We are continuing to see people returning to the church and welcome newcomers who have moved into the community. Those who remained faithful during the difficult times are excited to see the pews fill up again and to be reunited with those who had left! In the past, the church partnered with the Baptist church
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Lapeer is in central upstate New York in the middle of dairy country. We are surrounded by rolling hills and a large Amish population. Finger Lakes ski resort draws people to our area, as does the Maple Festival in the neighboring town, Marathon. PRAYER REQUESTS: Please pray for our church to be bold as we
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Another Village Missions church — Union Chapel Community Church in West Liberty, Ohio — sent a work team to our church. They got so much done, and they were a huge blessing to us! One of the projects they did was remove the unneeded handicap-access ramp and install it at the house of an elderly lady who needed
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Crossroads Church is located between Woodstock and Brantford, Ontario. PRAYER REQUESTS: In June we retired after serving at this church for 25 years. We are thankful for our time serving Crossroads and this community through Village Missions. We would appreciate prayer for the congregation in this time of transition. Pray for God’s leading to the missionary
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After we returned from the Village Missions Staff Conference, I (Robert) made a follow-up call to a young lady named Tandy who used to attend youth meetings years ago. It turned out that the day I called, she was going through a very severe trial and started crying out to God. She took my call
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Stonyford is located about an hour and a half northwest of Sacramento in the foothills of the Mendocino mountains. Our community is home to cattle ranches and is best known for its many OHV trails and as the home of the Stonyford Rodeo. There is one store/ gas station, a post office and a town hall. Stonyford has
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The church board members and I have been going through the book Developing Leaders for the Small Church by Glenn Daman and watching the companion videos. It has opened the eyes of our whole board as to what is the responsibility of the church leadership. I proposed that each board member select four people in the congregation
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West Paris — considered the “Gem of Western Maine” – is located on Route 26 in the foothills. A few highlights of the town are a derby hill, a baseball field, a Christian-owned hotel and restaurant, and a gemstone sifting site. Many former small businesses have been remodeled into cheaper apartments, and drug abuse is
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This year during the 79th Annual Stonyford Rodeo we moved our church service to the rodeo grounds for “Cowboy Church.” The service was well attended by our church members as well as out-of-town guests. Since then we’ve seen a few new folks attending our fellowship. Bigger than all of that is the immeasurable impact: the
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McCleary Community Church is located 20 miles west of Olympia, W.A. and about 45 miles east of the Pacific Ocean. The main industry in town is a door factory, but many people commute to Olympia for work. Joe and Karla and their family have been in McCleary for 14 years, and their three sons have
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On Saturday a beautiful thing happened. One of our members organized a pine needle-raking clean-up for another member who’s still recovering from Covid. Altogether there were 15 of us raking and collecting the pine needles into about 50 trash bags. One person who helped said that this was one of the best things our church has done
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