We are trying something new! The final blog from our recent trip to Ukraine will be photos from the trip. A very special thank you goes out to Susan Montoya from FPC San Diego for taking these wonderful pictures. We hope you enjoy seeing these snapshots!
Read MoreIn this Day 5 trip vlog, Tom Boone, Associate Director for Missions sits down with Executive Director Mark Mueller, and Vic Petrenko from FPC Mooresville, NC. Each of these men explain how they were impacted in different ways on their recent Outreach Foundation trip to Ukraine. We hope you enjoy their conversation!
Read MoreOn this day four trip vlog, our Associate Director for Mission, Tom Boone, interviews Susan Montoya, a trip participant from First Presbyterian Church of San Diego. We invite you to listen in as Susan talks about how hosting a Ukrainian family and getting to meet some of their extended family on this trip, has changed Susan’s life for the better. We hope you enjoy these updates. Please come back tomorrow for day five!
Read More“As Ananias was to Paul after his conversion (Acts 10) we are here with you in that hope for your encouragement. Paul emerged from his time with Ananias ‘strengthened’ and we pray the same will be true for you because we were together with the Lord among us.” With these words, Tom Boone, Associate Director for Mission, opened the resiliency retreat in Kyiv. Hosted by Ukraine Evangelical Theological Seminary (UETS), a team of 11 from the United States, Poland, and Lithuania gathered with 43 military chaplains, pastors, and their wives. For three days we shared stories, prayed, and learned about trauma and PTSD during the war in Ukraine. Three ballistic missile threats caused our phones to alarm during the day, but praise be to God, the retreat was shielded from night attacks, which meant three nights of undisturbed sleep.
Read MoreOn this day two trip vlog, Rev. Dr. Tom Boone interviews Rev. Rod Stone from Community Presbyterian Church in Pinehurst, NC. Rev. Stone was an integral part of the trip, providing training to military chaplains headed back to the front lines to support Ukrainian soldiers. Watch the video above to hear Rev. Stone’s reflections.
Read More"I thank God in all my remembrance of you” (Phil 1,3). Remembering, referred to as “remembrance” in scripture, is essential and unifying in our visits to our partners. We remember our partners not just in prayers and conversations, but most powerfully when we visit their homes and lands. Like the stones of Aaron (Exodus 28:12), we help each other remember the Lord’s goodness during the atrocities of war.
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