Summer Missions 2014

Having just finished a week in Mexico, we are already praying for and planning the mission opportunity that we will have this coming summer. We would like to share with you a little more about some "distinctives" when you partner with us.

Discipleship of all involved - A significant distinctive with mission work through Psalm 67 will be an intentional effort to provide ongoing discipleship prior to departure, during the time together, and also follow up. We want to lead others in thinking differently about what is commonly referred to as a "mission trip." Oftentimes the mentality behind "short-term missions" is the gathering of talented, oftentimes more economically-sound individuals to go to an area where there is a lack of both. The idea behind this is to go and do for others. This is not something we wish to accomplish.

Our team leaders desire to take others who need to be discipled and trained (which includes anyone) to work alongside those that need the same. Training is offered to all of those involved. Bible study, exhortation, prayer, singing, sharing meals, etc. all take place as a priority. We desire a fellowship between those "visiting" and those "hosting." We desire to work with those that are receiving a mission team rather than working "for them." There is a significant difference here.

All of that being said, we are looking for individuals that will be a part of this US based mission team along the border. We are looking for those whom God is calling to grow in a week or so of discipleship. This week of discipleship will allow you to serve as the student as well as leading out in different areas using some of your own gifts and talents to bless others. Would you make this a matter of prayer? We are looking for a team of about 7-8 people and we will be posting more information later this month and throughout the month of February.


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Let the Nations Be Glad!

“God be gracious to us and bless us, And cause His face to shine upon us that Your way may be known on the earth, Your salvation among all nations.”

Psalm 67: 1-2

Psalm 67 is about missions! It’s a cry for God to bless us. But unlike so many who cry today for God’s blessing, the Psalmist is not thinking only of himself. He has a much greater goal in mind. He prays that God would bless us and be with us so that through us the nations might hear and know and worship God as He deserves to be known and worshiped!

As I think about that, I realize that this has always the motive behind God’s blessing. God does not bless his people so we can hoard that blessing to ourselves. He blesses us so that we might be a link in the chain of events He intends to use to bring a blessing to others – and especially to bless them with the Gospel of Christ.

What was it He said to Abraham when he called him to leave all and follow Him by faith? He said, “I will bless you and you will be a blessing and all nations on earth will be blessed through you!” (Gen 12:3) Think about that. God doesn’t bless us so that we can look in the mirror and say, “Gee, isn’t it great to be blessed?” God blesses us so that other nations and people we’ve never met may be blessed through us! And how will they be blessed? By hearing and responding to the Gospel of Christ that we preach and bring to them as we send and go as missionaries into the world!

That’s why I like to say that Psalm 67, in addition to being one of my own personal favorite Psalms, is at heart a missionary Psalm! It is a call for us as Christians to realize that everything God is doing in our lives today and every day, all His rich blessings of grace, all the advantages he has let us enjoy as “wealthy” Americans is for this one great purpose: to make His glory known and to enable us to carry the news of His glory (the Gospel!) to the ends of the earth so that,....”all the peoples” and “all the nations” everywhere may hear and be glad in Him!

So let the nations be glad!

God blesses us, so that all the ends of the earth might fear (and worship) Him! (Psa 67:7)

Pastor S Scott Lee

Report from Christmas Break

It is not possible to really describe exactly how much The Lord blessed us over Christmas break. We would like to thank everyone who prayed, gave, and worked together over the past couple of weeks! To start off we would like to provide the following information to you.

During this past week we conducted a medical clinic and saw approximately 40 people total. We prayed with individuals, shared the Gospel with them, handed out literature all while looking after their physical ailments. We saw a response from the community as some came back to give testimony later that night how The Lord had blessed them. We also preached the Gospel in rehabilitation centers and a Juvenile Detention Center. We heard testimony from former cartel executioners of how they came to faith in Christ and how they repent of their past and desire now to walk with Christ. We saw several people make public professions of faith in Christ. Several believed that The Lord had called them to preach and so we provided theological resources to them and prayed with them. We conducted a small VBS and children memorized many memory verses. It was truly a blessed time!

These details only capture a small glimpse of the total scope of the mission work. Please visit the website again that we might share the testimony of our team members.


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Christmas Break Mission Update

Thank you for following the information update for this Christmas Break! Our mission team had their meeting last night and we would like to share some items with you!

Please pray for the upcoming team:

- For success in sharing the Gospel!
- For medical supplies for the medical clinic
- For financial support for a few members
- We need an additional team member (more below)

If you, or someone you know believe that The Lord would have you serve in an international mission opportunity this Christmas break. Please let us know right away! You will need a valid passport. This person would be a vital addition to our team! We are looking for at least one person to help share the load of responsibility that we have as we work with a congregation in the Northeastern region of Mexico. You can contact us at office@psalm67missions.net


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Upcoming Mission Board Meeting and 2014

Next week our Board of Directors will meet together for our final 2013 meeting. We look back over the past year and it is with great joy that we can see how The Lord has blessed us over the months. I would like to express thanks to our two board members, Kurt Boehm and John Weber. Their oversight, counsel, and work have helped guide Psalm 67 Missions Network through many challenges and have set a great course for 2014. I would like to also thank Savannah Weber for her help as "Missions Office Leader" helping us through the past year in giving direction to so many area and most specifically in the areas of helping organize two mission trips (Summer and Christmas Break 2013). Ellie Jackson has also been a great help in organize the blog, social media, and other areas of communication. Thank you to everyone who has taken part. There are so many others to thank for their years of service. Together we would also like to thank each and everyone one of you for your faithful support, prayers, and your encouragement! 

Please pray for us as we meet together next week and discuss the plans for 2014. You will find on the blog the dates for two planned mission trips (Summer and Christmas Break). Would you join us in praying over requests to requests that have been made in addition to this? We have been asked about conducting a Pastor/Leader training in Mexico and there are three small congregations that would like to partner. The need is always the same. We simply have more requests than we have resources (both laborers and financial support). We are not discouraged by this but we should be MOTIVATED to pray. The Lord who called us to this task owns everything and is The Lord of the Harvest. Would you pray for us that The Lord would raise up laborers to go and the funds for them to go? 

 Finally, speaking of this, we would like to call attention to the Pfleegor Family currently in their final preparations for the Lord's calling for them to go to South America to proclaim the gospel. Would you consider helping finish this up with making a contribution to this effort either a one-time gift or partnering with them? Their home congregation, Rockport Baptist Church in Arnold, Missouri is ramping up this effort by making their family the recipients of the Christmas offering. The Pfleegors would love to talk to you about this more. Please contact us today about how you can make a contribution toward this effort. You can contact Michael Pfleegor at mpfleegor@gmail.com. 

Aaron