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Special Note: All of the mission personnel being featured in this quarter of All-church Summer are Young Adult Volunteers. Mission locations are a combination of regions of the United States as well as countries around the world.
Scripture: Matthew 1: 18-25
Main Idea: The child born to Mary will be named “Jesus” because he will save the people from their sins.
Something to Remember:
Q 11. What is sin? A. Sin is closing our hearts to God and disobeying God’s law.
Q 12. What are the results of sin? A. Our relationship with God is broken. All our relations with others are confused. — Belonging to God: A First Catechism
Mission: Tucson, Arizona — Michael Plank
Scripture: Mark 2: 1-12
Main Idea: Jesus demonstrates his authority to forgive sins.
Something to Remember:
Q 13. How does God deal with us as sinners? A. God hates our sin but never stops loving us.
Q 14. What did God do to help us? A. God chose the people of Israel to make a new beginning. They received God’s covenant and prepared the way for Jesus to come as our Savior.
— Belonging to God: A First Catechism
Mission: United Kingdom — Monisha Smith
Scripture: Mark 8: 27-30
Main Idea: Peter tells Jesus that he believes Jesus is the Messiah
Something to Remember:
Q 22. Who was sent to be the Messiah? A. God sent Jesus to be the Messiah. Messiah means “anointed one.” The New Testament word for Messiah is Christ. Jesus is called the Christ, because God anointed him to be the Savior who would rescue us from sin and death. — Belonging to God: A First Catechism
Mission: Watsonville, Calif. — Elizabeth Campbell
Scripture: Luke 19: 1-10
Main Idea: Jesus came to seek out and save the lost.
Something to Remember:
Q 32. What is the gospel? A. The gospel is the good news about Jesus. It promises us the forgiveness of our sins and eternal life because of him. Forgiveness and eternal life with God are what we mean by salvation. —Belonging to God: A First Catechism
Mission: Kenya — Kirk Harris
Scripture: Luke 22: 14-20
Main Idea: Jesus tells his disciples that the cup is a new covenant created through his blood.
Something to Remember:
Q 45. What is the Lord’s Supper? A. In the Lord’s Supper I am fed at the table of God’s family. Through the bread that I eat and the cup that I drink, the Lord offers me his body and blood. He renews my faith and gives me the gift of eternal life. As I remember that he died for all, and therefore also for me, I feed on him in my heart by faith with thanksgiving. —Belonging to God: A First Catechism
Mission: India — Cammy Crane
Scripture: Luke 24: 44-49
Main Idea: Repentance and forgiveness is to be proclaimed in the name of Christ.
Something to Remember:
Q 43. Why are you baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit? A. Because of the command Jesus gave to his disciples. After he was raised from the dead, he appeared to them, saying: “Go...and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28: 19) —
Belonging to God: A First Catechism
Mission: Atlanta, Ga. — Joshua Newton
Scripture: Romans 5: 6-11
Main Idea: We receive reconciliation through Jesus Christ.
Something to Remember:
Q 27. How did Jesus Christ prove to be our Savior? A. He sacrificed his life for us by dying on the cross. He showed by his victory over death by rising from the dead. He removed our guilt and gave us new, unending life with God. —Belonging to God: A First Catechism
Mission: Miami, Fla. — Allison Unroe
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5: 16-21
Main Idea: We are entrusted with the message of reconciliation.
Something to Remember:
Q 43. Why are you baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit? A. Because of the command Jesus gave to his disciples. After he was raised from the dead, he appeared to them, saying: “Go . . . and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28: 19) —Belonging to God: A First Catechism
Mission: Nora Jorgensen — Ghana
Scripture: Romans 8: 31-39
Main Idea: God’s love for us is made clear to us through Jesus Christ.
Something to Remember:
Q 21. What did God do to bring them back to the covenant? A. Although God judged the people when they sinned, God still loved them and remained faithful to them. God sent them prophets to speak God’s word. God gave them priests to make sacrifices for their sins. God called kings to protect the needy and guarantee justice. At last God promised to send the Messiah.
—Belonging to God: A First Catechism
Mission: Peru — Jamie Milton
Scripture: Ephesians 1: 3-14
Main Idea: We are adopted as God’s children through Jesus Christ.
Something to Remember:
Q23. How did God keep the promise to Abraham by sending Jesus? A. By sending Jesus, God opened up the covenant with Abraham to the whole world. God welcomed all who have faith in Jesus into the blessings of the covenant. —Belonging to God: A First Catechism
Mission: Guatemala — Sara Robinson
Scripture: Colossians 1: 15-20
Main Idea: God has reconciled all things through Jesus Christ.
Something to Remember:
Q25. What was Jesus like? A. When Jesus spoke, he spoke with God’s authority. When he acted, he acted with God’s power. The people were amazed. He was also gentle and loving. He cared for us in all our needs as a shepherd cares for the sheep. —Belonging to God: A First Catechism
Mission: Northern Ireland — Libby Hunter
Scripture: John 12: 44-50
Main Idea: God sent Jesus to save the world
Something to Remember:
Q22. Who was sent to be the Messiah? A. God sent Jesus to be the Messiah. Messiah means “anointed one.” The New Testament word for Messiah is Christ. Jesus is called the Christ, because God anointed him to be the Savior who would rescue us from sin and death.
—Belonging to God: A First Catechism
Mission: Gulf coast — Rebecca Weaver
Scripture: John 3: 16-18
Main Idea: God sent Jesus to save the world.
Something to Remember: “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.” — John 3: 17
Mission: Ukraine – Rachel Norton |
