Please join us in welcoming Rev. David Chilton as the new Regional Home Missionary for the Presbytery of the South. In 2003, Pastor Chilton helped to plant Reformation OPC in Oviedo, Florida. Since then, he has served as the church’s tentmaking associate pastor, working in business development across several industries. He and his wife, Wendy, have four grown children and one grandchild (and another on the way). David and Wendy had originally planned to retire at the end of 2021, but then David was approached by the POS’s Home Missions Committee. There was a church plant in Tampa (now an official mission work) that needed someone to assist it, and other potential works throughout the presbytery. After prayerful consideration, David and

“May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, that your way may be known on earth” (Psalm 67:1). Pastor Mark Sumpter writes, “I am finishing up my fifth year as the Regional Home Missionary for the Presbytery of the Southwest. Peggy and I have been given many wonderful opportunities to serve God’s people and to reach out to the lost. The mighty working of the Lord has been displayed through his servants who have been raised up for specific, developing fields. Today, the Rev. Harry Monroe at Providence OPC in Bryan-College Station, Texas, and Mr. Ben Petersen, Licentiate, for Redeemer Fellowship in Crosby, Texas, serve as stated supply for these two respective fields. Remember, as well, the outreach in Wichita

We’re pleased to welcome Faith Presbyterian Church in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and her pastor, Christopher Drew, to denominational prayer support. In 2016, Faith Presbyterian Church was transferred from the Presbyterian Church in America and was received as a mission work under the care of the session of Bethel Presbyterian Church in Bismarck, North Dakota. Chris began serving Faith OPC in July 2017, having himself been received into the OPC by the Presbytery of the Dakotas earlier that same year. Chris is a tentmaking minister. In addition to pastoring, he is a full-time technical support specialist at the University of North Dakota. He is married to his wife of fourteen years, Sara. They are the parents of five children: Daniel (11),

In his last report for Home Missions Today, Pastor Micah Bickford shared that Grace Reformed OPC was holding its first ever inquirers class. Now, the mission work looks forward to receiving new members in the final weeks of summer. Growth is a continued prayer for the church. Please join the congregation in praying for increased opportunities for outreach as pandemic restrictions lessen. Just last week Pastor Bickford was able to serve as a speaker at an area youth camp. He writes, “It was a great week of sharing the gospel—and a member of Grace served as the camp nurse.” In September, Grace Reformed will be represented at the Farmington Fair. Pray that new contacts would be established through this event and that God would bring local