“Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations...”
Matthew 28:19
Reaching is all about getting outside our church family and taking God’s love to people who need it. People matter to God – we say that a lot at St Stephens, and we believe it.
So we like to learn how to share our faith, how to reach across cultural barriers of race and religion and circumstance and prejudice – to carry out the love of Jesus and the message of the Gospel.
We do this in our neighborhoods and homes, in our workplaces and our communities. We do it with special events and quiet conversations. We do it on teams and all alone.
Maria stood straight up for the first time in a long time and welcomed hugs around the circle with a genuine smile. Depression was banished and hope flooded her heart.
A Land of Hopes and Dreams, Tears and Prayers.
How does God change lives in eight days? By showing us the hopes and dreams of the people there, a people drowning in poverty yet praising and thanking God for the little they do have.