Monthly Focus
Welcome to our “digital extra goodies” page!
Each month in our missions discipleship curriculum, we focus on Southern Baptist missions efforts in various locations in the US and around the world.
And, well, some things like videos and downloadables don’t quite fit in our print publications.
So here is where you can find your extra supplemental digital goodies every month.
Below you’ll see the extras listed by month. We’ll keep a few month’s worth up on the page at a time.
But to keep the page light and speedy for you, we’ll delete the oldest month as we add the newest month. So if you think you might want to refer back to something in the distant future, go ahead and download or copy the info now.
Leah was born into the MK life, and she recalls her experience on the missions field with fondness. While serving alongside her parents in their ministry, she witnessed miracles, and her love for the lost around the world grew.
Leah’s family served with the International Mission Board for 25 years total, mostly in the Amazon basin of Brazil but also in Germany. In both countries, her family worked with people from Latin America.
Leah uses her vocation as a traveling nurse to shine the light of Christ in hospitals.
5 Fun Facts about the Missionary Kid
- Leah Kennedy was born and grew up as a missionary kid (MK) in the Amazon River region of Brazil. She lived in Brazil, and for a short time in Germany, until she attended college in the United States.
- Miss Kennedy is a nurse which gives her an opportunity to serve and show God’s love to her patients.
- Miss Kennedy’s favorite food from Brazil is a chocolate fudge called brigadeiros [bree-gah-DAY-rohs].
- Miss Kennedy has been on many missions trips to countries such as Ukraine, Honduras, Greece, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, and Brazil.
- Miss Kennedy’s father was a church planter and missionary pilot to the remote areas of Brazil. Now retired, he was the last IMB missionary pilot.
Prayer Requests
- Pray for the people of rural Brazil as they deal with the challenges of living there.
- Pray for Brazilian believers as they learn to lead in their churches.
- Pray that Brazilians would believe in the true God rather than folk religions.
- Pray for the missionaries as they share Jesus with Brazilians.
- Pray for MKs who deal with growing up between cultures.
FOR USE WITH JANUARY MISSION FRIENDS LEADER CURRICULUM
Children’s Scripture Video: vimeo.com/1046582112
Children’s Missions Video: vimeo.com/1043425318
Family Missions Focus (PDF): Download and use this resource to reinforce what your children’s missions discipleship groups are learning every month in Missions Journey: Kids. Family Missions Focus includes a feature for you to type notes to parents on the right-hand side of the page! Print the page for parents or email them as a monthly way to encourage their support.
Spotlight Update: Former Missionary Kid Leah Kennedy
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For Women on Mission
February 2025 Missions Mosaic Discussion Guide (PDF)
Invite women to next month’s meeting with this downloadable color invitation: March 2025 Women on Mission Save the Date Flyer (PDF)
David and Sara Gaskins, Send Network missionaries with the North American Mission Board, live in Provo, Utah, the most unchurched city in the most unchurched state in North America. Around 82 percent of people in the city are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), a group that considers itself the only true church on earth.
5 Fun Facts about the Missionaries
- David and his wife, Sara, began their work as collegiate missionaries until they relocated to Provo for David to plant a church.
- The church that David planted, Mosaic Church, opened in October of 2020 in downtown Provo, Utah.
- David and Sara have three young children: two boys and a girl.
- David likes to find the best breakfast food in every city he visits.
- David, Sara, and their three children really enjoy reading books!
Prayer Requests
- Pray that David and Sara will be intentional about taking care of one another as they also work hard at Mosaic Church.
- Pray that the leaders at Mosaic Church will lead the people with wisdom from the Lord.
- Pray that the number of people in Provo who love Jesus will increase and that those believers will share their faith with the many in the area who do not love Jesus.
- Pray that other missionaries, church planters, and people who love Jesus will move to Utah to help share about Jesus.
- Pray for the Gaskins family, that their needs will be met and that they will be able to live in Provo for a long time.
FOR USE WITH JANUARY MISSION FRIENDS LEADER CURRICULUM
Children’s Scripture Video: vimeo.com/1040572839
Children’s Missions Video: vimeo.com/1029281683
Family Missions Focus (PDF): Download and use this resource to reinforce what your children’s missions discipleship groups are learning every month in Missions Journey: Kids. Family Missions Focus includes a feature for you to type notes to parents on the right-hand side of the page! Print the page for parents or email them as a monthly way to encourage their support.
Spotlight Update: David and Sara Gaskins in Utah
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For Women on Mission
January 2025 Missions Mosaic Discussion Guide (PDF)
Invite women to next month’s meeting with this downloadable color invitation: February 2025 Women on Mission Save the Date Flyer (PDF)
Zack and Jennifer Dove serve the people of Norway. They work hand-in-hand with local believers and they share the gospel with people seeking to know God. They disciple believers to grow in their faith. Everything they do in Oslo is to build relationships through hospitality. This includes opening their home to new friends, biking with a coffee cart into a neighborhood, and making people feel welcome.
5 Fun Facts about the Missionaries
- Zack Dove once met a quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons who signed his autograph with a Bible verse. Mr. Dove went home and read that verse!
- Mr. and Mrs. Dove moved to Norway when their sons were in first and fourth grades.
- Mr. Dove was in Mission Friends and Royal Ambassadors when he was a child.
- Mrs. Dove likes to cook and bake.
- Both of their sons were adopted from Ukraine.
Prayer Requests
- Pray that university students who meet together for meals and conversation will grow closer to God.
- Pray that Home Church Oslo’s Norwegian language cafe lessons will lead to people talking about Jesus.
- Pray for good training for young men who love Jesus, that they would be bold and build strong relationships for sharing Jesus and starting healthy churches.
- Pray for the new church start, Crosspoint Church, to grow and for many people to know, love, and serve Jesus.
- Pray for the people in Norway who love Jesus to be bold and tell others about Jesus.
FOR USE WITH DECEMBER MISSION FRIENDS LEADER CURRICULUM
Children’s Scripture Video: vimeo.com/1028910808/47c64bb2ea
Children’s Missions Video: vimeo.com/1028958817
Family Missions Focus (PDF): Download and use this resource to reinforce what your children’s missions discipleship groups are learning every month in Missions Journey: Kids. Family Missions Focus includes a feature for you to type notes to parents on the right-hand side of the page! Print the page for parents or email them as a monthly way to encourage their support.
Spotlight Update for Missions for Life 2024–25 December Unit: Zack and Jennifer Dove in Scandinavia
Spotlight Update for December Missions Mosaic: John Pratt in South Asia
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For Women on Mission
December 2024 Missions Mosaic Discussion Guide (PDF)
Invite women to next month’s meeting with this downloadable color invitation: January 2025 Women on Mission Save the Date Flyer (PDF)
New to missions discipleship?
Ready to get started? Check out sample curriculum units and learn how to get started with missions discipleship by downloading a starter pack.
Just want a little general info first? Scroll on down to the footer on this page and click on the link to the Missions Discipleship Age-Level you want to explore!