I think I mentioned on our previous post that the theme for this year’s outreach events and short-term teams is “Going Viral, Living an Infectious Faith.” As always I depend on Samuel for coming up with cool graphics. For those of you who don’t know Sam, he is an elder at the second church and […]
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I spoke to Dave Miller this afternoon. He was in a hospital bed near Las Vegas. I told him about the arrachera and chorizo tacos I had a few days ago, topped with nopales and green salsa. Dave mentioned that he hasn’t eaten real food in days. Jello certainly isn’t real food. Dave went to
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I grew up in Lancaster Co, PA. Even though lots of dairy farms have gone out of business, I’m guessing that there are still more cows in the county where I grew up than people. Both my parents grew up on a farm. When I asked my dad why neither he nor his two brothers
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Some of you may have heard that Rod and Mayra Fry are teaming up with Dave Miller and Co. of Adventures in Life Ministry to offer a brand new internship beginning next summer, 2015. The dates are from June 22 through August 4. The first part of the internship includes an orientation time in Mexico
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Earlier this week the 5 students that composed this year’s summer internship experience boarded a plane and returned to the U.S. It’s always a bittersweet experience. The sweet part is knowing that everyone in your trust survived the summer without any major health or safety issues, and left not really wanting to leave. Also, for
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Thinking about a short-term missions experience? Not sure you want to deal with the hyper-activity? Not sure you really think that short-term experiences are really effective anyway? Let’s re-think short-term experiences together. Done right, they can be transformation, both in the lives of the participants as well as the lives of the host ministry. I
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Some of you know that we’re excited about kicking off a new 6-week long mission experience next summer, in conjunction with Dave Miller and Adventures in Life Ministry. The 6-week short-term experience is specifically designed for college-aged students and young-at-heart Christians who want a hands-on, relationally based summer, with emphasis given to cultural orientation and
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