God pours out His blessings on us, and one way we show gratitude is by giving back. Each year on Palm Sunday, we take a special offering called Give Back the Blessing to provide tangible help to one City Engagement Partner and one Global Mission Partner Meet this year’s Give Back the...
Beside the colorful 1950s cars and buildings from the same era, a young pastor walks the streets of downtown Havana. She steps inside a two-story home built in an unmistakable art deco style, pastel paint chipping. Up a narrow stairwell, she knocks on an apartment door and is greeted by a...
There is still time to put in your order for Something Significant for Christmas! With 26 different giving opportunities, 100% of the donations going directly to First Pres Local and Global partners, and an opportunity to spread Christ's love and...
What does it look like to enter into someone’s reality? To walk with them, to encourage and be encouraged, learn together, and attempt to gain a deeper understanding of God and his people. Our partners in Guatemala have opened the door for us to enter into the reality and context of...
Malacatan, Guatemala, is a small town close to the border between Mexico and Guatemala—about 15 minutes from the El Carmen border crossing. Yearly, tens of thousands of migrants from all over Central America are deported to this area by Mexican authorities. Large buses cross the bridge...
Our Mongolian Conference team will soon be back from their time deepening relationships and entering into the incredible ways God is moving and working in Mongolia. The team has been busy attending a wedding, worshiping at a church plant and enjoying a traditional Mongolian barbecue given...
Don Wallace, one of the team members in Mongolia to celebrate 20 years of Campus Crusade for Christ's teachers ministry, shares about spending time with the Mongolian Home Builders groups, a recipient of the 2018 Give Back the Blessing Offering: "Friday night in Ulaanbaatar, I was...
I am flying home from Delhi full of hope and joy for what our team experienced while in India. In debriefing with the team and reflecting, I was reminded repeatedly of the value of relationships as we join God in His mission. Our team stepped into the midst of significant and longstanding...
For two weeks during the month of April, six First Pres members are working with our partners in India to help with business training. Here are some updates of the five days they have been there so far. Elder Alan Jacobs shared God's Word on Christian Home Sunday at Presbyterian...
A team of two have been in Guatemala this past week continuing to discern and build our developing partnership. Here are some thoughts from a team member as they revisited Edgar and Eliu Morales and their water treatment facility. Written by Vicki Witte Water. We use it every day. We cook...