Last month as part of our annual Missions and Evangelism retreat we heard a report from Tiffany Beadle, a Community Advocate from the Marshalltown Police and Community Team (MPACT). Currently two women serve as Community Advocates, intervening in non-emergent non-criminal police calls involving mental illness, family conflict, etc. You can read more about MPACT here: https://www.yss.org/mpact/ . We invited Tiffany to join us so we could learn more about the difficulties peopl

There were big changes to the way PCUSA does world missions in 2025. Our Missions & Evangelism Committee has been working through what these changes mean for us and our mission giving. We remain committed to supporting Dan and Elizabeth Turk, whom we have been in partnership for many years, and their work in Madagascar. We received their year-end update recently, sharing their hope and next steps as they continue their important ministry with a new sending agency, The Antioch

We received this shout out and Christmas update from Anibal and Elizabeth Mazariegos in La Bendici ó n, Guatemala. Elizabeth and one of the women of La Bendición Es Navidad! The Father's only begotten Son, full of grace and truth, who dwelt with Him from eternity, decided to send Him into this world, so that He might die in our place, because of our sin; Christ the Son of God died on that Cross for us. Celebrating Christmas allows us to once again preach the gospel message of