Among the most joyous gifts of the Movement in Worship Online Bases are the opportunities to build relationships across countries and cultures. In 2025, the English-Speaking Online Base had as its annual theme, ‘a Year of Invitation,’ and members across the continents were quick to issue invitations for visitors. Many ‘virtual’ visits were made, with quality time spent sharing and praying over Zoom and video calls. But also, Base members travelled to visit each other: in Germany, Base members hosted two visits in two different locations, and a Base member in Brazil issued an invitation too.
In October 2025, three base members travelled to visit our wonderful Brazilian sister and brother in Christ. On meeting our host at the airport we were full of joy to be meeting in real life after several years of monthly Base meetings on Zoom! They opened their home to us and were the perfect hosts. We began five days of mutual encouragement, not only for them and us but also some of the churches and church leaders from their city. We taught some of the MIW principles in the churches, and then joined one of their regular street outreach events. We were blessed to be invited to speak, via an interpreter, at some church services. And each time we loaned out all the flags we brought with us, encouraging young and old church members alike to step out in moving in worship.
Our hosts, already blessing their community through dance therapy and their many years of following Jesus, felt seen, encouraged and better connected to Movement in Worship’s worldwide tribe. And we stayed on for another few days to enjoy the delightful Brazilian climate by staying in a local coastal town with its excellent beaches.
