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. 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: June 10, 2014

SYNOD OF THE LAKES AND PRAIRIES - There is a history of agriculture throughout the Upper Midwest, home to the synods of Lakes and Prairies, Lincoln Trails, and Mid-America. But today the region is associated with considerably less wholesome traits—poverty and hunger.

“We are people connected to the land; you don’t have to go back too many generations to find ancestors who were farmers,” says Rev. Sarah Moore-Nokes, general presbyter for the Presbytery of Winnebago. “But we are also people with a higher than average poverty rate, where grocery stores are less common than bars.”

Responding to that need, the three synods have come together under Moore-Nokes’s leadership around a common mission called just.good.food

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