COMMISIONING SERVICE

Mark 16:15 

And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

This is how God gets the job done, by sending His message to all,

The gospel is preached to the world, including the great and the small.

Obedience and faith is required, as the message is everywhere preached,

And missionaries go around the world, so that all the lost can be reached. 

We trust you who read these lines today, are willing to help in this fight,

Taking Jesus to all the world, because in doing this you do what is right. (RP)

This morning at our church, we will hear a missionary presentation by Courtney Lancaster, who was brought up in our church and has since served several years already in Japan.  We look forward to this.  Tonight our church is commissioning Catherine Russell who is not new at missions ministry, although she is still young. She has done a mission trip to spanish speaking people in another country, and served short term in Thailand.  Now she returns to Thailand for a year or so, commissioned by our church.  I am honored to have s small part in that service tonight, where we will also hear again, Courtney Lancaster.  Her folks are close friends of our and we have appreciated David and Susan, Courtney and Ryan through the years. We will report more on this tomorrow.  Thanks so much for praying.