Several years ago, Jack “came back to the Lord” (as he puts it) and started attending church. Soon he became a very active church member. He often expressed concern for his wife, Patty, who had little interest in church. About a year ago, Patty told Jack, “You’ve changed. You don’t go drinking, and you aren’t
Paul & Denise DeVall, Wrenshall, MN Read More »
Mackay is located about 4 hours northeast of Boise. It is a ranching community with a population of a little over 500 people. In the last couple years, it has developed into a retirement community. Our school district encompasses the outlying ranches and farms and has a student enrollment of around 250. Mackay is situated
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In the eight months we’ve been here, I have officiated 8 funerals. The last one was at the high school, and more than 500 people attended it. Because of these funerals, we are getting to know many people in the community. Serena is substituting at both the elementary and high school, so she is meeting
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Stretching from Bellingham, WA, to Salem, OR, our district encompasses 25 Village Missions fields. We travel from the coast to the Cascades as we encourage our Village Missionaries and their church families, seeking to help them stand strong in the great work where God has called them. It is our privilege to serve each of
Ken & Charlotte Schmidt, District Representative, Coastal Northwest District Read More »
This Christmas, are you focused on being right or on being righteous? Murray Graham shares thoughts to guide us to Christ, the Righteous One.
Right or Righteous Before Our Holy God? Read More »
Last year we installed a basketball hoop in our back parking lot. Recently one of the neighborhood kids has been shooting hoops after school. We invited him to youth group. The good news is that he came, heard the Gospel and accepted a Bible. The bad news is that he stayed at the church a
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Trail is an unincorporated community with houses spread up and down two rural highways. Logging once was the mainstay, but now the economy is largely geared to tourists who come for world-class fishing on the scenic Rogue River and to see Crater Lake National Park. Many people commute about 25 miles to Medford for work. Most of
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The community of Double Adobe is at the southern end of the Sulphur Springs Valley, about 10 miles from the international border with Mexico. The roots of the community go back to cattle and mining, although the nearby mine closed some years ago. Many of the current residents moved here to retire or in search of
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Our church has no teenagers, so we have been pleading with the Lord to allow us to minister to some youth this fall. As of the night before our first youth meeting, we knew of one teen who planned to come. The Lord wonderfully answered our prayers, though, and 8 youth and 7 leaders showed
Terry & Jane Baskin, Grindrod, B.C. Read More »
We have over 60 children registered for our Good News Club. For the first time since we have been involved with clubs (2006), we had to turn away children because we don’t have enough workers. Please pray for more volunteers to help us! The club is going very well this fall, and at least 2 children
Wayne & Marcia Taylor, Dora, PA Read More »
A century ago our rural area was known as the Amy community, so the church is called Amy Chapel. We are located near Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and are surrounded by dairy farms and fields of corn, soybeans, green beans, kidney beans, sunflowers, alfalfa and horseradish. PRAYER REQUESTS: For the ongoing ministries of Sunday School, Bible study, Kingdom Kids
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