If you just attended the recent Mission ConneXion Northwest 2015 “Barriers and Breakthroughs” event, you know those attending the many workshops, plenary sessions, and Exhibits were encouraged to follow the call of God on their life, and to support others who have made that commitment. Many stories are emerging of what the Lord did this…
DetailsAs we count down the final days and hours before Mission ConneXionNorthwest Jan. 16-17, 2015, I’d like to ask you for your help… 1. Please Follow us on Twitter @missionconnxion and Facebook 2. Please re-share our posts on Twitter and Facebook to help get the word out about our 2015 event.
DetailsBy Craig Hall Pastor of Missions and Youth, Family Church, Sutherlin, Oregon For the past 6 years I have been taking cross-cultural teams to Mexico with those from our church body. It was a short-term mission trip that the Lord used to call me into full time ministry as the Youth Pastor at Family…
DetailsBy Kathy Ikola I first attended Mission ConneXion Northwest (MCNW) in 2003. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it reminded me of my YWAM Discipleship Training School days, where the teachers were passionate, honest and challenging. Several things said that weekend at MCNW inspired me to join a group of young people on a…
DetailsBy Dave Dawson, Bethel Church, Richland, WA We all enjoy watching our children as they explore the world, learn how it works and then respond to it in wide-eyed wonder. As fun as that is to watch, it is even more remarkable when adults learn about the world and respond like children in open mouth…
DetailsBy Bill MacLeod It seems like we’re all waiting for something…good health to return…a marriage to mend…a job…a prodigal to return…a baby to arrive…a biopsy report…love for life…or just for the microwave to ding!
DetailsSimply…Thank You “The world is moved along not by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but by the aggregate, tiny pushes of each honest worker.” Helen Keller I’ve always loved that quote by Helen Keller, and especially what precedes it: “ “I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty…
DetailsBy Jill Hartzell The widow smiled. Her eyes were intense from a life of great pain. Yet, tender and warm as she shared her life story with me. It was filled with concentration camps, great hardship, and overwhelming concern for the situation in Ukraine. Her small village of Pullin was far from the Russian border,…
DetailsBy Judge Tom Kohl I am a circuit court judge in the State of Oregon. God has given me a powerful story through the brutal murder of my daughter of how He can take a tragedy and turn it into a triumph. It is a story of forgiveness and hope that is only possible in…
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