A Little Church with a Big Commission

Dear congregation members and friends,

I was asked to write about our church missions for the upcoming Onward publication (to come out in either April or May), so this article represents an overview of missions at Little Church on the Lane.

Mohamed & Safiatu and the Sierra Leone Mission are foremost and included! I will be writing an article dedicated solely to Mohamed & Safiatu and the work they are accomplishing in Sierra Leone in the near future. This is of course from my perspective, so I would love to hear anyfeedback!

In Him,
Joanne Jemsek

A Little Church with a Big Commission
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations..."Matthew 29:18

How does God use a "Little Church" to make Him known among All Nations? Little Church on the Lane actively answers the Great Commission in the Charlotte community and throughout the world by sending individuals and financially supporting missions. Over the past five years especially, this mission focus has been evident through numerous trips and sponsorships of individuals seeking to do God's work across the world. The effects have been far-reaching, both for those who have received, and most of the time even greater for those who have served. I will attempt, through examples, to portray a picture of how God has used individuals and has blessed Little Church on the Lane through the work of missions.

We begin with Mohamed and Safiatu Braima, long-time members of Little Church on the Lane, who are faithfully continuing the work to which God has called them in their homeland of Sierra Leone, Africa. Mohamed & Safiatu spent part of 2007 in Africa, during which time they were able to build a church & library in their village. They returned to the U.S. excited to share the fruits of their labors, but also with a vision to return to set up a more permanent ministry. Little Church on the Lane is blessed to support the Braima's both financially and through prayer.

Mohamed was installed as an acolyte of the Southern Province of the Moravian Church at Little Church while at home this past January, and he and Safiatu have now returned to Sierra Leone to continue the work which God began...

...May God continue to Call, and may we continue to be faithful to that call!

Joanne Jemsek
Youth Director, Little Church on the Lane