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Australia beach retreat (Covid-safe!) promotes community and conversation
October 12, 2020

Eighteen people, the beach, games, talks, very little sleep and a whole lot of fun! Campus minister Carly Kies summed up The Garden’s recent Beach Camp in Brisbane, Australia, with these words, and added that “our venue was COVID-19 safe and we are down to 0 new cases a day here in Queensland!”

Creation Care kids’ camp is big success in West Africa
October 8, 2020

Sixty-three children from the community where CMF’s West Africa team serves enjoyed a four-week Creation Care Camp this summer, reports team member Sara Garringer.

New ministry blends campus ministry, marketplace and church planting
October 6, 2020

She’s a four-year veteran of the Globalscope Canvas team in Birmingham, England, and Taylor Batte planned to continue with the ministry “until I felt called to something else.” But then that “something else” came along, and Taylor will spend next year helping pioneer a Globalscope-style space to develop a community of young professionals in her […]

IDES helps Turkana farmers replant after locust devastation
October 6, 2020

The International Disaster Emergency Service (IDES) has once again come to the aid of farmers in Turkana, Kenya, following the devastation of their crops this year by desert locusts, reports Eric Lorupoe, the farm and water projects manager with the CMF team in Turkana.

Successful Ukraine youth camp focuses on ‘Choices’
October 6, 2020

“We had a wonderful week of youth camp recently and managed to stay 100 percent COVID-19 free,” reports CMF Ukraine team member Leah Scharfenberg.

Joe and Kim Cluff: Following God’s call to 24 years in Kenya
October 6, 2020

Joe Cluff was looking for a short-term missionary experience as he neared the completion of his master’s degree when he connected with CMF, but the suggestions of serving in Thailand and Indonesia didn’t sound right.

‘Still plenty of good work to be done’ at The Garden in Brisbane
September 21, 2020

When the semester began at The Garden campus ministry in Brisbane, Australia, the team was excited to have all of their usual scheduled events in person because of low Coronavirus infection rates, said campus minister Emily Abernathy.

‘On the Move’ ministry school begins big fall 2020 semester
September 14, 2020

The fall 2020 semester of the “On the Move” school of ministry has just begun in Pachuca, Mexico, and Greg and Vicki Syverson feel that this will be the best school yet!

Katie Roshelli: ‘I’m going to Freiburg, Germany, with Globalscope!’
September 11, 2020

Katie went to Georgia Tech planning for a career in science, but her time in campus ministry impacted not only her faith, but also altered her entire life plan.

Discovery Camp for MOHI kids will mix discipleship + creation care
September 11, 2020

Missions of Hope International (MOHI) has begun work to develop the Angaza Discovery Camp in Kilifi, Kenya, according to CMF team members Keith and Kathy Ham, long-time missionaries in Kenya. The “eco-friendly, hands-on experiential Christian camp” is scheduled to launch in early 2021.