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Circle: Autumn 2016
Reach Local. Kids’ Lives Change.
Children are often the ones forgotten and ignored in the face of poverty or addictions at home. Many who serve with InFaith love and care for the next generation in their communities by providing programs that share the amazing truths of God’s love and create consistent, safe environments.
Jim & Teri Wilson in Kearney, Nebraska
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November 2016
Circle: Spring 2016
Reach Local. Change Lives.
An intricate golden temple sits on the street corner across from Mifflin Square Park, with whiffs of exotically flavored meat on a stick filling the air from street vendors’ stands. It feels like a scene out of an adventure movie set in Asia, instead of what it is – a city block in South Philadelphia, just
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November 2016
Circle: Autumn 2015
I Reach Local Because I Live Here.
“This is my valley,” Rick Ediger says, pointing across the central Colorado landscape, his rough hands hinting of car oil around his fingernails. “This is the place God has given me [for ministry]. Aren’t I lucky?” he adds as tears pool in the corners of his eyes.
Earlier that day, Rick had been
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November 2016
September 2015
Reach Local in Southwest Washington
Lewis and Clark concluded their pioneering survey of the western United States in southwestern Washington. This beautiful area stretching along the Pacific coast with Portland to the south, Seattle to the north, and overlooked by Washington’s highest peak – Mt. Rainer – once again needs a pioneering survey, but this time of a spiritual nature
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September 2015
November 2015
Reach Local in Rural Nevada
InFaith has been ministering to an area 100 miles north, south and east of Reno, Nevada for years. (We had a missionary start a Sunday School there in 1915!) This section of rural western Nevada is marked by a spiritual dryness that reflects the starkness of the desert landscape. InFaith is looking for the right
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November 2015
January 2016
Wanted: Rugged Adventurer
In the starkly beautiful high country of the Rocky Mountains, you run across the occasional adventure-sport junkies, off-roading fanatics, and shepherds from Latin America contracted by local ranchers to care for their sheep. Herding sheep is a lonely job, marked by wind and silence, with a sheep dog as your only companion. InFaith is looking for rugged
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January 2016
March 2016
Organized? Love kids and Christian camping?
Do you love developing policies, working with numbers, updating legal documents, coordinating communication, and doing it all so that a Christian camp can function properly? If so, our camp office manager position in Idaho might just be the answer to the call you’ve felt on your life! We’re looking for someone to act as
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March 2016
May 2016
Inner-City Children’s Ministry Director Needed
Do you have a heart for children who are shaped by the inner-city neighborhood in which they live? We’re looking for someone to join other InFaith field staff at a community church in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. You’ll oversee a team of volunteers who run the children’s program, which includes kid’s clubs, an after-school
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May 2016
July 2016
“Gang Church” Pastor Needed
In an economically poor area comprised of many Spanish-speaking farmworkers and gang members, we are looking for someone to be the lead pastor of a developing “gang church”. Working with our current field staff members, the candidate will help to continue to develop and expand a church plant focused on former members of gangs and their
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July 2016
September 2016
Youth Center Program Director Needed
Want to help provide a safe, fun place for kids to hang out and learn about God after school? We’re looking for someone to join a well-established youth center ministry in Kearney, Nebraska, as program director. This is an opportunity to impact the lives of children and youth through job training, academic & emotional support
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September 2016
The Bickel Story
Circle: Autumn 2021
Hello, As you may already know, I am retiring at the end of this year from my leadership role at InFaith. I’ve had an amazing 14 years here; God has done some incredible things. You’ll hear more about His faithfulness in the issue that you’re about to read. I’m really thankful for the bedrock that this ministry is founded on
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March 2022
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Why Reach Local?
Doris and Dave's ministry update
Rising to the Occasion
In these challenging and tumultuous times we are so blessed to share how our ministries have flexed and adapted to rise to the needs of the locals we serve. Below, see our latest stories and connect with our field staffers' pages where you can read more about the places they're called and support them in the work.
Circle: Spring 2020
Reach Local: Serving Those Who Serve
The Travis Dalsis Story: Fort Polk, Louisiana
In the pre-dawn darkness on the U.S. Army installation of Fort Polk, Louisiana, InFaith-endorsed Chaplain (Captain) Travis Dalsis leads a hundred or so soldiers in physical training (PT). He pauses between exercises to give words of encouragement and talk about resilience. Travis does the exercises with three groups
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March 2020