Our Missions Team
Steve Newland, Outreach & Missions Minister
Rick Smiley, Team Chairman
Mollie Shobe, Secretary
Team Members:
Liz Allee
John Dawson
Patty Gardner
Jeff Gygi
John Lage
Debbie Leonard
John Leonard
Terry Nichols
Bob Shobe
Mollie Shobe
Leisa Smiley
Jim Woods
Come Join Our Missions Team!
Our Team Meets on the 3rd Monday of every month at 7:00 in Room M230. If you are interested in missions, come and be a part of what is going on. Hear updates, pray for our missionaries, and help with missionary care.
Missions Budget Team
To streamiline our meetings, the budget discussions have been moved to a separate team that meets as needed. This team consists of:
Steve Newland, Outreach & Missions Minister
Rick Smiley, Team Chairman
Patty Gardner, Missions Team Representative
Jay Allee, Elder
Could Your Missions Team use some help?
If your missions team is just starting out, has hit hard times, or is just stuck in a rut, I'd like to offer some help! I'm not one of the experts, but we've likely gone through some of the same things at GCC and I can share from our experience and my education. Contact me to see the possibility of working with your missions team on:
setting policiesbudget questionsleading short-term mission tripsselecting new missionariespromoting missions in your churchmissionary carewebsite utilizationhosting a missions rallyMISSIONS STAFF MEMBER
Steve Newland has served as the Outreach & Missions Minister since 2004.
He holds a BBL and a BTh in Missions from Ozark Christian College, and is currently working towards a Master of Arts in Global Leadership from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA.
If you'd like to learn about TEACHING MISSIONS TO KIDS, we do have several experts at GCC. They do an excellent job and would be happy to help you get started with some great ideas.
