room. This unity is not only
physical but also spiritual |
| That we can meet together in one church –so many nationalities |
| Meeting new friend. Focus on the word in the Emirates. |
| Finally I found what I want in my life. I found a lot of
lovely friends & happiness. Thanks God. |
| The facility is great and my thanks to the ruling family
for donating this land. |
| It can act as a lighthouse for all people in the region. |
| For lots of rooms to meet in. |
| Answers to our prayers, God is God of miracle. Praise the
lord. |
| That we can freely worship God in this land of Dubai. A
beautiful place set up by God for us here. |
| Fellowship with Christians in a this country & for the
answers to many prayers offered up as behalf of this project. |
| This place will be the refuge for the sinner from all the
UAE. |
| For it is closer to home – easy to travel. |
| Family and friends |
| The new church is very big and hope kids and believers come
to praise God and believers to love God. |
| The wonderful space, environment [lighting], arrangements,
For bringing this work to completion. |
| About the facility, the beautiful, place its organization
the unity among different cultural people. |
| There was enough interest to develop a project as large
as it is. |
| That this facility is big enough for us all to meet and
worship our Lord together as 1. |
| The opportunity for us to worship. |
| I am just thankful to be part. |
| The young adult Bible study – there us intentional
community making and right away opportunities for involvement. |
| The people who will be reached through this building and
the barriers that will be knocked down between people groups
and different races. |
| That it is here and that it is open – Praise The Lord. |
| The opportunity for everyone to worship together as one
family. |
| Such a wonderful church – in the Gulf. He is the God
of impossibilities. Thro DECC – I know God will be blessing
us all – abundantly. |
| Majestic buildings Beautiful |
| That the Sherbecks prayed and visited the sheikhs so we
could be here today, sitting with friends at the DECC thanksgiving
banquet. |
| All the people from DECC that we have got to know from coming
into our Holy Trinity Resource Centre - for their love ??fellowship
with them. |
Good relationship between Chaplaincy of Dubai ??Sharjah
??DECC
1. Christ Church next-door ?DECC.
2. Holy Trinity Resource Centre ??Bible Society in the Gulf. |
| That the building is completed and believers we able to
worship in one place in unity – Praise God for His blessings
and grace through the centre project. |
| To worship Him comfortably and Praise His name on high.
Hard work ? dedication. |
| Answered prayers for the new wonderful facility. |
| A beautiful, big place to worship |
| That God has provided a wonderful, beautiful place to Praise
and Worship God. |
| The freedom of worship that it offers along with the facilities. |
| It is so great to know we have a place in our surrounding
Dubai where we all are the same in the Lord’s eyes even
though we are all different from all over the world. |
| The size and the beauty of the new facility and it can be
filled so easily. |
| Thank God for being a part of this church family & DECC |
| Because what seemed impossible to accomplish two years ago
has been made possible by our God. That is the DECC facility
where we could meet to praise and worship our Lord God, savior
Jesus Christ. |
| For keeping us here 20 years to see this building completed |
| That this is God’s light house for all of the Middle
East. |
| The Youth have a better place to worship. |
| A wonderful place to worship our Lord and master. |
| I am thankful to God for He has given a wonderful church
in this part of the world and I am thankful that God has given
a good heart to the leaders of this land, UAE for approving
this lovely place. |
| To unit with so many nationalities in a worship place. It’s
so great to have a own place, called church, in a Muslim world.
Hopefully it will attract much, much more people to discover
Christ. |
| The parking area right in front of the church. |
| The huge space we now have, so that we can hang around after
service and fellowship |
| It is a real oasis in this desert |
| I am thankful to God because he listened to our prayers
and allowed us to see and live our dream in this church. |
| For giving the scriptures and designs for the windows to
me. Praise the Lord! |
| Thank & Praise be to God that we can worship Him here
in UAE |
| To still believe in our religion, Christianity in a strict
Arab country |
| To have the opportunity to worship God with all the members
of this church also I am grateful for comfortable chairs and
air-conditioning. All glory be to God. |
| I have made friends and I enjoy children’s church
and going to the big church rooms at the start of Friday. |
| Being here to witness this miracle he has done!!! |
| For the inspirations and example that people inspired by
God can do this! In Dubai God ‘s work in our sight. |
| It will be a temple from which streams of living water would
flow in a barren land. |
| How great is God’s goodness and provision to provide
such wonderful place of worship. |
| Thanks that Jesus is still the head of the DECC |
| For providing an awesome and unimaginable sanctuary. May
it become a place where God accomplishes His purposes. |
| The bond which binds each Christian’s heart in this
missions – and that HE has answered prayers so beautifully. |
| Profile of the Bible loving (Evangelicals) has enhanced
– this exalts Jesus within strategically important part
of the world. |
| The AC |
| A beautiful place to worship. Everyone can worship together.
