Overseas Staff Stories

Overseas staff stories provide a timely and meaningful opportunity to help your congregation connect with the work being done through partners around the world, and can be used in a wide variety of settings -

Sermon illustrations
Bulletin inserts
Articles for church newsletter
Post on Bulletin Board
Meditation for:

offertory
communion
stewardship emphases
committee meetings

Prayer focus:

in worship
for prayer groups
for youth groups

Educational Focus:

in Church school class
for women's/men's/youth groups

Evangelism
Ideas/inspiration
Prayer for the shared venture
Bible Study
Reflections on how other Christians experience the Good News

Other helpful resources you might be interested in:

Mission Personnel Blogs
Global Ministries 2013 wall calendar with missionary photos for weekly prayer [PDF]
Common Lot - Women in International Mission

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(Latest stories will appear first.)

Occupy Gezi Update [Turkey]
June 18, 2013

Border Journey - Dogcatchers for migrants [Mexico]
June 18, 2013

Comrades Submission [South Africa]
June 6, 2013

Graduation Day 2013 [Lesotho]
June 5, 2013

The Journey [Israel-Palestine]
June 4, 2013

Occupy Gezi … Occupy Turkey [Turkey]
June 2, 2013

Chandkali's Story [India]
May 17, 2013

Together the Church is Alive! [Laos]
May 16, 2013

Changing Lives at the School of Nursing in Mungeli [India]
May 16, 2013

Update: Rios Montt Conviction Overturned [Guatemala]
May 14, 2013

May Day Dentist Visit [Turkey]
May 9, 2013

Christ is Risen, Indeed! []
May 7, 2013

What We Carry [Armenia]
May 6, 2013

Investing in Building People [Guatemala]
April 30, 2013

April is Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month [Dominican Republic]
April 25, 2013

Singing the Birds [Ghana]
April 25, 2013

Border Journey - March for Jose Antonio [Mexico]
April 23, 2013

Different Gifts [Lesotho]
April 23, 2013

Christ is Risen! He is Risen Indeed! [Mexico]
April 17, 2013

Story of a Lao student and After School Activity Program [Laos]
April 16, 2013

Celebrations [Nicaragua]
April 16, 2013

Living a Risking Faith [Mexico]
April 11, 2013

A Constant Source of Encouragement and Support [Botswana]
April 9, 2013

Enroute to Namibia [Namibia]
April 5, 2013

Alleluia, He is risen! Easter Blessings to everyone from Swaziland, Africa! [Swaziland]
April 4, 2013

Deporting Jesús and María to secure the border [Mexico]
April 4, 2013

Easter in Timor [Indonesia]
April 3, 2013

Do this in Remembrance of Me ... [Indonesia]
March 26, 2013

jTatic Samuel jCanan Lum Recognition 2013 [Mexico]
March 26, 2013

OGHS Impacts Health Care in India [India]
March 18, 2013

"When Sleeping Women Awake..." [Brazil]
March 14, 2013

Agricultural Development at Mt. Selinda [Zimbabwe]
March 12, 2013

A Poem for Spring [Armenia]
March 12, 2013

Stories of Hope [Japan]
March 5, 2013

Traumatic Times [Japan]
March 5, 2013

Poverty Prevention and Empowerment for Un-documented Adolescents in the Dominican Republic [Dominican Republic]
March 5, 2013

A New Beginning [Hungary]
March 5, 2013

My Yoke is Easy and My Burden Light [Philippines]
March 5, 2013

Nurturing the Next Generation of Interfaith Network Leaders [Hong Kong]
March 5, 2013

Another Year of Ministry in Colombia [Colombia]
March 4, 2013

From a Dead Horse [Chile]
March 4, 2013

Cause to Celebrate [South Africa]
March 1, 2013

Budding Hope [Haiti]
March 1, 2013

Good News is Coming! [Haiti]
March 1, 2013

Jesus was a clever teacher [Sri Lanka]
March 1, 2013

"God Bless You" [Laos]
March 1, 2013

How Can They Hear? [Lesotho]
March 1, 2013

‘Keep Hope Alive’... despite the unexpected [Israel-Palestine]
March 1, 2013

Responding to our Communities [Kenya]
February 26, 2013

Dance Gathering [Chile]
February 26, 2013