The 2023 Cherrydale Global Missions Conference
October 15-22, 2023
“…for a wide door for effective work has opened to me, and there are many adversaries.” 1 Cor. 16:9
Cherrydale’s Global Missions Conference is an interactive week of events to educate, equip, and encourage our church family in joining God in His kingdom work around the world, particularly among “unreached people groups.” The conference events are led by Cherrydale overseas partners who share about their experience and how we can pray and support them!
Our 2023 Global Missions Conference theme is “Great Doors of Opportunity” (1 Cor. 16:9). Our prayer is that throughout the week’s events, God will show each of us the open doors He has provided and give us confidence in Christ to boldly step out in faith to share the gospel.
Conference Schedule
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EVENT |
Sunday, Oct. 15 |
Kickoff Sermon at Worship Service |
Sunday, Oct. 15-20 |
Overseas Partners Share with Life Groups |
Wednesday, Oct. 18 |
“Prayer with Amit” |
Wednesday, Oct. 18 |
Children’s Program: “Around the World” |
Saturday, Oct. 21 |
Women’s Brunch with Missionary Panel |
Sunday, Oct. 22 |
Global Missions Sunday Worship Service |
Sunday, Oct. 22 |
Sunday Classes |
Conference Participants
Please incorporate their prayer requests into your family prayer time.
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![]() John is a missionary to Japan sent from Reston Bible Church. He has served in Japan for almost six years. He has taught English conversation classes to share the gospel with people in Takamatsu Kagawa, Japan. Recently, he has been working with churches in Tokyo to help play in the worship band on Sundays, as well as helping with English conversation outreaches to Waseda College students. Prayer Request: Please pray for me to better learn Japanese. Please pray that the people we meet and share Jesus with will come to faith and follow Him with their whole hearts. |
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![]() Lulu has lived in Central Asia for 13 years, by God’s grace. The calling God has placed in her life is to reflect Christ through her life as she builds relationship with the women and their families. As the relationship deepens and with the Holy Spirit’s prompting, the Word of God is shared mostly through story telling considering this is an oral culture. She is currently involved in a small church. The people there are wealthy and their hearts are closed to knowing about Jesus Christ; however, God has given Lulu strategies to reach out to them, which includes providing encouragement and asking good questions that would penetrate their hearts as Jesus did. Prayer Request: Pray for sensitivity to what the Father is doing; to hear His voice during this home assignment regarding His plans for her in the future. |
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![]() T & S have served with Cru since 2015 and have been Cherrydale members since 2018. They did international student ministry in the DMV until 2019 when the Lord opened the door for them to move to the Middle East to minister to a people group with nearly no known Christians. They welcomed their first child in 2022 and have embraced a new season of life and ministry to families in their city. S ministers to women and mothers in her community, and T helps produce discipleship media in the local language for secret believers in their city. Prayer Request: Please pray that S can sleep well at night as she has had difficulty sleeping. Pray for good connections in her ministry with women. Please pray for T as he helps a pastor create videos in the local language to teach people about Jesus; these people have to gather secretly because it is against the law for them to follow Jesus. |
Conference Event Details
Sunday, Oct. 15
Kickoff Sermon at Worship Service
10:30 AM | worship center
Pastor Tom Oostdyk will kickoff our 2023 Global Missions Conference with a sermon on 1 Cor. 16:5-11 to cast the vision for the conference theme and week’s events.
Sunday, Oct. 15 – Friday, Oct. 20
Overseas Partners Share with Life Groups
Our overseas partners will be sharing and praying with Cherrydale Life Groups throughout the week. Church family, check with your Life Group leaders for more information!
Wednesday, Oct. 18
“Prayer with Amit”
6:30–8:00 pm | ROOM 230 A/B
Please join us to hear from Pastor Amit, who comes from a Hindu family and was saved at 19 years old when he heard the gospel at a youth camp. He was called to ministry and God gave him a burden to plant a church. In 2022, Pastor Amit, with his wife and two young kids, and three other families, moved to a part of India which is one of the most hostile to the gospel, and hard to penetrate with the gospel. They moved there to plant “Anugrah Bible Church”. There is widespread persecution of Christians there, but in the midst of these trials, Anugrah Bible Church remains faithful to Jesus and the Word. In one recent month, the church has witnessed four baptisms and two more joining as members. Come hear about what God is doing!
Children’s Program: “Around the World”
6:30–8:00 pm | third floor
Friends from around the world will be sharing about life in the country where they live overseas. We will have friends from Nigeria, Turkey, Indonesia, Lebanon and Japan. Children ages Pre-K through Grade 5 will experience what life is like for these friends and will experience music, games, food and more.
Saturday, Oct. 21
Women’s Brunch with Missionary Panel
9:30-11:30 am | the well | registrATION REQUIRED
Women of Cherrydale and friends are invited to come learn from three of Cherrydale’s female overseas partners — Sharon, Lulu, and Emily — on our conference theme “Great Doors of Opportunity” (1 Cor. 16:9). Enjoy brunch, a panel interview, and discussion and prayer around tables. We pray you will leave with an encouraged heart to draw near to God through prayer and to step through the great doors of opportunity we each have to advance the gospel!
Artisan Tree Ornaments
As part of the brunch, women will have an opportunity to support “Teze Handcrafts” which our partner Rachel (Central Asia) began several years ago. The name “Teze” means “new” in the local language and the company employs local women as they learn a new skill, make new creations, and offer new life in otherwise difficult circumstances. At our brunch we will host an “Artisan Tree” with $5.00 Christmas ornaments made by the women at Teze. We will accept cash or check (payable to Yvonne Reed) at the brunch.
Registration closed Oct. 18.
Sunday, Oct. 22
Sunday Worship Services
10:30 am | Worship Center
Global Missions Conference Sunday
Speaker: Dave Young, Missions Pastor
Worship will include special music with Cherrydale’s adult choir.
In celebration of the cultural diversity that God has created among the various people groups of the world, we invite all attendees to come dressed in the national clothing of your country of origin, a country you have lived in, or a country you have visited (or would like to visit).
Sunday Classes
9:00–10:00 am
- Adult Classes — All classes will meet and will have the opportunity to hear first-hand from one of our overseas partners, with a time of Q&A and prayer.
- Children’s Classes (K–5th Grade) — Children will have a special missions-oriented project to work on together led by Beth Main and Joy.
- Youth Classes — John will be sharing with our youth (6th-12th grades) about his ministry in Japan in the Gym.