Nancy Cressy
“Go ye into all the world." Bible translations, unreached people groups, and training workers to serve around the world; all were parts of our Mission Festival that gave us a tremendous blessing as we saw and heard how God is allowing Trinity to be a part of what He is doing in the world today. I pray that the World Outreach Festival was a blessing to each of you, as you heard from our speakers and our worldwide workers. It is our hope that you will use the Missions Booklet (created by Jedediah Smith) as a guide to pray for our workers. If you did not receive one and would like a copy, please stop by the information desk in the lobby.

Thank you to those who have already made a commitment to Faith Promise. We encourage others to join in supporting our Workers as they serve throughout the world. As you give, we are able to continue supporting them and their work. Faith Promise cards are available at the information desk, or you can fill one out on the Faith Promise Committment page by following this link.

Copies of the Missions budget are available at the information desk so you can see how God is using your Faith Promise to reach the world, including Mesa, Arizona.

Stop, Yield, Go 
Three little verbs…action words…and yet some of the most difficult concepts to act upon.

Deadlines.  Schedules.  Appointments.  Quotas.  Projects.  We are very busy people.  Most days, our lives resemble disturbed anthills!  Everyone, it seems, wants us to do something…and wants it done YESTERDAY! Rush…hurry…get “plugged in” and never go without Wifi! Organize so you can do more!  Mealtimes, breaks, bus rides are seen as times to return phone calls, check schedules and get extra work done.

But God says, “Be still and know that I am God.”  Be still—this is incredibly difficult!  But God calls us to stop, acknowledge His Lordship in our lives and listen for His voice.  He wants to spend time with us and He Wants Us To Listen.  Like little Samuel in the Old Testament, we need to be still, wait for the Lord to speak and respond: “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.” (Stop = Listen = Blessing!)

Once we hear the Lord and know what He wants us to do, we are to yield. This word is a verb and involves choosing to obey.  This may involve us yielding as we assist in an outreach ministry, praying daily for 2 missionary families, or writing an email to a missionary. God may ask us to yield part of our finances as we participate in Faith Promise and trust Him on a whole new level to supply our needs.  The Lord may guide us to yield one of our evenings this week so we can hear our missionaries share what exciting things they have seen God do this year.  (Yield = Obey = Blessing!)

Once we listen and know what God is saying to us, and we choose to obey, then…and only then are we to Go!  This connotes jumping-in-getting-involved-hands-on involvement in something that God is doing. This is God’s personal invitation to participate in some aspect of His Kingdom-building.  Go is action. “Go” can be seen in so many aspects of Mission: pledging to pray, giving financial support for world outreach, helping with a local ministry, going on a short-term mission experience,  helping a ministry group with accounting and computer needs, coaching an English-learner, helping with a construction team as they build classrooms at a missionary school, landscaping and planting trees at a local school, organizing supplies for a needy elementary school, attending a Pathways seminar to find out more of what God is doing around the world. This is just a tiny sample of the ways members of Trinity answered God’s call last year.  But God is very creative…He has unlimited opportunities for each of us.  Find out what in the world God is doing…c’mon, we dare ya!  (Go = Involvement = Blessing!)

The message for Missions Festival 2012 is very simple:  STOP + YIELD + GO = BLESSING! 

If you want to help, please contact Nancy Cressy ncressy@q.com.