Thank you Lord for that. |
| Pastor Daniel & Holy Spirit. |
| This is a place people with the same beliefs can meet in
freedom and peace. |
| That we were able to come tonight and meet new friends. |
| For giving us this new church today for welcoming us over
here. |
| We can worship together in one service |
| There are Sunday School rooms |
| Having the whole UCCD family together under one roof. To
see this place is amazing! |
| Focusing me to Jesus – our Savior |
| For giving me this church I pray and worship him, |
| Thank God for letting us been exposed in His life. Thank
you God for giving us a special gift like dying on the cross
because You love us. |
| To be able to see all this happening. We give God all the
Glory. We thank God that we will be able to see much more.
We have seen this project begin. God be praised. Thank you
for all the hard work. |
| Give us this opportunity to worship as one body in Christ
where three churches have gathered together. |
| For the opportunity God has given us to have such a state
of at facility to fellowship with fellow believers in a heathen
country. |
| Being “vertically challenged” I am thankful
for the TV monitors so I can see the words to the songs anywhere
in the church. |
| Making a place where all people can join together and praise
the Lord. |
| An island of fellowship and friendship. |
| I’m thankful for the power DECC is giving to its people. |
| We are provided a freedom to worship. |
| I pray & thankful God for being so good to us. The dream
is now a reality. I thank him because we don’t deserve
this mercy but He loves us more than we think. I love you
Lord. |
| I am thankful for the whole church! |
| We are thankful to God and Daniel & Genie for leading
us here for Praise & Worship |
| It is a beautiful peaceful haven in a busy world for people
of all nations, races and ages. |
| Space |
| A place to worship God |
| For the freedom of being a Christians |
| That God has brought people of many nations together to
worship Him as one. |
| That it is only the building that is located in Jebel Ali
– but the Church (the body) is spread throughout all
Dubai. |
| This beautiful building where all of us can get together
and worship the Lord who loved us all. For the music systems
and the children church facility, as well as the bookshop. |
| Youth Group |
| That we were invited by Kim & Steve Gregory to come
from the UK we feel so privileged to join you in this fantastic
celebration. Greetings from Littingbourne Family Church in
the name of Jesus. |
| The wonderful amount of space for Children’s Church
or Friday mornings. |
| I am thankful to God for the fact that He has provided this
facility to UCCD and that all of it happened in His time.
|
| This is a historical event. I’m thankful to be part
of it. |
| God brought us to Dubai at this time in the history of the
church. |
| For helping us to grow in the Lord. |
| The opportunity for the youth group to grow –more
room for oasis out here at DECC on Wednesday evenings. |
| The Youth Group |
| This facility is a truly blessing from God. The greater
space and marry facilities for everyone. |
| The many people gave to build this church. (Leah Elizabeth
Parks) |
| That it was possible to raise all the funds by means of
cash/ mortgage to complete this beautiful church where people
can come and glorify God. |
| To the Christians praising to God here in Arabian Peninsula. |
| The opportunity to fellowship together with friends from
number of fellowship together in one place as a little foretaste
of heaven. |
| He made the rulers of this land accept the idea of having
a church in Dubai. |
| For having given such a beautiful place wherein so many
different fellowships get together. |
| I am thankful for being able to be involved with so many
believers from so many countries while being involved in this
project. |
| Thank God for this wonderful place of worship. |
| I ma thankful for the leaders who had the vision for this
facility and the faith to take on this God sized project.
|
| A lovely new building top praise God in. |
| DECC has the capacity to house and lead many of God’s
sheep. |
| I am thankful for this facility that enables every child
of God to be united. Praise God. |
| Have facility to Praise God. |
| I thank the Lord for guiding me to come to this thanksgiving
banquet. I give him thanks & praise. |
| That the Lord has moved the heart of the rulers of this
land to accommodate & facilitate the gospel of Jesus Christ. |
| A place that so many Christians can come together in a beautiful
room in a Moslem country in the middle of the desert and without
hear. |
| To bring me to this place which is a beautiful place for
prayer and worship |
| Coming together under one roof to Praise His name. |
| This evening of fellowshipping with so many new families
& faces. |
| A very comfortable and gracious place for worship enabling
many to pray. |
| That this was built so that people could come to worship. |
| The space for more and more people to come together and
worship God under one roof! |
| That this middle eastern country has concentrated to a church
complex being built in it; a true blessing. |
| I thank God for a new house of God. |
| There is a place for support in Dubai. |
| We can all worship under one roof – all nationalities
together. |
• DECC is a church that cares for other smaller fellowships.
• A facility that takes care of all our needs for decades.
• Given us an opportunity to be involved in this project. |
1. The future things He will through this facility and church
body.
2. The people who have worked so hard to help bring it to
pass. |
| All being able to meet together in one worship hall. |
| Provide us a facility where we can all worship God in one
place at one time and with God’s help we will be a lighthouse
in the land of muslim country. |
| Helping us giving the enough money to be in this church
at this moment |
| Children’s Friday Church |
| The chance to use the baptismal font instead of the tank.
Opportunity to learn Arabic!!! |
| Being able to worship with my spiritual family – together
in one room. |
| The privilege of witnessing the fulfillment of God’s
promise and the faithfulness of His people. |
| I would like to thank God for making it possible for having
this beautiful church. Thank you Lord. |
| The place He has provided to bring people of different nations
together to worship Him and to proclaim to the world that
Jesus is Lord. |