Missionary Messenger is Eastern Mennonite Missions' monthly 16-page publication featuring stories of God at work around the world. Each issue of Missionary Messenger focuses on a missions-related theme and features stories from mission workers, articles by "experts," and photography from around the world.
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May 2012 - A New Way of Doing YES |
- A new way of doing YES
What’s new in the “new YES,” and what’s the same?
- Discipleship: not a once-and-done ‘download’ (click to read article)
Focused teaching blocks allow students to both learn new concepts and to process their experiences – honoring the natural process of learning over time.
- Was I ready for the new YES?
Despite my hesitance, in the new YES I had an adventure like nothing else I’ve experienced.
- ‘Come and follow me’
Jesus invited his disciples to come along with him and learn as they went, sharing life in daily relationship.
- Learning on the job
We’re learning, by practicing, to live and love like Christ. - Hearts united
Together we learned to “pray that all unity will one day be restored, and they’ll know we are Christians by our love.”
- Simply love
When we offer the gift of time, we get to share in the “ordinary” and the extraordinary moments of life.
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April 2012 - Food & hospitality |
- Food and identity (click to read article)
High in the Andes Mountains, how food and friendship can go hand in hand
- Sometimes it starts with ‘free dinner’
Sharing a table with strangers, you might find more in common than you expect
- Always enough
Choosing compassion, not convenience, and trusting God to provide
- Extravagant hospitality
Learning how to receive overwhelming kindness from German hosts
- Comfort food
Spending time in the kitchen taught me about much more than cooking
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March 2012 - Annual Report |
- 2011 – a year of change
EMM’s board chair reflects on the many changes EMM has experienced, and on the unchanged message of the gospel.
- Pioneering stories from 2011 (click to read one article)
What’s happening around the world in places where the church is just beginning, where new believers are just emerging? Stories from West Africa and Southeast Asia.
- Partnership stories from 2011
Learn about some of the ways EMM is also working together with partners. Stories from the Himalayas, Guatemala, and Kenya.
- Discipleship stories from 2011
Participants in short-term missions with EMM can have a long-term impact around the globe. Stories from the Czech Republic, Peru, Honduras, and Guinea-Bissau.
- 2011 Financial report
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February 2012 - EMM Alumni: Forever changed by mission service |
- Finding focus (click to read article)
Through discipleship training and service, my fuzzy future became a clear calling
- Prepared for lifelong service
How formative years with EMM influenced my family and life’s work
- Weaving together my ‘worlds’
Somehow, God is starting to bring together the very different pieces of my life before, during, and after my assignment
- ‘Taste buds’ tested at the Lord’s Table
Amazingly diverse and broad, the Lord’s Table blesses and teaches me – both as a pastor and as a short-term mission worker
- ‘He is the father of my people’
The life and testimony of James Hess, pioneer missionary among the Garifuna people sixty years ago |
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January 2012 - Building bridges by learning language |
- A heart for a heart language
Earning respect, and creating an environment for sharing
- Learning to speak (click to read article)
One of the most important things a missionary can do
- Obstacle or window?
The ministry of language learning, empowering the others as experts
- Honoring others
Persevering not to add to a résumé. but to build relationships
- A posture of learning
Ready to learn the language, ready to cross bridges
- How you speak, what you value
Understanding deeper meanings behind the words
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