The Memorial could be the first PGA Tour event to reopen with fans, and people on the course grounds will be wearing badges equipped with chip technology to ensure social distancing.

The experience of a group of young people going on an outreach in Italy after Transform 2013.

By providing holistic care and support to victims of human trafficking, OM hopes to lead them to freedom in Christ.

Church planters with the BCC in Turkey are encouraged by growth in a city where the gospel was previously unknown.

OM worker joins a new Arabic-speaking ministry among Syrians in Turkey.

An OMer sharing the gospel at a police station in Turkey is asked to return and carry on the conversation.

Australian outreach participant Kathryn Jenkin testifies to how God used her prayers while on outreach in Lesotho.

OM Russia works to bring hope to neighbours affected by HIV and AIDS.

Thirteen students graduate from OM Russia’s Discipleship Centre on 7 April after completing the intensive seven-month course.

A Discipleship centre student from an unreached people group meets a girl with the same ethnic background and tells to her about salvation.

Despite not openly being allowed to speak about Jesus, an outreach team finds ways to be instruments in God's hands.

OM Philippines will host three training sessions this month in an effort to see sustainable, transformational and developmental ministries grow in Cebu City.

OM Philippines-Cebu conducts critical incident stress debriefing training with partner organisations and churches in Cebu City, Northern Cebu and Bohol Island.

Rosie from OM Greece helps at a project for homeless people run by local believers in Athens. She describes how one regular 'guest' is progressing towards faith in God.

Churches are the key to continuity in the refugee ministry, states Gabby Markus, director of OM Greece.

God answers two specific prayers during an outreach in Mozambique.

OM Africa partners with Davar Partners International to distribute audio Bibles to those who cannot read.

The OM Mozambique team builds a library in Mocuba to support and provide resources for the local community.

At an OM-led art session in Serbia, some Syrian refugee children have a chance to express themselves, and let their creative talents shine.

Sometimes it's not about handing out blankets, meals or having conversations, noticed OM worker Elizabeth when volunteering in the refugee ministry in Serbia.

Iranians in Serbian refugee camps are turning to Jesus, becoming baptised and sharing their faith—events that one OM leader describes as being straight out of the Book of Acts.

Slobodan never thought he could be free, but Jesus gave him a new start. Now Slobodan urges Roma in Croatia and Serbia that there is a better way.

A teenage boy's ankle is healed and the Good News is spread through this situation.

Twice a week Lourie Ferreira heads out into rural Zambian communities to show God's love through dentistry.

Cecilia dreamt of being able to provide a safe place for at-risk girls. In January 2016 that dream was realised in Hope House.

A single mother finds hope through a Self Help Group and is sharing the good news.

OM Lifehope partners with More Than Gold, an organisation that equips local churches to engage with their communities during the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

God grants the wish of a teenage mom as a sign of His love for her. Now she’s found what she has looked for all her life.

Ronald, an OMer working with the youth in the Netherlands, sees God change young men’s hearts at TeenStreet Europe.

Women in the Near East pray and prepare Bible stories to share with local friends through creative opportunities.

Since the Syrian war began, OM workers have served alongside locals, including Muslim background believers, to spread hope amongst desperate people.

Children with disabilities blossom through a community-based rehabilitation programme and teach the women who work with them about unconditional love.

A children’s music programme helps Syrian mothers identify their skills and how to use them for Christ, even before they become believers.

HE has created elegant fine-dining dishes in some of the most reputable restaurants in Scotland, but chef Paul Tamburrini he is now facing his harshest critics – his family.

Travel and tourism have become casualties of coronavirus lockdown, but one travel writer has found a new way to highlight Scotland's beauty, writes Deborah Anderson

The Chaotic Scots Traveller Kay Gillespie delivers her Top 10 places She's dreaming about in Scotland

A long-time resident of Trench Town, Donnette Dowe has seen the trials of urban life up-close and personal. Like many inner-city Jamaican communities, crime, teen pregnancy and poverty are rife.The 50-year-old mother of five children (ages 26, 24, 21, 16 and 12) is director and tour manager for Trench Town Culture Yard, a renovated tenement which was once home to Bob Marley and his family.

Ian Bell, the award-winning Herald and Sunday Herald writer and columnist, died last week aged 59. Here are excerpts from 10 of his finest pieces of writing.

Cairngorm National Park has moved online to give armchair visitors a flavour of a Highland spring, finds Sandra Dick

The paths around Hoolet are hard trodden these days, as the village takes its daily gulp of fresh air. Along hedgerows, down tree-lined avenues, through the woods and by the stream, legions of boots have stomped, marking out time. With almost no rain for six weeks, the lanes are dusty and tracks that were made by tractors, horses and bikes in the February mud have solidified into treacherous ruts.

IT could have been a warm welcome home for a conquering comedy hero when Billy Connolly appeared before an audience of Scottish school children at the BBC in Glasgow.

Source: www.justjared.com - Saturday, May 09, 2020
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Source: www.washingtontimes.com - Sunday, May 10, 2020
OAKLAND PARK, Fla. (AP) - There is nothing like a big smooch, gentle touch or a wet nose nuzzle with a happy dog. But social distancing rules, due to the impact of COVID-19, has created a barrier between those in need of canine therapy visits and those special pups that ...

A Muslim man sees God answer prayers, receives a New Testament and then searches for more.

“I am more excited about God now,” says one young Swiss lady after three months working alongside OM Finland to reach youth in Tampere.

Teemu Laitinen (Finland) serves as the Bus4Life driver in Ukraine, Hungary, Moldova and Romania.

A single mother finds hope through a Self Help Group and is sharing the good news.

Hearts owner Ann Budge has described the decision by Ladbrokes Premiership clubs to scrap league reconstruction as "shameful" and vowed the Tynecastle club will "formally challenge" any decision to end the top flight prematurely if they are relegated.

ESTABLISHING a consensus to maintain the peace has never been trickier. Being stuck at home for 23 hours a day has taken the already onerous challenge of preserving civil relations and lifted to it a new level altogether.

A single mother finds hope through a Self Help Group and is sharing the good news.