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Mission Awareness Group

Missions Support at Scots

Our church tithes 1/10th of its income to mission. The Mission Awareness Group is a group established within our church with the responsibility of directing that giving to mission. The MAG does so in accordance with the following principles:

  1. To support with prayer and finance both home and overseas missions on an equal basis where possible.
  2. To endeavor, where possible to make personal contact with the mission personnel we are supporting in prayer and finance; and
  3. To support those missionaries and mission groups of reformed persuasion and Presbyterian doctrine.

Who We Support

As at the end of 2007, our church (via the MAG) financially supported each of the following individuals and organisations on a monthly basis:

 

Bible translators of PNG

Bible translators of PNG, which sponsors bible translators who are PNG nationals, translating the scriptures into their own languages.

 

Ron and Jean Lyons

 Ron and Jean Lyons, who minister to the Christian communities in Weipa and Mapoon as home missionaries of the Qld Presbyterian
 Presbyterian World Evangelisation Committee Qld  Presbyterian World Evangelisation Committee Qld, which uses the gift for the most pressing ministry needs.

 

Rev Bill and Jenny Lutton

 Rev Bill and Jenny Lutton. Rev Bill Lutton is director of the Australian Presbyterian World Mission (APWM) which coordinates the mission support of the Australian Presybterian churches.  Rev Lutton is also the chaplain to The Leprosy Mission. Mrs Jenny Lutton is part of the APWM leadership

 

Richard and Linda Buchanan

Richard and Linda Buchanan who serve with SIL International, providing administrative and pastoral support to translators here and overseas. 

 

Chandra Smith

 Chandra Smith who serves as a medical missionary with SIM in Ecuador. Her home church is the Stanthorpe Presbyterian Church.

 

Nerida Bell

 Nerida Bell who supports church planting in Chiba, East Tokyo, with the Presbyterian Church of Japan.

 

Scripture Union school chaplaincy

 Scripture Union school chaplaincy in Mackay and Sarina. Phil Hall (Mackay State High School) and Sheryl Place (Sarina State High School) in particular have served for a number of years in these mission fields in our own community.
 

We have also supported various organisations with one off gifts, including:

 ¨      Marine Reach 

¨      The Leprosy Mission

 ¨      Vanuatu– Talua Training College

 

¨      Open Doors 

 

¨      Christian Blind Mission 

 

¨      Middle East Reformed Fellowship 

 

¨      Myanmar Theological College

 

¨      Radio Bible Class 

 

¨      Gideons

 

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