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: April 22, 2014
MINUTE FOR MISSION: EARTH DAY - Revelation 21:1–6 paints pictures of what could be, as opposed to the harsh reality of what is now. This vision is good news. It is God’s call to us to not lose hope. It is also God’s encouragement to take measure of where we are and to draw closer to where God would have us be.
Rather than pretending that we do not face hard times, we first know and name them. The earth is warming faster than predicted, and glaciers are melting. We live in a time of both severe drought and massive flooding, of raging fires and damaging hurricanes. Meanwhile, people who are already wronged by racial and economic injustice also bear the brunt of environmental devastatio.
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