Aloha! I’m John Endriss, President of your HPBC Executive Board, and Pastor at Engage Church in Hilo. As we begin a new year in service to our Lord, we (your HPBC Executive Board) thought we’d try something new. Each quarter through video and other forms of communication, we want to update you on things that
Let’s pray for two of our missionaries who have planted a new church in Portland, Oregon. They are Patrick and Jennifer Grant.
Sunday Highlight: January 1, 2023 Get ready to pray hard today, so we can pray all the way to the Pacific coast of the United States. We want to pray for two of our missionaries we’re supporting through our Cooperative Program giving. They are Patrick and Jennifer Grant, who have planted a new church in
Let’s pray for our missionary, Stella McMillan, who ministers in Asia. It’s a vast area with many millions of lost people.
Sunday Highlight: January 8, 2023 Let’s focus on the Asian countries that border the Pacific Ocean. It’s a vast area with many millions of lost people. Today, we want to pray for one of our missionaries there, who we’ll call Stella. She says the big cities of Asia are a major missions challenge. But what
Let’s pray for Nirintsoa Mamitiana and the seminary he has established on the African island of Madagascar.
Sunday Highlight: January 15, 2023 Today in our prayer time we’re going to pray for a seminary leader. His name is Nirintsoa Mamitiana, and he lives in Madagascar. That’s the island on the right lower side of Africa when you look at a map. Mamitiana started a new seminary in his home country to train
For our prayer time, let’s focus on two of our missionaries in North St. Louis, Missouri – Michael and Traci Byrd.
Sunday Highlight: January 22, 2023 Today, in our prayer time let’s head to the middle of America — to St. Louis, Missouri. That’s where our missionaries, Michael and Traci Byrd, have planted a new church and we want to pray for them. Remember that our church is a partner in that new church because we
Join us in prayer for missionaries, Walker and Becca Welch. They serve in Spain, ministering to Chinese-speaking people.
Sunday Highlight: January 29, 2023 Today, for our prayer time, we’re going to Spain, but we’ll be speaking Chinese. We’re going to pray for two of our missionaries serving in Spain. We’ll call them Walker and Becca. They serve in Spain, but they are working to reach the many Chinese people who have settled in
Pray for our missionaries, Mathew and Tracy Mueller and their new church plant in the fast-growing northern Phoenix area.
Sunday Highlight: February 5, 2023 Watch out for sand in your shoes because today we’re going to pray our way over to Arizona. Let’s pray for two of our missionaries, Mathew and Tracy Mueller, who have planted a new church in northern Peoria, part of Greater Phoenix. Valley Life North Peoria Church, planted in 2020,
Pray for Wesley and Emily Smyth, our missionaries in Senegal. They direct the Send Relief program and lead a house church.
Sunday Highlight: February 12, 2023 In our prayer time today, we’re going to West Africa. Senegal is on the Atlantic coast, and that’s where Wesley and Emily Smyth serve. We want to pray for them today. These days they direct the Send Relief program for West Africa. That’s the program our churches use to send
Ask God to bless the ministry of our missionaries, Josias and Débora Laporte. They have planted a church in Gatineau, Ottawa, Canada.
Sunday Highlight: March 5, 2023 We’re going way up north to pray today — to Canada. Two of our missionaries have planted a new church to reach the city of Gatineau, which sits just across the river from Ottawa, Canada’s capital city. French is the main language spoken in Gatineau. That’s why our two missionaries
Pray for Vesta & Mark Sauter. They serve as missionaries to Deaf people and are helping translate the Bible into many kinds of sign language.
Sunday Highlight: February 26, 2023 Today, let’s pray for one of our missionaries who has a passion for sharing the Gospel with the Deaf community. Her name is Vesta Sauter. She and her husband, Mark, are missionaries to the Deaf. They lead our International Mission Board’s efforts to reach Deaf people around the world. It’s