Often we hear about missions in a tone that says “Please go because no one else will.” We see videos chock full of statistics detailing how the Church isn’t doing enough. Yes, sometimes this appeal inspires people. But more often than not, each of us walks away from that presentation thinking “Ugh. How depressing. I hope SOMEONE ELSE feels ‘the [...]

It’s Thursday morning. Every morning we start our day in the office by reading a chapter of the Bible, talking about it and then praying together.  We do this while drinking coffee and sitting on pillows on the floor. We drink our coffee black.  I drink it black because I like it that way.  Some of the others drink it [...]

It’s Wednesday afternoon. I’m writing this from my desk in the Hillside Missions office. My name is Susie. You can read about how cool I am here (ok, it’s the team page. You can read about everybody and decide for yourself who is the coolest). How much do you love our new website and catalog? We’re still tweaking a few [...]

What’s going on in the office now? We have recently relocated to a building at 8 East Broad St. We now have a great space with store-front windows, AC, fresh paint, and a high ceiling. Lately, we have been unpacking boxes of books, pictures, photo albums, spare computer parts, and odds and ends from various missions trips around the world. [...]