Thursday, October 22, 2015

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: October 22, 2015

PRESBYTERY OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND, MAINE/NEW HAMPSHIRE/VERMONT/MASSACHUSETTS - I never set out to be a prison chaplain, and yet I love being with these women in a world that should not exist. I serve as a chaplain at the New Hampshire State Prison for Women, a ministry supported in part by a mission grant from the Presbytery of Northern New England to the Women’s Prison Ministry of the New Hampshire Council of Churches.

I lead worship services and provide pastoral care to these women, who together hear Jesus’ words of “release to the prisoners” and seek to experience the transforming and freeing love of God in Jesus Christ ...

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