- EVENT: Great Commission Prayer Summit
- FAMILY ACTIVITY: Advent Prayer Chain
- PODCAST: Social Media and Short-term Missions
- NEWS: Friday Roundup
- EVENTS: Upcoming Conferences, Courses, and More
Day: November 30, 2016
EVENT: Great Commission Prayer Summit
Source: SVM2
“God is stirring the prayer movement in his global Church like never before. The Holy Spirit is taking us higher in the spirit of prayer,” write friends at SVM2. “The Great Commission Prayer Summit is a gathering with others hungry to partner with God in contending for global harvest in this strategic hour. Our overarching objective is listening to his heart and growing in effectively aligning in intercessory prayer toward the fulfillment of the Great Commission.”
Can you get to Thailand this January? Go and join them, then bring home that passion for all-nations prayer to share with others.
When: January 19-22, 2017
Where: Great Commission Equipping Center (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
Who: Church, campus ministry, mission leaders, prayer leaders, believers hungering to grow in Great Commission prayer
» Learn more or register to attend.
» Readers might also be interested in an SVM publication, The Handbook for Great Commission Ministries. It includes a number of resources you can use to raise up and equip laborers for the harvest.
FAMILY ACTIVITY: Advent Prayer Chain
Source: Weave Family Ministries
The countdown to Christmas is on! Focus your children on the birth of Jesus, the Savior of the world. Make an Advent Prayer Chain with your family and intercede for unreached peoples living in cultures where the gospel has not yet penetrated.
Teaching Time: 15 minutes and ongoing prayer.
Materials: Printed Advent Prayer Chain sheets, scissors, glue/glue stick, stapler, and five sheets colored construction paper.
» Learn more and download the materials. They’re free. Weave has lots of ideas for connecting your family to God’s global story. Poke around their website!
» Holidays on your mind? See also 22 Christmas Gift Ideas for Your Cross-Cultural Worker (A Life Overseas) and the Christmas section at OSCAR, the UK information service for world mission.
PODCAST: Social Media and Short-term Missions
Source: Global Missions Podcast
The Global Missions Podcast provides helpful resources and practical information to churches and individuals to help them effectively support and engage in global missions. It’s hosted by Rob Magwood, Canadian Director of SEND International.
In a recent episode, Social Media and Short-term Missions, “Mags” interviews Shayna Winn of Metropolitan Bible Church in Ottawa, Ontario about how she used social media to keep her church up-to-date on their summer short-term missions teams and engage the congregation in prayer. This isn’t rocket science, but there’s probably something here you haven’t thought about!
» Listen to the podcast. See also a previous episode with Scott Moreau of Wheaton College, Social Media and Missions: A Starter Conversation.
NEWS: Friday Roundup
Source: Justin Long
Researcher Justin Long serves with Beyond, a ministry that sends teams to the unreached to start movements. He publishes a great weekly “Friday Roundup” of curated links to news stories, articles about trends and strategies, and other resources useful in reaching the unreached. Join the growing list of subscribers and get helpful info in your inbox every Friday.
EVENTS: Upcoming Conference, Courses, and More
Source: Missions Catalyst Events Calendar
Note: We’d appreciate your help gathering information about 2017 events so we can include them in a special edition of Missions Catalyst at the end of next month. Check the listings and let me know if you are aware of something that should be added. Thanks!
December 5-6, Support Raising Bootcamp (Orlando, FL, USA). Provided by Support Raising Solutions.
December 6-8, Finishing the Task Conference (Lake Forest, CA, USA).
December 8, Key Insights from the 2016 CEO and Church Mission Leader Survey (online). Webinar from Missio Nexus.
December 27-30, Cross Conference (Indianapolis, IN, USA). Conference calling students to the unreached.
December 27-31, Chinese Missions Convention (Baltimore, MD, USA).
» View the complete calendar. For additional information about a specific event, please contact the organizers.
» See also the UK-based mission information service OSCAR, The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada’s Christian Community Calendar, events with the Southern Baptist International Mission Board, and an international calendar of network meetings at Linking Global Voices.