Commissioning Service

The Commissioning of the Honduras Mission Team (responsive)

LEADER: Genuine faith is revealed in acts of service and love, a willingness to be vulnerable and walk in the way of the cross. Tomorrow members of our church family will travel to Honduras to reveal this kind of faith.

 PEOPLE: We pray God’s blessings upon John Baldwin, Joel Brown, Steve Brown, Tom Childrey, Dennis Ellis, Kristen Ellis, Bud Hipp, Bob Kimball, Keith Lewis, Ron McCollum, Dudley Neal, Steve Paschall, Mike Satterfield, and Tommy Stone. May they go in the power of God’s Spirit, may the people among whom they serve see Jesus in them, and may they discover something new about God’s purpose in their lives.

LEADER: Not all of us will go on this journey but those who do represent not only Jesus but this community as well. They serve as an extension of this church family.

PEOPLE: Therefore, we pray for their work and witness, for the relationships they will build, for the ways in which our extended family will be enlarged and enriched.

LEADER: May those who go realize that you are not alone on this journey. God is with you and so are we. May you also recognize your true identity as God’s hands and feet.

MISSIONARIES: In the words of Mother Teresa, we will be the living expression of God’s kindness: kindness in our faces,

kindness in our eyes, kindness in our smiles, kindness in our warm greetings. In places of great need we will be the light of God’s kindness to the poor. To children, to the poor, to all who suffer and are lonely, we will always give a happy smile. We will give not only our care, but also our hearts.