Vol. 8: No. 5
May 22, 2019

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Martha and Peter Bacon (Merrimack Valley OPC, North Andover, MA) taught adult English classes at the OP Uruguay Mission's English Club outreach in February

Setting Out Two by Two

...he called the twelve and began to send them out two by two... Mark 6:7 (ESV) ...the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two... Luke 10:1 (ESV)

A trend on the rise in the OPC is married couples or pairs of friends setting out "two by two" in response to the need for volunteers on a foreign or domestic short-term mission or disaster response field.

In the last few years, husband and wife teams have: 

• Coordinated hurricane relief efforts in Houston and North Carolina
• Rebuilt the kitchen and installed laminate flooring at the Keys OPC facility in Key West, Florida
• Rebuilt the master bath at the Neon OPC manse in Neon, Kentucky
• Served as House Parents for the summer at the Boardwalk Chapel in Wildwood, New Jersey
• Helped present the English Club outreach program in Montevideo, Uruguay
• Cataloged and organized the Reformation Book Room in Mbale, Uganda

A father and son team helped lead the English for Teens Bible Camping trip in Quebec; a father and daughter team served alongside two husband and wife teams rebuilding the kitchen at Keys OPC.

Two-man teams have traveled to Uganda to make missionary home upgrades and repairs; a two-man team from Wisconsin travels to Haiti on a regular basis to perform a variety of maintenance projects.

Short-term missions does not just have to mean joining a large established team or trip. More and more friends and couples are finding opportunities to serve as a team of two!

Current Opportunities

It's not too late to participate in summer short-term missions!

STM Resources

Disaster Response Updates