Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer & Study is a daily devotional with 365 inspiring mission stories that come from next door and all across the globe. It inspires thousands of Presbyterians daily as they uphold the mission of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in intercessory prayer. The stories for the 2011 Mission Yearbook were collected around General Assembly Mission theme “Grow Christ’s Church Deep and Wide” based on Matthew 28:18-20 and Mark 9:35. Each yearbook page bears witness to the abundant possibilities of the church because of the leadership of Christ.

Today in the Mission Yearbook: July 17, 2011

MINUTE FOR MISSION: SMALLER MEMBERSHIP CHURCH - "The Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious. . . . It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain."
(Isaiah 4:2, 6, NIV )

On April 12, 1908, Mrs. George Shumake gathered neighborhood kids under an old fir tree to teach them Bible stories. Their voices rose to catch the ear of a Presbyterian minister who would go on to help Mrs. Shumake found Manitou Park Presbyterian Church in Tacoma. I thought about Mrs. Shumake as I stood beneath the branches of a different fir tree a hundred years later.
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