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Friday, April 19, 2013
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. The stories in the 2013 Mission Yearbook were gathered around the question of Jesus to his disciples, “How many loaves have you?” from Mark 6:38. The book is filled with stories of God’s abundance in the face of overwhelming needs and a scarcity of resources.
Today in the Mission Yearbook: April 19, 2013
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - Several times every year, women from a small church in West Kasai, Democratic Republic of the Congo, carry cassava and corn flour, dried fish, cassava leaves, pots, pans, and small metal stoves to their churchyard to make 450 “loaves” of bidia (soft, putty-like balls of grain) and a sauce of fish and greens. Other church members meet the women and help carry the food, by foot, several miles to the local prison to provide a worship service and meal for 400 prisoners. The meals are part of an ongoing prison ministry. With members of the session, Pastor Tshibuabua regularly visits, counsels, and prays with priso.
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. The stories in the 2013 Mission Yearbook were gathered around the question of Jesus to his disciples, “How many loaves have you?” from Mark 6:38. The book is filled with stories of God’s abundance in the face of overwhelming needs and a scarcity of resources.
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