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. How often have you wondered, where are the young adults in the PC(USA)? Wonder no longer. The 2014 Presbyterian Mission Yearbook for Prayer and Study is devoted to the theme of young adults in the church. Its stories, many told by young adults, lift up how Presbyterians of all ages are engaging and joining with Presbyterian young adults in reforming the church for Christ’s mission.
Today in the Mission Yearbook: January 2, 2014
CENTRAL FLORIDA PRESBYTERY - In Osceola County, right outside the affluence that defines Celebration, Florida, is a corridor of pain and brokenness: 10,000 persons without homes, including 2,400 children (one in four) in the school system. The program 60 Minutes accentuated the immense poverty in the shadow of Disney, “the happiest place on earth.” Community Presbyterian Church could not ignore the probing question of Matthew 25:44: “Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?”
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