The people of North Avenue Presbyterian Church here have a passion for mission.

That passion was nearly palpable when about 300 of them gathered Feb. 21 for the second week of the church’s 53rd annual mission conference. Worship began with a compelling visual affirmation of the conference theme as the faces and voices of North Avenue, in all their diversity, claimed:

Every day I will worship … grow … go.

This night was about growing. And the speaker was an expert.

The world first met Kim Phuc in June of 1972 when a picture taken by Associated Press photographer …