Our Mission Friends: Faces of Children

Over the course of two weeks, the Thai Mission Team will be learning more about faith-based ministries among victims of human trafficking, displaced persons, and those fleeing persecution in Myanmar (Burma); aiding and supporting existing ministries among those people; and sharing the Gospel and encouraging leaders who are ministering there.

But not all of our Mission Partners are based in Thailand ..... for example, right here in the Tall City, working with the Thai Mission Team in the months leading up to our departure, is Faces of Children, an ecumenical prayer ministry under the auspices of First Presbyterian Church of Midland, Texas. FOC's mission is to initiate ministries of prayer for children in churches, communities, and neighborhoods. In doing so, they seek to provide an opportunity for people of God to join together, learn about children and their needs throughout the world, and celebrate Christ's love (especially as it relates to children).

"But Jesus called for them and said, 'Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs. Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will never enter it.'" - Luke 18:16-17

Faces of Children seeks to: 1) Educate by raising awareness about suffering children and children at risk; 2) Pray and mobilize groups to pray for children in churches, neighborhoods, communities across our nation, and throughout the world; 3) Build relationships with global ministries that reach out to children, praying with and for those ministries and the children they serve; and, 4) Provide an opportunity for people of God to join in celebrating Christ's love, especially as it relates to children.

For more information, you can call Faces of Children at (432) 684-7821, or e-mail them at info@facesofchildren.net You can also request Intercessory Prayers for Children which will be shared through various means, including the Faces of Children weblog.