All who have been part of a mission trip to Ecuador in the past and any who are interested in going in the future are invited to join us Sunday morning, September 23 at 8:30 for breakfast in the Big Room on third floor north. We will share a time of fellowship and prayer for this mission partner, and discuss plans for the upcoming trip in 2013.
• Youth will attend Sessions with Adults
• PLUGGED-IN Sessions are planned for children ages K-6th grade
• Nursery available for children ages 0-4
Global Missions Offering Goal: $35,000
5:15 pm Dinner in Armstrong Hall – Sign up required
6:00 pm Conference Opening
7:00 pm Session 1 (Adults), Plugged-In (Children)
3:00 pm Opening Assembly
3:15 pm Session 2 (Adults), Plugged-In (Children)
4:15 pm Session 3 (Adults), Plugged-In (Children)
5:15 pm Dinner – Sign up required
6:00 pm General Assembly
9:15 am Session 4 or Sunday School
You may select a session to attend
• Missions 101 (Room 330)
• How Can I Plug Into the Work in Turkey (Chapel)
• Engaging the Unengaged: Oue Kyrgyz Partnership (Fellowship Hall)
10:30 am Morning Worship
5:00 pm Session 5 (Adults), Plugged-In (Children)
You may select a session to attend
• A Church Planting Strategy: The Jungles & Cities (Room 300)
• Morningview Opportunities: How to Be Plugged In with Supporting and Sending Missionaries (Fellowship Hall)
• Turkish Worldview: Bridges & Barriers to the Gospel (Chapel)
5:55 pm Meet-n-Greet
6:30 pm Evening Worship
It is that time of year to begin thinking about our Ecuador partnership and considering whether God might be leading you to participate with our 2012 Ecuador Mission team. Ecuador is our oldest and most established missions partnership. Steve and Carol Thompson have been in Ecuador over 20 years, and we have been sending teams down to work with them for over 5 years now. They are involved in various forms of ministry and outreach in Ecuador, all with a primary focus of evangelism, church planting and church development
This is a great place to experience your first overseas mission trip, because it is a more safe and stable environment than our other missions partners. Almost anyone can participate as our team has the opportunity to partner with Steve and Carol and their wonderful staff (Esteban, Roberto, Esther, and others) to work with local believers and pastors to spread the gospel through conferences, vacation Bible schools, and youth retreats.
This year our trip will be July 7th through 16th. We will not be going to the UNPES Jungle Camp, but will be helping the entire week at Camp Chacauco in Patate. Chacauco is a beautiful, hand-built retreat centered in the central mountain region of Ecuador, where the Theological Seminary we have helped fund is located, and where Steve and Carol live and host their Pastor Retreats and Youth Camps.
We will be helping with a Youth Camp at Chacauco from Sunday to Wednesday, where we will have the opportunity to minister to High School students from the mountain region of the country. From Thursday to Saturday, we will be leading a Vacation Bible School in a local church. During the evenings, from Thursday to Saturday, we will be leading our annual Pastor’s Conference in Ambato. We will also get to participate in worship with two Ecuadorian churches. This will be a good week for Ecuador missions.
As part of the mission adventure, we will get to visit the Equator, swim in the Vina del Rio, hike to Pailon del Diablo, and ride the Swinging Basket at Manto de la Novia. We will also learn a lot about the history of religion and Christian missions in Ecuador.
There will be an information meeting immediately following the worship service this Sunday (March 18) morning in the Big Room (Room 300). I would like to encourage anyone who has any interest in participating with the Ecuador Mission team this year to come to that meeting. This will give us an opportunity to give you some more general information about cost and other requirements, and some more details about what we will be doing while in country. It will also be an important meeting for us to gauge how many people are interested in going to Ecuador this year. The more team members we have, the lower the individual cost per person.
I hope this has stirred an interest in your heart for the work in Ecuador, and I will be praying that many of you will have enough interest to attend the meeting. I will look forward to seeing you there and talking with you more about the work that God is calling us to be a part of in Ecuador. Finally, I pray we will get to serve alongside one another this summer in Ecuador.
Brief (30 minutes) informational meeting Sunday, March 11 following the morning worship service. If you have interest in this trip and want more information, meet with us in the Big Room on third floor.
We have had an incredible weekend here at Morningview with our Annual Missions Conference! God blessed us with astounding missionary testimonies, inspiring sermons, reports from our partner fields, and challenges on how we can be more faithful witnesses of Christ all over the world. On top of all that, between gifts and pledges, we exceeded our $35,000 goal for our Global Missions Offering by over a thousand dollars. To God be the Glory!
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• Youth will attend Sessions with Adults
• PLUGGED-IN Sessions are planned for children ages K-6th grade
• Nursery available for children ages 0-4
Reservations needed for dinner and for childcare
5:15 p.m. Dinner in Armstrong Hall (sign-up required)
6:00 p.m. Conference Opening
7:00 p.m. Session #1 (Adults), Plugged-In (Children)
3:00 p.m. Opening Assembly
3:15 p.m. Session #2 (Adults), Plugged-In (Children)
4:15 p.m. Session #3 (Adults), Plugged-In (Children)
5:15 p.m. Dinner (sign-up required)
6:00 p.m. General Assembly
9:15 a.m. Session #4 or Sunday School
You may select a session to attend or go to your Sunday School class
Sessions:
• Missions 101
• Prayer in Missions Partnerships
• Unengaged People Group: What/Who Is It?
10:30 a.m. Morning Worship
Global Missions Offering
5:00 p.m. Session #5 (Adults) , Plugged-In (Children)
You may select a session to attend
Sessions:
• 1 Might Be Called to Missions
• Reaching Local Internationals
• Unreached People Group: What/Who Is It?
5:55 p.m. Meet-n-Greet
6:30 p.m. Evening Worship
It is now just about a month until we gather for our 4th annual Global Missions Conference here at Morningview, and I hope you will make every effort to be in attendance for all of the activities. This year, Chuck Lawless will be our keynote speaker. Dr. Lawless was one of my professors at Southern Seminary, and he served there for several years as the Dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism. Just a few months ago, Dr. Lawless was appointed to the International Missions Board as the Continue reading
G321 is our Discipleship class for children and meets each Sunday evening at 5:00 pm. This 10 weeks the emphasis will be Missions. Our purpose is to lead children to be involved in the spread of the Gospel locally and abroad by praying, giving and doing. We will study Turkey and Uzbekistan this quarter, learning more about the missionaries and the work in those countries.
Your children will learn more about our missions partnership with Central Asia and Ecuador and about the missionaries serving there. Register your children for this fun missions learning experience by calling the church office or in your Adult Sunday School class.
We will need volunteers to help in the following areas:
Hygiene Kits Team, Children’s Ministry Team, Preschool Ministry Team, Grounds Teams, Hands of Christ Paint Team, Shepherd’s Staff Paint and Light Construction Teams, Housekeeping Teams, Servant Evangelism Team, Neighborhood Outreach Team, Friendship Mission Team
