May the 13th Be With You!

Ok.  It’s a bad take on a Star Wars joke about the fourth day of this month (“May the fourth be with you.”).  But May the 13th is a day worth celebrating.  Read on to learn about the heritage of the mission that you support and which supports you…

Sunday School Charlie stories have been a staple of Christian instruction in America for generations.

Sunday School Charlie stories have been a staple of Christian instruction in America for generations.

 Happy Birthday InFaith!
May 13, 1817 – May 13, 2021
Two Hundred Four Years of Sharing the Gospel in America

Maybe your first introduction to the mission was through Sunday School Charlie.  Mine was, more than half a century ago.  But I had no idea there was a mission organization behind Charlie’s stories.  I just knew he taught me about Jesus.  Little did I know that he was part of the oldest domestic missions effort in American History, or that I would someday be part of that same team.  This month marks the 204th anniversary of the founding of a group called Sunday School and Adult School Union (1817), which changed its name to American Sunday School Union (1884), American Missionary Fellowship (1974) and eventually to InFaith (2011).  May God bless the hearing of His Word as Charlie and I and generations of missionaries continue to share the love of Jesus in our communities.  (Learn more about the rich history of this mission at https://infaith.org/heritage .)

 Also Coming Up This Month:

  • Mothers Day Sunday, May 9th 1:00 AM
    InFaith Northwest Field Director Nathan Bath will be sharing the Word at Columbia Community Bible Church (Portland)

  • Monday, May 10th  10:00 AM
    NWxNW ministry leaders’ fellowship at Columbia Bible Church (Rainier)

  • Wednesday May 19th  9:00 AM
    Pastors Coffee Hour at Garfield Community Church (Instead of monthly breakfast)

  • Thursday, May 20th   10:00 AM
    Portland Area Pastors’ Prayer at Woodland Park Chapel (Portland)

  • Sunday, May 23rd  11:00 AM
    InFaith Area Missionary Tom Hiscox speaks at Woodland Park Chapel as part of their Missions Month series.  (I am also happy to speak at your church, just drop me a note thiscox@infaith.org)

  • Sunday May 23rd Registration Deadline for The Church on the Mountain Men’s Retreat at Camp Morrow, June 4-6.  Click here for more info.

  •  Bad jokes aside…every day this month is worthy of celebration.  “This is the day that the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it!”  Psalm 118:24

 Tom Hiscox, NW Oregon Area Missionary thiscox@infaith.org

Tom Hiscox