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August Newsletter

 SHANNON’S CORNER

Camp News!

Cherry Run Camp is my green pasture and quiet waters where the Lord continuously restores my soul.  This camp was even more special as I was invited to be the missionary in residence for the nine days of camp. Sharing with all age groups about missions and how as believers and followers of Christ we are all called to go and make disciples by sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ. It was a week that was fulfilling to be with my family and the family of God as we fellowshipped one with another.


As missionaries, we first need to make connections and build relationships with people before sharing the Good News. The youth were given the mission to level up: 1) make connection by introducing themselves to people and making them feel welcomed; 2) ask the person what they need prayer for; 3) the youth to pray with the person on the spot; 4) the youth to share their testimony; and 5) the person is asked to share their testimony.  The youth’s mission field is Cherry Run Camp.  Missions is done with others, not alone.  The youth had a simulation to experience in a small way what the persecuted church and global workers face.  Jesus debriefed his disciples after they were sent out, so the youth had a small debrief of their missionary experience at Cherry Run Camp and to know that they can use the same tools wherever they go – Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the world.


The children learned about sharing the gospel through bite size morsels with concrete object lessons.  The mission is a task – sharing the gospel.  The missionary is someone who does the mission.  Communication is important for others to understand the message of the mission.  Being a fisher of men – sharing the gospel message to all people, nations, tongues, and tribes.


In the adult sessions, we talked about how in missions we first need to make connections and build relationships and that starts with being hospitable.  Are we a welcoming and inviting presence?  A workshop on the challenges that pastor kids and missionary kids face.  Lectio Divina is one of the tools I use sometimes in debriefing and facilitating retreats.  Lectio Divina is a spiritual practice that is a sacred way of reading and meditating on scripture to connect with the Lord.  So, I had the adults experience doing a Lectio Divina reading of John 15:5-9.


It was such a joy to be invited to come and share with the women who came to the monthly Women’s Prayer Breakfast at the Korner Restaurant in Rimersburg, PA.  Some of the ladies I knew from my sending church, others I knew from the community and Union school, and there were some I just met.  Being women who come together and pray with one another is a special bond.  I shared from 2 Corinthians 4:7-9 as life situations and circumstances can be perplexing, hard, and where we are knocked down.  But we have this hope, “…for my (Jesus’) power is made perfect in (our) weakness” (2 Cor. 12:9).  What a beautiful thing this is although to live in it is hard.  


Remember, we are made for community.  Even an Olympian athlete needs to have a team around them so that they can be healthy and the best at their sport.  Being on mission with Jesus, we also need to have a team around us so that we can be and walk in wholeness and health as we advance the gospel message.  If you want to hear more of my story and why it is important to have a ministry team, please watch the Thursday messages on Cherry Run Camp’s FaceBook page.  Who is on your team?

Slower Pace…Upcoming News!


These last couple of weeks the pace has been slower which is a beautiful thing.  Going at a slower pace has given me space to breath after a very full summer and to rest.  It has given room to serve some online clients and work on continuing education for both nursing and coaching.  Space to reflect and ask myself, ‘Where am I coming from and where am I going’ (Gen. 16:8a)?  Space for the Good Shepherd to tend to my heart, mind, and soul for the upcoming trip to Malaysia.  I will be serving on the Refresh & Resound International Care Team as we will be providing care and prayer for 220+ bible translators.  Please be in prayer with me, the care team, and all who will be attending the leadership retreat and conference for the hearts of the saints to be still, be refreshed, and continue being on mission with Jesus.

 

As the school year begins, pause, and reflect on these two questions.

 

“And he (the angel of the LORD) said, 

‘…where have you come from, and where are you going?’”

Genesis 16:8a.


PRAYER REQUESTS

Praise the Lord for a full and fulfilling time at Cherry Run Camp!

Praise the Lord for $7,536.75 raised during mission marathon!

Praise the Lord for a wonderful time at the Women’s Prayer Breakfast!

Praise the Lord for health!

Praise the Lord for the takeaways from the transitional stress training!

Praise the Lord for a slower pace!

Pray for my trip to Penang, Malaysia, Sept 13th-27th as I will be part of the Care Team with Refresh and Resound International as we serve at the International Language Assessors Conference – for bible translators and the leadership retreat prior to the conference.

Pray for community in the new church I am attending and how the Lord wants me to join them in what they are doing.

Pray for semester start up with Interaction International TCK Connect.


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