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Brazilians challenged to obey God at annual missions conference

Several Brazilians are now interested in serving full time with OM after attending a missions conference hosted by OM in Rio de Janeiro.




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Clowns, corruption and the gospel

Dressed as clowns and carrying posters, students of OM Brazil’s missions training protested against corruption in São José dos Campos on 23 March.




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Brave Brazilian women on a mission

Two Brazilian women represented their country climbing Everest for the Freedom Climb in April.




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'Freedom to grow in ministry and leadership'

Brazil’s mission training programme provides practical experience and cross-cultural knowledge for participants heading overseas.




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Resources to Help Delawareans in Challenging Times  

WILMINGTON –The Delaware Children’s Department (DSCYF) is sharing mental health and resiliency resources to help families nurture hope during the holiday season and beyond. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our way of life in Delaware in so many ways, from causing financial strains to impacting our mental health. Even in times of great struggles, however, […]



  • Department of Services for Children
  • Youth and their Families
  • mental health

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Lt. Governor Hall-Long & Former U.S Rep. Patrick Kennedy lead a Discussion on Social and Emotional Behavioral Health

Innovation Center, William Penn High School. – On Tuesday, Lt. Governor Hall-Long joined Patrick and Amy Kennedy and leaders in behavioral health from around Delaware for a round table discussion aimed at improving student mental health. Patrick Kennedy is one of the world’s leading voices on mental health and addiction. He is best known as the lead sponsor of the Mental Health Parity […]



  • Department of Education
  • Department of Services for Children
  • Youth and their Families
  • Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long
  • Office of the Lieutenant Governor
  • children
  • education
  • mental health

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Governor Carney, Lt. Governor Hall-Long, DSCYF Announce $16 Million Investment for Vulnerable Delawareans

Governor John Carney, Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long and the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families (DSCYF) on Tuesday announced a $16 million investment to renovate and remodel Wharton Hall on the DSCYF campus.




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Why Mental Health is Key to a Child’s Overall Health and Wellbeing

In addition to a caring adult, research shows that prevention and treatment programs do work and there are resources available to help children and their families through the Delaware Children’s Department Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services (DPBHS) and the Department of Education (DOE) and local schools.




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Equity-Focused Leadership Is Risky. Do It Anyway

As superintendents, we must make the system work for all students—however socially, politically, and professionally dangerous it may be, writes Demond A. Means.




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Black-White Achievement Gaps Go Hand in Hand With Discipline Disparities

As black-white achievement gaps widen in schools, so, too, do disparities in discipline rates between black and white students, according to a study published Wednesday of 2,000 schools.




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The Dangerous Narrative That Lurks Under the 'Achievement Gap'

Black students are not to blame for their lack of educational opportunities, argues assistant principal Eric Higgins.




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I Need More From My Daughter's School Than Lip Service About Racism

Districts must put real action behind their anti-racist statements, writes Funmi Haastrup. Here are five places to start.




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Boys´ stuff and Bible talk

After a successful season of ´Generation X´, the OM Chile team decided to carry on with the activities for teenage boys living in a boys home in Santiago.




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Changed in only nine months

The participants of OM Chile’s nine-month Intensive Training were different people when they left than when they had arrived.




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An answer to prayer

A young boy in a Chilean children's home receives an answer to his heart-felt prayer.




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Hugging grandmas and businessmen

OM Chile's Intensive Training participants spend a morning sharing the gospel in a local plaza in Santiago.




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Quality time with water slides, dramas and pizzas

OM Chile celebrates Christmas with the boys and girls of two children's homes in Santiago.




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Sharing, encouraging and volcano climbing

OM Chile's Intensive Training participants travel around the south of Chile for two weeks sharing the gospel, encouraging local churches and doing adventure activities.




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Flexibility during an afternoon of film

OM Chile's homeless ministry planned to show a movie on the street for around 100 homeless friends. They had to get creative when problems arose.




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Motivating Chilean churches for missions

God uses an OM Chile team member to encourage churches in the north of the country.




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Mixed languages, cultures and experiences

Coordinator Whitney Guthrie is grateful for five months of mixed languages, cultures and experiences during OM Chile’s first missions training for both foreigners and Chileans.




