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: April 1, 2013

PRESBYTERY OF THE YUKON, ALASKA - The Presbytery of Yukon’s 23 congregations and their 2,434 members are spread over an area of Alaska similar in size to the area between Kansas City, Chicago, Atlanta, and Dallas. Four language/cultural groups make up the presbytery: Iñupiaq, English, Korean, and St. Lawrence Island Yup’ik. Airfare from one end of the presbytery to the other can cost over a thousand dollars.

Project Y.E.S. (Youth Exploring Service) is a youth leadership program of the presbytery and Chapel in the Mountains, located in Anaktuvuk Pass and directed by Dr. Sally Johnston. Project Y.E.S. seeks to empower Iñupiat youth to be leaders within God’s church by equipping them to share faith with peers and to lead their communities in caring for creation. Project Y.E.S. lifts up both Iñupiat and Christian values as the sustaining heritage upon which God builds a hopeful future for the next generation of Iñupiat society.

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