Today in the PC-USA Mission Yearbook

The Mission Yearbook for Prayer and 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 in the 2013 Mission Yearbook were gathered around the question of Jesus to his disciples, “How many loaves have you?” from Mark 6:38. The book is filled with stories of God’s abundance in the face of overwhelming needs and a scarcity of resources.

Today in the Mission Yearbook: February 15, 2013

PRESBYTERY OF ARKANSAS - Hunger relief is a focus of the Presbytery of Arkansas. The Gretta Lane Mission, an outreach of Barr Memorial Presbyterian in west Arkansas, each week distributes food to 140–220 families living in a community with no grocery store or gas station and a county where 17.7 percent of residents have incomes below the poverty level. In eastern Arkansas, Graham Memorial Presbyterian of Forrest City, after participating in Arkansas Rice Depot’s Food for Kids program, began a weekly soup kitchen that now serves 800 meals monthly to hungry residents of St. Francis County. In central Arkansas, Stewpot, housed at Little Rock’s First Presbyterian and staffed by volunteers from area congregations, has since 1978 served 125–175 meals each weekday to homeless individuals and families.

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