The Power of Experience | the Reach March 2024
Dear Friends, Since January 2023, Brad Buescher has filled the role of WO Director of Strategic Trips. Two of World Outreach’s strategic priorities are Partnership & Sending and Church Engagement. The first refers to cultivating partnerships with national churches...
Sharing Christ’s Love through Word & Deed | the Reach February 2024
Dear Friends, The smell of unwashed bodies in too-close quarters filled the room. Elena* lay with her child pressed close to her, trying to surrender to the sleep she so desperately needed. She swallowed the lump in her throat, barely keeping her head above the...
Doing the Work to Love Your Neighbor | the Reach January 2024
Dear Friends, Happy New Year! It is amazing that another year has come and gone. The start of a new year is a time when many of us reflect on the past year, and plan for the year ahead. Somewhere in there, we usually set goals. For our World Outreach workers,...
Singing Jesus’s Birth | the Reach December 2023
Dear friends, It seems like everybody sings in Luke’s story of Jesus’ birth: Mary sings (1:46-55), Zechariah sings (1:68-79), the angels sing (2:13-14), and finally, Simeon adds a chorus (2:28-32). So much singing. From our distant 21st century American vantage point,...
Serving the Lord Reaching the Unreached | the Reach November 2023
Dear friends, Dave and Mindy, after eight fruitful years of serving as World Outreach mobilizers, recruiting and coaching more than 20 people for the mission field, will transition into retirement and continue serving with World Outreach as Mission Assistants...
Great Tragedy, Great Need, Great God | The Reach October 2023
Dear friends, It was 6 a.m., and I rolled over to check my alarm before it went off. When I saw 2 missed calls at 5 a.m. from my good friend in the Southeast of Turkey, I knew something wasn’t right. And that was how it began, our gradual understanding of the...
God’s Faithfulness in the Planting and Watering | the Reach Nov 2022
Dear friends, EPC WO global workers, S and C*, work with teammates that minister through a Christian bookstore in an area that is typical of traditional South Asia. People often come in to look at the books, talk, and discuss faith. S serves with these teammates by...
A Step Of Yes | The Reach October 2022
I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your PARTNERSHIP in the GOSPEL from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to...
World Outreach Annual Report | The Reach August 2022
Dear friends, Catching divine glimpses into the work God is doing in and through EPC World Outreach has been an incredible privilege. A significant focus this year since stepping into my role has been the development of the new World Outreach master plan and mission...
Engage In Missions And Outreach With WO | The Reach Summer 2022
Dear friends, As Lisa and I returned home from the recent gathering of General Assembly, we had a grateful heart of celebration. So much has grown since we became EPC World Outreach missionaries in 2012. Our role has been in the area of mobilization and the EPC has...