Stories from the Field

Rebecca organized a ladies’ tea. She had heard church and community women share that they are lonely because of the events of the last eighteen months.  One lady has lived in Westport for a few years, but her husband’s health issues kept her at home. Then COVID-19 hit. She has been lonely for a long

I received a call from a homeless man, temporarily blind, whose kids were in a shelter about an hour from us. I have since been in contact with him often, and I help him as needed. He regained his sight and is back with his kids. We have had many good conversations, and he stated

Over the years one of our church members has helped the local scout troop raise funds by operating a souvenir stand at a large local event. This year she offered to give her time and expertise in running a similar stand and give the proceeds to the church. Our son, another church member and I

About two years ago, our church began livestreaming our sermons on Facebook.  Soon we noticed a lady from Wisconsin watching it.  She became a faithful viewer.  She commented often on the services, asking questions about the sermon and the Bible. She even sent donations to the church.  Several months ago, she had a large melanoma tumor removed

Lummi Island is accessed by a 20-car ferry.  On any given Saturday during tourist season, the island is a magnet for day-travelers.  This particular day, there was a wedding on the island as well as a separate reception for the daughter and son-in-law of Village Missionaries Chris and Tammy Immer.  It was NOT a good

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

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

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

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

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

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