Open House at the EMC

GemStone Media, along with the GEM field staff who work in the Europe Ministry Center (EMC), held an open house the last week of November to thank God for the office complex (formerly a barn), and to thank our neighbors, the local community, and the contractors for their support and welcome. Each ministry in the EMC was responsible for providing a table or display in their office area, and throughout the day, a short program explaining the Thanksgiving holiday was given in the EMC conference room. About 175 people showed up to celebrate with us, including a town official, the building architect, and two area pastors. What a wonderful opportunity to honor God in His provision and blessing for the ministry of GEM!

You can check out a slide show of the EMC in its many stages over a period of several years here.

Setting up our Offices

After all the construction work, it is finally time to settle into our offices and get to the fun stuff: decorating!

Our GemStone Media part of the Barn is almost completely put together. Take a look at a few pictures below and let us know what you think!

The Barn

Before we could start working in our new offices, we had to build our new offices! Our team, as well as many others from Greater Europe Mission and many, many volunteers have worked together to renovate an old barn in Kandern, Germany into our new office building.

It has taken an incredible amount of work, but the (almost) finished result is pretty impressive! We are so thankful for God's grace and provision that we have seen over and over during the course of this project.

To check out some more pictures of our construction progress on the barn, click here.