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: July 14, 2014

HOLSTON PRESBYTERY OF TENESSEE - At the beginning of the 20th century, missionaries from the United Presbyterian Church of North America arrived in Greene County in East Tennessee. They discovered that there were not only no Presbyterian churches but no schools for the children. The call went out for teachers willing to relocate to the rural mountain region. The Home Mission Board established several schools, including boarding schools at Camp Creek and Cedar Creek. These schools provided an education for the children until the Greene County Board of Education took over the schools in the 1930s. ...

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