MISSION 2025 Q2 REPORT

We have ended the second quarter of the year and present this update on our progress toward an emphasis on missions for this year. 
To date we have:

  • We had a visit from & heard a status report from Bro. Ronnie Gootam on the work in Kakinada, India.

  • We received a report from Josh and Cara Blackmer - Answering Macedonian Calls.

  • We executed the week-long mission trip to New Mexico and the Navajo Nation at the Hogback Church of Christ with 20 members conducting a VBS, building repairs, and light construction work. A website and social media pages were created for Hogback Church of Christ.

  • We heard a sermon based on the gift received on the mission trip to New Mexico and a complete report that evening.

  • Care Groups provided encouraging notes to members on the mission trip.

  • We heard a report from Andrew’s mission trip to Ghana.

  • We received a report with Greenville Church of Christ, Greenville, OH, which also included info about their VBS on June 21. They had 16 kids + 14 adults attend.

  • We assisted the Pearlington Church of Christ with purchase and set-up of a TV & internet service - providing a method of participating in services LIVE when they do not have a preacher.

  • We supported Jennifer Clay on a mission trip to Honduras with the McKenzie Church of Christ.

  • There were regular meetings of the Mission Committee.

  • We heard from Bro. Josh Cook, Regioppnal Advancement Director for World Bible School.

  • We began a relationship to conduct worship services at Carrick Glen Senior Living. This will continue every 4th Sunday at 2:00 PM.

 

This is an on-going effort, so this report is only an update on our progress thus far, and may not even be complete.  Remember “. . . until the whole world hears.”

MISSION 2025 Q1 REPORT

In January, we presented missions as our overall church focus for the year. Goals and priorities are best accomplished through periodic updates of progress.  We have ended the first quarter of the year and present this update on our progress toward an emphasis on missions for this year.  To date we have:

  • heard a report from Herald of Truth President during Sunday AM Bible class

  • an upcoming visit/report from Ronnie Gootam on the work in India on April 27

  • had a report from Scott and Cara Blackmer - Answering Macedonian Calls

  • continued to plan and coordinate the trip to New Mexico and the Navajo Nation

  • had regular communication with Greenville Church of Christ, Greenville, OH

  • Currently assisting Pearlington church of Christ with purchase and set of a TV & internet service so that they can watch services LIVE when they do not have a preacher.

  • had regular meetings of the Mission Committee

  • had a visit from World Bible School, just to say thank you - stayed for Meet-Eat-Meet

What can we keep doing?

  • daily prayers for all mission efforts

  • cards and/or emails to support missionaries

  • be on lookout for additional locations that we may serve

  • Churches of Christ Disaster Relief, WOW involvement, HELP Ministry

  • continue to remember that financial resources are necessary 

  • greeting and encouraging visitors

  • invite and encourage neighbors and friends to attend worship

  • taking an active role in Care Group activities

 

This is an on-going effort, so this report is only an update on our progress thus far, and may not even be complete.  Remember “. . . until the whole world hears.”

Looking to 2025

In the last few years, we have dedicated ourselves to connecting, loving, serving, and multiplying and have created programs to reach those ideals.  

This year we want to take a little different direction.  We will continue to embrace the four ideals of connecting, loving, serving, and multiplying, but will do so with a focus on:

  1.   mission work

  2.   those serving in mission efforts 

  3.   our members who will visit or spend time with a mission program 

  4.   mission work where we live  

In short, we want everything we do this year to be done after asking this question.  How will this activity support and encourage others, specifically those in the mission field?  Some may ask, “How do you measure a goal like this?”  Well, a year from now the review of ‘25 will be given, and through prayer and hard work, there will be a long list of accomplishments to report.

Mission work is congregational work, and something everyone, young and older, male and female, experienced or inexperienced can do.

If mission work is congregational work for everyone and we approach the work of the Lord in 2025 by focusing on spreading the gospel through our mission program, we will, by default, connect, love, serve, and multiply.

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The last thing we say to our children when they leave the house is generally a very important thing.  Whether it’s “be careful”, “act right”, or “call me when you get there”, it’s an important message that we expect to be adhered to.

The last thing Christ said to his disciples from a mountainside in Galilee after his resurrection and just prior to his ascension to heaven was a very important message too, and it's an imperative!

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We are already well on our way to success in 2025, but this is an aggressive aim and we can not slow down.  It will take everyone using their gifts to be successful.  If we come together for the purpose of taking the gospel to all, it is a worthy goal!  Remember that after Christ gave his imperative to the disciples that  “they went out and preached everywhere.”