Use this card as you pray for Mission Co-workers the Rev. Mark Adams and Miriam Maldonado Escobar. The card includes a photo of them and an overview of their work. Bridging cultural, economic, political, and linguistic differences, Mark and Miriam support the ministry of Frontera de Cristo in sharing the good news of Jesus Christ in word and deed on both sides of the border. They and their partners seek to put flesh on the gospel through participation in new church development, permaculture, health ministries, and community and economic development. Recognizing the potentially divisive issues surrounding the border and …
Use this card as you pray for Mission Co-workers the Rev. Dr. Bill and Ann Moore. The card includes a photo of them and an overview of their work.
In partnership with the Reformed Church in Japan, Bill and Ann are planting a new church in a rural community just north of Kobe. They reach out to people who have had very little contact with Christianity. Through Sunday school, evangelistic meetings, sponsorship of numerous community events and personal relationships, they witness to the good news of Jesus Christ in a land where there is great spiritual hunger. The Christian …
Use this card as you pray for Mission Co-workers the Rev. Choon Lim and Yen Hee Lim. The card includes a photo of them and an overview of their work. Choon and Yen Hee Lim were appointed as mission co-workers in 1991. For six years, they worked on the islands off the coast of South Korea in the “Island Medical Mission” of the Presbyterian Church of Korea. In 1997, they went to Taiwan to develop a ministry among aboriginal college students in Hualien with the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan. In their third assignment, Choon is the PC(USA) regional liaison …
Use this card as you pray for Mission Co-worker Sharon Bryant. The card includes a photo and overview of her work.
Sharon coordinates volunteers who come to Thailand on short-term mission assignments to teach English. They serve Thai students in grades K-12 who attend the 25 Christian schools of the Church of Christ in Thailand. In addition to teaching, the volunteers share their lives of faith and leave a lasting impact on the schools and the surrounding communities. Those who lead the Thai church today have stories of such volunteers in their past. Sharon’s goal is to help the …
Use this card as you pray for Mission Co-workers the Rev. Gordon and Dorothy Gartrell. The card includes a photo and overview of their work. Gordon and Dorothy work in partnership with the United Presbyterian Church of Brazil in ministries of church planting and leadership training in Bahia, Brazil. They are helping a small church grow through a ministry of leadership development. Once that church is stronger, they will begin work in church planting. They realize this is a long process, but their patience is fueled by a strong love for the Brazilian people. “We are called to share …
Use this card as you pray for mission co-workers Cobbie and Dessa Palm. This card includes a photo and overview of their work. Working alongside the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP), Cobbie reaches out and witnesses to Christ in three ways. First, he leads seminars for pastors and lay leaders to enhance their skills in evangelistic preaching. Second, he works to enable development projects such as clean water, waste, and sanitation, and he leads value formation seminars for youth in conflict with the law. Third, he promotes peace and reconciliation through his advocacy role in Christian-Muslim …
Use this card as you pray for mission co-worker Leslie Vogel. This card includes a photo and overview of her work. As regional liaison for Guatemala and Mexico, Leslie serves as a facilitator of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to provide support for partner programs, relationships, and activities, and as an implementer of Presbyterian World Mission Strategy. She supports PC(USA) mission personnel by sharing information, mentoring/guiding, and encouraging missiological reflection. In addition, Leslie facilitates and seeks to strengthen healthy, effective, and missiologically appropriate relationships between partners in Mexico and Guatemala, and PC(USA) congregations and presbyteries. “My sense of call has …
Use this card as you pray for mission coworkers Jeremy and Luta Garbat-Welch. This card includes a photo and overview of their work. Luta serves as a community health facilitator in Malawi, where she is based, and in four other African countries, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Zambia. She helps African partners develop sustainable community health programs. Jeremy, a clinically-trained hospital chaplain, shares his expertise with Presbyterian clergy in Malawi. “We are called to serve God by living holistic lives of faith and health, and sharing God’s message of wholeness to others,” they write. …
Use this card as you pray for mission co-workers Brian and Sandi Thompson-Royer. This card includes a photo and overview of their work. Brian and Sandi will work with the women’s organization of the National Presbyterian Church of Guatemala in its efforts to empower women. They will facilitate leadership development and will help nurture relationships between Guatemalan women and Presbyterian women in the United States. Sandi believes “miracles can happen” when women take leadership roles in families, churches, and communities. “I am a quiet leader, strong networker, and collaborator, bringing people’s strengths and abilities together for goodness,” she says. Brian adds …
Use this card as you pray for Mission co-workers Myoung Ho Yang and Ji Yeon Yoo. Myoung Ho is professor of liturgical studies and sacred music at the Divinity School of Chung Chi College, a part of the Chinese University in Hong Kong. Ji Yeon supports him in this ministry. Their service is in response to a call to international mission that each of them sensed several years ago in their native South Korea. “It is our vision that the people in the world know and worship God, acknowledging God as their Creator, Redeemer, and Lord,” they write. “We …