Global Outreach

Global Outreach Lunch

Location: The Commons The Global Outreach Team invites you to lunch, where three of our CGS global partners will be sharing updates on their work. All are welcome and encouraged to come. Suggested donation is $5 per person/$15 per family. RSVP here by Wednesday, July 17.

Prayer for China

Location: Conference Room The CGS Global Outreach Team invites you to a free Chinese dinner and an hour of prayer for our imprisoned partners and the broader persecuted church in China.   Come engage with news updates and be encouraged by the video testimonies of church leaders. All are welcome.  Please RSVP to Liz Stoioff.

Global Outreach Conference

To give to the 2020 Goal of sending 30 members on five short term trips, please click HERE and select "Missions Fund." The theme for our 2020 Global Outreach Conference is "That All the World May Know." Our keynote speaker is Rev. Neal W., Director of Muslim Outreach. Here's the day's schedule of events: 9:30am- Joint SMC in the Chapel 10:45am- Worship in Sanctuary 5:30pm- All-church dinner (NuvoTaco) in Fellowship Hall. Sign up for dinner here.

Costa Rica Team Show & Tell Gallery

Location: The Concourse Our CGS Youth will be sharing pictures and stories from their July 2022 mission trip to Costa Rica. Snacks and drinks will be served. Drop by for as little or as much as you'd like!

2023 Missions Conference

The Missions Conference theme for this year is The Church on Mission: Europe and Beyond. Europe has 741 million people but less than 0.07% are evangelical Christians. Meanwhile, the war in Ukraine is flooding Europe with millions of refugees. How has the gospel impacted secular cities that are dealing with immigration, secularism, intellectualism, and hurting, isolated people? What lessons can we learn for our engagement as Christians where we live? Rev. Walter Wood, a PCA pastor and director of Europe […]

Global Outreach Dinner

Church of the Good Shepherd

Please make plans to join us this fall at our Global Outreach Conference here at the Church of the Good Shepherd. We will kick off our conference with dinner and hearing from guest speakers Stephen J. and Wendy D. Saturday Evening Service: 5:30 potluck dinner (sign up for potluck and children's portion), 6:30 – 8:00pm program/ Adults will stay for hearing from Stephen J. and children will be dismissed for a program led by CGS's children's director, Bethany Porter Sunday […]

Global Outreach Conference

Church of the Good Shepherd

Sunday Morning: Combined SMC in the Sanctuary at 9:30 am. Our speaker this year is long-time CGS partner serving in London among South Asians, Stephen J. Stephen and his wife have founded a new ministry called “Counseling Global” that aims to introduce people to the hope of Christ through the avenue of counseling. From their website: With the decline of the Christian faith in the West, missionary giving is down, but the call of God remains to reach the nations. […]

Dessert with Virginia Y! Global Partner in Asia

The CGS Global Outreach Team warmly invites you to an event with Virginia Y, an overseas partner with CGS who has an extensive ministry of teaching, counseling, and assisting in church planting in a major city in Asia. Holding multiple advanced degrees from the U.S., she felt called to return to her homeland to work with Reformed Churches there. She has a unique perspective that will shed light on the state of the church in China in rapidly changing times. Options […]

Lunch with Virginia Y – CGS Global Partner

The CGS Global Outreach Team warmly invites you to an event with Virginia Y, an overseas partner with CGS who has an extensive ministry of teaching, counseling, and assisting in church planting in a major city in Asia. Holding multiple advanced degrees from the U.S., she felt called to return to her homeland to work with Reformed Churches there. She has a unique perspective that will shed light on the state of the church in her country in Asia in […]

English Language Conversation Partners Kickoff Meeting

Join us Tuesday, January 28, at 6 p.m. for the initial volunteer meeting to learn more about this semester's Language Conversation Partners ministry. We will gather at the church in the conference room (N310). We are excited to continue with this aspect of Refugee Support Ministries here at CGS! Questions or want to volunteer? Contact: Natalie Freck

Breakfast with English Language Conversation Partners

Refugee Support Ministries is holding a Kickoff event on Saturday, February 8 from 9:00-10:30 a.m. in the Commons for our English Language Conversation Partners! We're excited to begin the semester with some delicious food, fellowship, and games together. We will have two other Saturday Breakfast and Fellowship gatherings on March 15, and April 12. Questions or want to get involved? Contact: Natalie Freck

English Language Conversation Partners Volunteer Lunch

Volunteers with the English Language Conversation Partners are meeting after church from 12:15-1:30 p.m. in Room S206 to check in with one another. We will discuss which teaching methods are working well and pray together over our students and the ministry! Lunch dates: February 23, March 30, April 27. Questions or want to get involved with CGS Refugee Support Ministries? Contact: Natalie Freck

Prayer for Ukraine Zoom Gathering

The CGS GO Team encourages you to join others in praying for the church in Ukraine on Sunday, February 23, from 3:00-4:00 p.m. as the war there continues for the third year. CGS supports Andrew Sheppard who serves there. Mission To the World Country Director Jon Eide will lead this prayer time with updates from leaders of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ukraine so we can hear how God is working in the midst of war. There will be a time […]

Breakfast with English Language Conversation Partners

CGS Refugee Support Ministries is holding a fellowship event on Saturday, March 15 from 9:00-10:30 a.m. in the Commons for our English Language Conversation Partners, their families, and our CGS volunteers! We're excited to gather this semester with some delicious food, fellowship, and games together. Questions or want to get involved? Contact: Natalie Freck