A Big Day

  Yesterday was a big day! The Director of Medical Services for the entire State of Chattisgaar, along with other officials, visited the hospital and granted us permission to give vaccines. Today we are acquiring a refrigerator to store the vaccines and within a few days the vaccines will begin. This is Read More...

Hope and Healing

Eighty Six percent of the women deliver their babies at home. While “home birth” may seem like a romantic notion to those of us in the US, it is actually a critical health hazard in India. We are talking no pre-natal care, no sterile conditions. We are talking women with malnutrition and Read More...

It Takes a Team

Our joy was multiplied when our first days in Mungeli overlapped with the last two days of six outstanding nurses/nursing students from the University of San Diego. After chapel and rounds on Wednesday, we joined Drs. Anil and Teresa and all the nurses and nursing students for a presentation by the USD Read More...

2017-01-19T11:49:17-06:00January 19, 2017|Categories: 2017 India Mission Trip Blog, Serve, Serve Our Church|Tags: , |

Caution Radiation Area – Team 2 Arrives

  Just to the right of the pulpit, a sign warns “Caution Radiation Area.” A tender young nurse in a white sari stands at the pulpit clapping her hands and leading the songs for morning chapel. So what is the danger? The old chapel has been demolished. Built in the 1950s, it Read More...

2017-01-19T11:28:18-06:00January 18, 2017|Categories: 2017 India Mission Trip Blog, Serve, Serve Our Church|Tags: , |

The Pharmacy

On our tour of Christian Hospital Mungeli when we arrived less than two weeks ago, we were shown some bare concrete rooms and told they would become the new pharmacy. On Saturday Rick Cook prayed and cut the ribbon at the official opening. A building that was originally a ward, and more Read More...

Boring Socks, Powerful Prayers

By Rev. Joe Walker I have one pair of “I Heart KC – Red and Yellow” socks from our very own local entrepreneurs, SOCK101. Other than that, all my socks are black and cotton. Oh, and boring. But they are clean and when they wear out I recycle the cotton and buy Read More...

Prayer Ministry News

Our Prayer Ministry meets Thursdays, at 10:30 a.m., Room 202. Everyone is welcome to join us for a quiet prayer time in which we lift up the joys and concerns of our congregation and our world. On the third Thursday of the month Prayer Ministry is on the road. Watch for more information about where we Read More...

2016-11-17T15:34:59-06:00November 17, 2016|Categories: Congregational Care, Serve Our Church|

Collection Connection: Toothbrushes for Nicaragua

  Think about having one toothbrush, ever. For your whole life. Just one. Often this is the case for people in Nicaragua. For the last 11 years, our church has sent a mission team to Nicaragua to serve in areas of health care and community development. This month’s Collection Connection supports our Read More...

2016-10-05T11:34:02-05:00October 5, 2016|Categories: Mission Trips, Serve, Serve Our Church|Tags: , , |

A Real Gift

  By Rev. Joe Walker, Minister of Congregational Care “It’s hard to put into words how much those visits helped my mother. You know how the time can drag. My mother would count the hours until the next pain medication. Jacqueline helped distract her from the pain. Jacqueline was a real gift Read More...

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