Spreading the News about Parakaleo

We’re spilling the beans. Spreading the news. Divulging our secrets. Showing and telling. Women are hungry for what Parakaleo Church Planting Spouses Ministry offers: coaching, caring, and connecting for church planting wives. Read more.

Check out the Spring Multiply

This issue features stories of people bringing the love of God to others in times of crisis. Following Hurricane Sandy, MNA Disaster Response coordinated volunteers to to help recover and rebuild, and the work continues. MNA SecondCareer, which connects workers and volunteers in disaster relief and other ministries, has been helping rebuild homes in Joplin MO that were destroyed by tornadoes. Check out the full stories here: 2013 Spring Multiply

Volunteers Needed – Ascension PCA, Brooklyn NY

Volunteers are needed to reach out to the Broad Channel area, a community of Brooklyn. Broad Channel is a narrow strip of land five city blocks wide at its widest point. It has 920 homes, all of which were submerged in nine feet of water during the hurricane. Approximately 60% of these 920 homes have children. The needs are profound and Ascension has made this area their target to assist with recovery from Hurricane Sandy. To volunteer to help meet these needs, please contact Sherry Lanier at slanier@pcanet.org.

ESL Teacher Training at General Assembly

June 17-18, Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church, Greenville SC. This training will equip you to teach ESL to adult internationals using professional curriculum while sharing Christ’s love with them. Only $50 to attend. Training manual, snacks and lunch on Tuesday are included in the price. Click here.

50 Days of Prayer Devotional Online

Join us in prayer for the PCA in the days leading up to our General Assembly. Click here to learn more about the 50 Days project and to access an online copy of the devotional.

Looking for an innovative adult Sunday school curriculum?

Why not consider Same Lake, Different Boat: Coming Alongside People Touched by Disability? This DVD series includes 13 weeks’ worth of 30 minute teaching sessions and interviews with PCA Church leaders families touched by disability and people with disabilities, as well as a free Leader’s Guide. Click here to order from the PCA Bookstore.

Hurricane Sandy Relief

Click here for four powerful ways you can support Mission to North America as we coordinate the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) response to this major disaster, including an call for supplies at our NY and NJ warehouses.

SecondCareer Opportunities

Are you a retiree or just looking for a volunteer position where you can use your gifts and talents? MNA SecondCareer has a variety of volunteer opportunities. Click here to find out how you can serve.

Bridges of Reconciliation

Bruce Farrant (MNA Native American/First Nations Ministries Coordinator) and Linda Farrant have just released Bridges of Reconciliation: It’s All About Grace. For centuries Indigenous Nations and people endured a holocaust of unimaginable proportions, much of the suffering and betrayal coming from those who claimed to be representing the Christian God. Learn more +

Massive Tornado Hits Moore OK

A massive EF-4 tornado with winds in excess of 200 mph and at least one mile wide has plowed through Moore OK, a bedroom community of Oklahoma City. The devastation is very much like what occurred in Joplin MO two years ago. The immediate prayer request is for the missing students and teachers at Plaza Towers Elementary School. Search and rescue is currently underway to move debris in hopes of finding the students who were in grades Kindergarten through third grades. Read more.

MNA serves PCA churches and presbyteries as they advance God’s Kingdom in North America by planting, growing and multiplying Biblically healthy churches through the development of intentional evangelism and outreach ministries. For ministry information, look for subjects of interest to you, or search on key words. To donate to MNA or a specific MNA ministry, click here.

SecondCareer News

Here’s your chance to catch up on MNA SecondCareer, which matches volunteers with long and short term opportunities. Director Gary Ogrosky shares their latest newsletter – just click here.

Update on African American Ministries

In his most recent update, MNA African American Ministries Coordinator Wy Plummer reflects on training tomorrow’s leaders. Click here to read his letter.

Urban Ministry Training

Tools to help you make a difference in your community: May 25-31, Chattanooga TN. This training is for church planters, urban missionaries and ministers, mercy workers and anyone willing to work and learn. Come join us for a fun but packed week of urban ministry learning, both in the classroom and hands on. Click here to learn more.