Missions Corner
Written by Emily Friday, 26 December 2008 00:00
God has been faithful though, and has brought the ministry a new president, Peter Schneider. We are confident he will be blessed by God to continue this ministry and do all that God has in store for this ministry.
"Jesus is the Way Prison Ministries" is a local ministry that Living Word Fellowship has supported for a long time. The ministry reaches out to the prisoner's by sending in representatives to the prisons to share God's love and His salvation. The ministry also extends hope to the families of the prisoner's by sharing His peace and joy with them, too.
One way that 'Jesus is the Way" shows the love of God to the families of the prisoner's is through the Christmas tree that we recently had set up in our front lobby. The tree had tags with age groups on it, and people from our church would take a tag, buy a gift, and bring it back to the church. After all the gifts are collected, they are wrapped and handed out to the children.
If you weren't able to get involved that way (or even if you were) there is always some way you CAN get involved. It's called prayer. Prayer is the most important thing you can do for any ministry. Some things you can pray for are there needs. Just like any ministry, 'Jesus is the Way" has needs. In the ministry's latest newsletter, four needs were mentioned: Color copier for offices, Washer/ gas dryer, one refrigerator, and one chest freezer. God is big enough to supply their needs, so agree with them that they will receive what they are believing for.
And, as always, you can pray for the prisoner's and their families. Pray for their lives to be touched and transformed.
God is doing great things in "Jesus is the Way Prison Ministries", and I want to be a part of it. How about you?
Written by Emily G Tuesday, 23 September 2008 00:00
Recently, I was asked to write a column for the youth group website on missions. I accepted the offer, and I'll be writing and updating this column semi-regularly. I hope you'll read it; mainly because I think it is SO easy to get caught in the trap of thinking, "Who really cares what's happening on the other side of the world?" I've fallen into that trap several times, but I know it really is important what's happening on the other side of the world. It's important to know what's taking place around the world when it comes to winning souls for Christ.
I love the idea of people all over the world hearing the gospel, and having a chance to know Christ. Whenever I think about the verse in the Bible that says, "Every knee shall bow and every tongue shall confess..." I get goosebumps! And with as exciting as that verse is, it has a sad element to it as well. For some of those who will bow their knees and confess with their tongues, it will be too late. Yes, they'll do it, but it won't count. That saddens me.
So for me, missions means that the people who get out on the "mission field" are giving all those(mostly clueless) people a chance at bowing their knee and confessing with their tongue now!
Being a part of that, whether it be through prayer, financial support, or being a missionary yourself, is exciting! And the purpose ofthe articles I plan on writing are to awaken us to what is really going on all around the world and even in our own cities with the missionaries that we support. I want us at Living Word Fellowship to be aware of who we are supporting, where they are at, and what they are doing. Hopefully it will inspire us to pray for them, and to question our own lack of courage when it comes to the mission field around us. Whether or not we ever leave our counrty or town, there is a mission field right where we are at.
God has commanded us to "Go into all the world and preach the gospel"(Mark 15:16) so we need to do it. No questions asked.