We are entering our third year serving in the Assistant Director role. We give spiritual guidance and coaching to the eight District Representative couples serving our Village Missions family. As part of this, we host two DR meetings each year. I (Jon) oversee the vetting of applicants applying to serve with Village Missions. I spend […]
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We have been focusing on the nature of the church body as a family, and Serena and I are encouraged by what God is doing. Church members are growing closer in their relationships with each other, and more people are volunteering to serve in the church. Several women painted the children’s classrooms. Others stepped up
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Where can we find joy when it seems like life is a constant struggle? Gordon Rowland looks at Paul’s instruction to “Rejoice always.”
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Ocean Park is affectionately known as the “End of the World” due to an annual car tour. We are in SW Washington, near Lewis & Clark’s Cape Discovery. The town hosts tourists in the summer and has many part-time residents. In the fall, the focus is on cranberry farming, fishing and the shellfish industry. The
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Hartland Center Community Church has been working for two years toward becoming a self-supporting VM partner church. Now, in 2022, we have accomplished this goal! One reason is that God brought several new families to us. The church is so grateful for Village Missions, and there is a good spirit of love and unity! In early
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Pahrump is located about an hour west of Las Vegas, NV. Though the field was historically rural, it is now more “rurban.” In 1968, when VM first began serving the only evangelical church here, the population was in the hundreds. Now we have 45,000 residents and more than thirty churches. Retirees make up over 30%
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We’ve been encouraged by evidence of God at work in the fathers in our church, Worley Community Church. One week in our discipleship group, a man shared that he was taking time each day to read and discuss a devotional with his three boys. He said that this time was very special. Another young father in the
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Glenwood is a small town of about 300 people, situated at the base of Mt. Adams. We are 35 miles north of the Columbia River and Hood River, Oregon. The main industries are logging and ranching. While small, Glenwood has two lodging facilities, a restaurant and gas station, and a small store. Glenwood has a
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The Father’s Heart Homeless Shelter of Oregon City contacted us one week before their annual Christmas dinner for the homeless. They needed ALL the food to feed over 150 people! We didn’t know how our little church could fill this huge order, but in faith, we presented the need before the congregation. Within an hour
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Pine Valley is located in the mountains directly east of San Diego at about 4,000 feet above sea level. Our community of 1,500 people is surrounded by Cleveland National Forest. People here like to live in a small, quiet place. The town includes horseback riding and stables, a couple of restaurants, a Bible camp, and
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I am learning about the power of a simple act of kindness, such as taking the time to chat with someone, offering an encouraging word, or inviting them for a meal. One morning as I was preparing a sermon, Bill walked into the church. As we talked, he admitted he hadn’t been to church in
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