The Mission Yearbook for Prayer & 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.The stories for the 2011 Mission Yearbook were collected around General Assembly Mission theme “Grow Christ’s Church Deep and Wide” based on Matt. 28:18-20 and Mark 9:35. Each yearbook page bears witness to the abundant possibilities of the church because of the leadership of Christ.
Today in the Mission Yearbook: March 30, 2011
EASTMINSTER PRESBYTERY - First Presbyterian Church (FPC) of Niles was a thriving congregation of more than 1,000 before the local economy collapsed. Today it has fewer than 140 members. FPC members refused to withdraw into a survival mode. Instead, they dramatically increased their outreach.
Church volunteers began reaching out to a low-income housing complex. Litter-strewn grounds and broken glass greeted them everywhere. A month later, they returned to clean up the complex and refurbish its playgrounds. FPC's session voted to hold vacation Bible school (VBS) at the complex that summer. Members hauled tables and chairs to a parking lot and stretched a tarp overhead for shade. More than forty children turned out. For three years VBS met there until renovation construction took over the site.
Soon, another neighborhood needing an infusion of God's love emerged.
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