Prayer Spotlight

Bowman Community Church is located in Cottonwood, California, about 140 miles north of Sacramento. It is a rural community along Bowman Road and has a school, fire station, small store, and a few other small businesses. PRAYER REQUESTS: Most of the homes here have gates that are locked. These locked gates illustrate the challenge the church faces […]

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

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

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%

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

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

This part of Novia Scotia used to be a significant coal mining area. Sutherlands River is more of a geographic area than a town. Many people commute to New Glasgow. Michelin (tires) and Sobeys (groceries) are the biggest employers in our area. Tourism is also an important part of our economy. PRAYER REQUESTS: We have

Four Lakes is a unique community of about 500 people, 12 miles west of Spokane and 5 miles from the large college town of Cheney.  Most who live here work either in Spokane or for the military.  Although the church is in the community, most of our congregation commutes to the church, some from 45

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

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

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