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: May 9, 2013

PRESBYTERY OF MACKINAC, OF MICHIGAN AND WISCONSIN - Nestled among cherry orchards and between pristine turquoise blue waters of Lake Michigan and Elk Lake is a lovely little region of northern lower Michigan known as the “cherry capital of the world.” Here, bees are a healthy part of the cherry economy, and fields are full of blossoms during the growing season. But the pews of First Presbyterian Church of Elk Rapids were not so full. Sunday worship was dwindling—turning what might have been an abundant bouquet of churchgoing “flowers” of all ages into mostly a bed of distinguished gray instead.

Then a miracle began to happen.

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