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Meetings arranged by God

Worker Mirjam Hoolsema, from the Netherlands, talks about her experience with a woman she saw every day during her daily devotion.




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Successes and struggles in the children's home

OM Chile’s Children’s Ministry knows the power of God’s Word and the support of encouraging adults can change children’s lives.




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Part of God’s plan

A volunteer from OM Chile expresses deep joy after being used by God during a recent outreach.




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An ever changing testimony from an ever present God

When asked to share his testimony, a participant of OM Chile's Adventure Team realises just how much God has worked in his life.




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God loves you in every language

A participant of OM Chile's Adventure Team shares about a man who was deeply affected while they visited the homeless in the streets of Santiago.




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Shelter and freedom in Christ

Antofagasta, Chile :: Logos Hope crewmembers tell men who've battled with addiction and crime about Jesus' love for them.




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In Pandemic, Digital Access and Parents' Education Made the Biggest Difference in Schools' Response

A comprehensive look at how U.S. schools served students in the aftermath of the coronavirus closures finds that schools responded more fully in communities where parents' education levels were higher.




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How to Make Lessons Cohesive When Teaching Both Remote and In-Person Classes

When some students are online and others in school buildings, how can teachers make sure everyone is learning what they need to learn?




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Glorifying God through an unexpected gift

An OMer in Kazakhstan tells of a Kazakh friend and believer who, finding herself pregnant again before she is ready, wrestles with cultural norms.




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Every tribe and tongue and nation

A dream comes true - the first OM recruit from her country sends the next group of recruits to the OM ship.




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Prepared beforehand

A new worker is able to use his profession to reach out in Central Asia.




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Inspiring creativity and worship

A new recording studio aims to bring Central Asian musicians together for collaboration and worship.




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Transformational technology

OM workers in Central Asia use technology to develop new discipleship and worship tools for local believers.




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Transformational thinking

One OM couple uses Transformation Prayer Ministry to help followers of Jesus in Central Asia find freedom from lies they have believed.




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Living as salt and light

Workers in Central Asia walk alongside local believers and share small bits of truth with those they live among.




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The need to be important

A young Kurd struggles with feeling unimportant in the world, while another no longer worries because he knows who he is in Christ.




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European youth gather for second-ever Mission-Net Congress

Mission-Net welcomes more than 2,500 people and 110 mission organisations from Europe and other parts of the world to Erfurt, Germany, this week.




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‘Jesus answers my prayers!’

An Iranian asylum seeker in Germany sees God answer his prayers for a residence permit. Now he knows Christ personally.




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Meeting needs of local immigrants

OM’s Xenos team in Heilbronn ministers to immigrants in a holistic way by proclaiming the gospel and supporting them in their physical and emotional needs.




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'You can’t say that about Jesus!'

An argument between two children who attend the kids’ programme in Hamburg encourages the workers that the kids understand the message of the gospel.




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The strangers among us

How OM's Xenos team makes a difference to some of the thousands of foreign immigrants in Germany




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An "out of this world" experience

Thousands of Teenstreet participants are challenged to join the work in God's plentiful harvest.




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Immigrants reaching immigrants

A member of OM Germany's Xenos team experiences the joy of seeing immigrants reach other immigrants.




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Truth and authority

Two Pakistani men understand the meaning of Jesus' ascension through reading the Bible with an OM Germany's Xenos team member.




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A friend to strangers

The Xenos team in Germany enjoys sharing the love of Jesus with the many immigrants they meet.




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Servant leadership at TeenStreet

Leader of OM Germany serves in the kitchen during TeenStreet, OM’s annual week-long international youth congress that started on Saturday.




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Global Village: An idea from God

In its’ fourth year at TeenStreet, Global Village is an innovative and interactive project that allows teenagers and adults to have a living missions experience.




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Refugees accept Jesus as Saviour in Germany

OM team leader in Hamburg, where 400-500 refugees arrive daily, shares about meeting two young refugees who hunger to know the truth.




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Transform 2016: Bringing love from the Sunshine State

During a Transform outreach in Germany, a short-term team enjoys God’s provision of good weather as they facilitated outdoor children’s programmes for refugees.