Merry Missionary Christmas Tree

Consider giving to one of our church sponsored missionaries to help provide each family with a Christmas blessing! TO GIVE: Simply click on any of the links below, select the correct fund "Merry Missionary" and then specify which missionary you are donating to.

Greg & Wai Hing Eck

CRU
Greg and Wai Hing are based in
Seattle, but serve Cru, East Asia Digital Strategy. Greg develops translation tools and has a secondary work with the Tibetan community. Wai Hing has an online women’s discipleship and evangelism ministry, reaching East Asia through social media platforms.

Polly & Scott Rempel

Wycliffe Bible Translators
Polly & Scott Remple are celebrating 40 years with Wycliffe.
Scott is director of the Launch
Team, working with new mem bers from the time they join until
they return from their first term
overseas. He is also the HR Liaison for Global Partnerships.

Matt & Christy Taylor

Wycliffe Bible Translators
Good progress has been made on
the Nukna New Testament over the past few months. Pray that the finished translation would not only be accurate, but also speak clearly to the hearts of the Nukna people. A big focus has also been on thedrafting and printing of literacy books - pre-reading and early reading books for the Nukna elementary schools, as well as story books for young readers. Over the past few months we have produced sixty-four
different titles.

Chris & Trisha Huddleston

CRU
Trisha serves as a Cru International Sending Coordina-tor, preparing and sending In-
ternational Interns to serve on
college campuses around the
world. With the knowledge and
years of experience preparing
Interns for life and ministry
overseas, she offers her per-
sonal experience of an extend-
ed time in an international set-
ting to help new co-laborers
grow and thrive as followers of
Christ in far-away places. Chris serves as head of General Operations for The Impact
Movement, which sends Black
students to colleges.

Kara Hodson

Operation Mobilization, Zambia
Kara is in Kabwe, Zambia, working
with missionary children (Third Culture Kids). Their needs are often overlooked. During her years of serving in Zambia, she has sought ways to expand her ministry to TCK, especially as she
sees families leaving for new assignments. How to help the children adjust to new locations. She has begun offering monthly informal debriefing calls to the children as they adjust to the
new country. Another ministry is Kingdom Kids for 2-5 year olds which provides pre-school care while their parents are involved in
their ministry or home schooling.

Shepherd's Staff

Joan Dingwerth
Joan is executive director of this Christian conference center in Rexford, KA and serves the small churches of rural NW Kansas. With nearly 40 years of ministry, the Lord has provided eight buildings in downtown Rexford. Each facility is equipped to meet the unique needs of a wide variety of Christian groups.
Winter months in northwest Kansas are usually in the single digits to the 30’s requiring ongoing heat in the buildings to
prevent frozen pipes and to keep guests comfortable. Groups are scheduled for holiday celebrations and retreats in
January through April.

Darla, Eliana & Nathanael
Gregoriev

Wycliffe Bible Translators, Vernacular Media Consultant
The Gregorievs started with Wycliffe in 2007 and are supporting Bible translation through the non-printed word because no one should be left
behind because they cannot read. They help develop non-print ideas for putting Scriptures into the hands of people. They dub evangelistic films like
the JESUS film into mother tongue languages for distribution on DVDs or micro-SD cards.

Clyde & Mary Lynne Hodson

Prayer Mentor
Clyde mentors all over the world, including GCC, to be effective prayer warriors. He leads prayer walks to the
least-reached areas of South Asia. Mary Lynne uses her gift of hospitality opening her home for Ladies English As Second Language and women learning forgiveness. Together they host UTA international students in their home. They also have a heart for helping ministry leaders learn how to be forgiven in Christ.

Josh Proctor

Caleb Micah Ministries
Caleb Micah ministries exists to use the truth of the gospel to help men walk in freedom from the chains of pornography or other sexual sin.
Ministry Requests:
That God would raise up more men bound in chains but longing for the freedom that Christ provides

Circle Ministries

Tammy Chan
Tammy’s CIRCLE Ministries to the
homeless in Grand Prairie and east Arlington provides services to help them exit homelessness. Services include case management and documentation for enrollment in a HUD housing program. Additional services, such as food,
hygiene supplies, transportation to appointments help them while
waiting for housing assistance.