Join us for a virtual visit in the midst of COVID19 travel restrictions! Interested in Japan? Lots of people are! The Short-Term Mission Team is hosting this virtual visit with Gordon and Lee Ann Hwang, IM Global servants in Yokohama, Japan. They have been serving in Japan for the past 15 years. They will give you a taste of their ministry and give you food for thought on what you could do to share your faith with young people in Japan. Join us September 22, 2020 at 1pm(EDT). 

How might we fulfill or be challenged to fulfill the first two words in Matthew 28: 19 “Therefore go”  in this season where airports, borders are still not 100% open and when the COVID restrictions are real? The answer is in digital ministry.

We may be looking to the East, West or South for God to guide our steps in short-term missions. We discern with you how God is calling you to move forward, in light of the IM focus ministries; health, economic development, immigration & refugees, human trafficking, education, peace & justice and partners’ invitations. Join us as you are able.

Madeline’s mission work takes place in the severely impoverished bateyes (bah-tays) communities. Teams meet local needs by bringing supplies such as food, clothes and bedding. They also set up medical clinics; offer training in hygiene, birth control and domestic violence prevention; and lead Vacation Bible School programs. In Cuba, Madeline works with the Eastern Cuba Baptist Convention and the churches in the Jiguani district in Granma.

Excerpts of reflections sent by Pastor Marion E. Criddle & a couple of members from the short-term mission team from Rivers of Joy Church. They were serving in Kenya as the current pandemic was evolving.