Stories of Mission
Explore mission themes in our quarterly magazine as workers tell stories of making disciples in the way of Christ.
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Family Treasure Hunting
As a child, I loved treasure hunts. Almost as fun as finding my treasure was continuing to search in order to hide the knowledge of the treasure from my siblings and to share in their joy when they found it. Discovery, amazement, wonder and joy are all markers of those who have discovered the kingdom of God made flesh.
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Family on Mission: God’s Business Over Busyness
My husband Skip and I believe that God will pour his life through us in dynamic ways as we take steps to integrate our family lives into the family life of God. One place where we see deep desire for this kind of integration is in a “family on mission” huddle that we host in our home.
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Not Here to Raise a Family?
Worker Shawn Green sees godly parenting as an integral part of bearing witness to the gospel in Termoli, Italy. “Because teachers, as well as neighbors, notice our parenting, we have had opportunities to speak into their lives,” he writes.
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Immanuel, God With Us!
Worker Raleigh offers tender reflections on the gift of God’s presence to their family as they offer a ministry of presence among their Muslim neighbors. “When we are overwhelmed by the need [for them] to know Jesus—we are thankful that Immanuel can make the way for them to believe.”
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Worker Profile: Lee and Peg Martin
Lee and Peg Martin serve in McDowell County, West Virginia, as Location Coordinators with SWAP (Sharing With Appalachian People), an MCC program that bring volunteers to Appalachia to make homes safe, warm and dry and build relationships with local folks.
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Call to Prayer: Can Prayer Make Your Family Unique?
Our priority on prayer is guided by clear biblical principles. We emphasize the fact that God hears our prayers and that we can hear from him. But principles are not enough; we need to practice. Here are a few family-friendly prayer ideas that we have used to develop our family prayer life.
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Teachers: God’s Love in the Community
All Kids Club volunteers love the children who come, and there is something special about teachers who choose to be at Kids Club each week. They are experts at giving and receiving the love of God in our local communities who are competently leading both at school and at Kids Club.
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Nurturing the Faith of College Students
God awakened in me a dream for the dividing walls to be broken down and for all of us—university students and local members of congregations—to see each other as brothers and sisters in Christ, and for the unique gifts of these students to be nurtured for the sake of God’s kingdom.
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Seeds of Transformation
My primary purpose for being at LAC was to build relationships. Teaching my subject area well was important; but the real substance of our time there was in the one-on-one conversations with students, other teachers, and persons in the community.
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The School of Obedience
Discipleship is about the most important kind of learning possible, learning to follow after Jesus. Yet too often, we see it as an add-on rather than an essential part of faith. If discipleship were only a matter of acquiring information, perhaps we would be less inclined to neglect it.
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Seeing the Harvest that Jesus Sees
With one sweep of my husband’s eye on our garden, he sees past investment, present challenges, and future promise. I learn a lot when I ask him to show me what he sees. This is what we do when we pray. Rather than feeling overwhelmed, we ask, “Lord, what do you see?”
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Sowing Seeds Close to Home
Workers in the U.S. are seeing transformation firsthand as God’s activity permeates local communities among people of every background. Seeds of faith are being planted among inmates in the local jail and middle schoolers are being engaged through Kids Club.
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