Charter Oak Church Missions

Boldness in Prayer Where do I even start? It probably makes sense to begin at the beginning. My church offered a four-day mission trip to New York City, so I signed up. I had been asking God to show me where I could serve Him. But to be honest, as the trip drew closer, I began struggling with feelings of inadequacy and nervousness. I had never been on a mission trip like this before. Even on the way there, those same doubts lingered. But God was about to change everything. I went with a...

Big Creek: More Than a Mission Big Creek wasn’t just a mission trip; it was a few days of seeing the world in a way I hadn’t before. Days of realizing how much people can endure, and how much love and hope can still thrive in the hardest places. Our first full day at Big Creek started with visiting a local church. The service was full of warmth and energy. The pastor’s enthusiasm was contagious. He wasn’t polished or rehearsed, he was raw, present, and alive in a way that made everyone...

I’m remembering God moments from our recent mission trip to Big Creek. There were many. But I am going to give you just a few, from this one day, that I am still marveling at. The project that we were dispatched to was to help a client named Tammie with her yard. Tammie had been living in an abandoned trailer that her brother had given her. She also had some health issues and was just plain overwhelmed with where her life was at that time. Our mission was to clean up the yard. When we showed...