Training Opportunities

The “Four Fronts Of Mission”

During Mission Weekend 2016, PJ Smyth introduced a grid for describing how we can individually and collectively engage with mission on four fronts:

1. Loving my neighbor
2. Engaging the culture
3. Serving our city
4. Reaching the nations

Mission is for all of us. It starts in our cul-de-sac ... our cubicle at the office ... our impact on the community as good citizens. Where do you think God is calling you to engage with his mission on these four fronts?

Gaithersburg: “Engage The Nations” (June 28-July 1)

This four-day practicum led by trainers from Global Gates is designed to encourage, inspire, and equip believers to share the gospel with local internationals from unreached people groups. (Registration fee: $50 for adults and $25 for students.) You can register online.

Hospitality Beats Entertaining

Has the dust on your mantelpiece or dirty dishes in the sink ever held you back from opening your home to others? In this humorous and insightful post, blogger Jen Wilkin (a mother of four from Flower Mound, Texas) makes an important distinction designed to liberate those trapped by “Pinterest perfection” in her article Why Hospitality Beats Entertaining.