Missions Elder: Heather Everett Youth With A Mission (YWAM) Staff Liaison: Pastor Jim Noble Todd Haidet is serving with YWAM in LauMembers: Tom Bowie, Mark George, Rev. Ed sanne Switzerland and is enrolled in Minisand Nan McCallum, Rhonda Noble, Chuck try and Leadership Development courses. Starnes, and John Thurston During Todd’s time with YWAM, he has had the opportunity to serve as a staff MISSION STATEMENT member for the English Learning for MisOur purpose is to facilitate the participation of sions where he was able to spend three Desert Hills Presbyterian Church in God’s months helping students from across the mission of gathering, nurturing, equipping and world learn English. He struggled with sending people into all the world through acts COVID during Christmas break but ended of compassion and words of faith and salvation up welcoming the time for rest and recovthat will build up and expand the body of ery and found that his time in quarantine Christ locally, regionally, and globally. As allowed him to gain mental rest and spend Missionaries we seek to follow Jesus’ Great extra time with God. For regular updates, Commission, “Therefore go and make disciplease follow Todd on his monthly blog at ples of all nations, baptizing them in the name www.hangoutnation.com/blog.
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”
EPC World Outreach (WO) Workers The EPC General Assembly and the EPC Pres2021 GOALS bytery of the West provide the framework for To focus on regular communication with the the guidance of both global and local mission congregation regarding the ministries and activities. Both are supported by DHPC and missions DHPC supports and how best to have produced tremendous results. The Genpray for each group’s specific needs. eral Assembly Office produces weekly podTo continue to pursue the fulfilling of the casts hosted by Stated Clerk Dean Weaver that Great Commission. discuss a variety of topics related to the EPC To seek others who can actively engage in ex- and the greater Church. Episodes are available panding DHPC’s mission work locally as on a variety of podcast platforms, including well as abroad. Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Podbean, Spotify, and many more. 2021 ACCOMPLISHMENTS Search “In All Things” on any of these serProvided additional financial support to several vices or go to https://epc.org/news/inallthings/ missionaries who were negatively affected All send their deep appreciation to DHPC. To by COVID. receive occasional newsletters from WO go to Prayerfully and financially commissioned https://www.epcwo.org/reach/. (June 2021) and supported Todd Haidet in Brian & Keri lead the member care team of full time mission work with Youth with a Pinnacle Teaching Solutions that supports Mission (YWAM ) in Lausanne, Switzerand cares for 300 staff in East Asia and land. teaches English at a university in that arReconvened (cancelled in 2020 due to COVID ea. At over 30 universities, thousands of restrictions) our Fall Faith Festival joining students have been called out of darkness with our Leupp family with much joy and to be light in a context of persecution. the rekindling of relationships between the Thankfully, B & K have been able to work churches and their members. virtually. 2021 allowed them to continue
equipping/preparing new staff and support/ train member care personnel on new resourcing platforms. Please intercede for the
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Desert Hills Presbyterian Church • 2021 ANNUAL REPORT
