Andrew Smithers – Serving Alaska
Alaska is a vast state, 1/5 the size of the continental U.S. We have the highest suicide rate in the nation, and we are among the highest for at-risk youth. These numbers increase when you focus on rural areas like Glennallen, AK. In Glennallen, Alaska I serve as a full-time youth minister working with at-risk…
Stephen & Sonia Wallace – Serving in Finland
After serving in discipleship and training ministries for more than a decade in Argentina, we have answered God’s urgent call to help serve in the nation of Finland. Areas of our ministry include student and youth ministries, partnership with local churches and a teaching ministry. In August we traveled to Germany to attend a week-long training for…
Stepping Out To Serve
By Jaleesa Gibson The dictionary defines community as a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests and goals. This is exactly what I found the first time I stepped out of my comfort zone and volunteered to serve at my first Community Table. As I stood scooping salad out…
Serving With Jesus…When You Have Nothing to Give
Bible Reading – Mark 6:32-44 As we step forward towards Easter, we are reminded how Jesus came, not to be served, but to serve, and give his life for us (Matthew 20:28). And what a privilege that Jesus invites us to serve WITH him and be His Light to this world. So what would it…
Bill & Bethany McClure – Missionaries to Antuqua/Barbuda
Our hearts have been ripped wide open for the people of Antigua and the Caribbean, who typically live in poverty, spiritual darkness and also for the many who are homeless or prostitutes. We had no idea that this was such an issue, typically you think of the Caribbean and see cruise ships, beaches, resorts! Not…
Our True Hope Day 24: Good News and Great Joy
Our True Hope Day 24: Good News and Great Joy Bible Reading: Luke 2:8-20 I’ll never forget my first mission trip to South America when I was in college. We met some beautiful people and did some exciting work. But the lack of American comforts was a shock to us. Sleeping under mosquito nets, taking…
