Missions Update - January 2026
Monthly Missions Update / January 2026 / volume 3 issue 1
Hello Morning Star Family!
Happy New Year to each of you. We pray that you had a restful and enjoyable Christmas season. As we start a new year we're excited to focus much of this month's update on our trip to Central Asia this coming October. We'd love to have you join us!
Take a look at this month’s updates:
HAPPENING AT MORNING STAR:
Central asia trip with global partners jeff & sarah
October 16-24, 2026:
With a heart for serving Refugees, Jeff & Sarah are excited to welcome us into their community halfway around the world to experience the hospitality and unique learning experience they are able to provide for their students. Will you pray about joining us in October 2026? Check out what Jeff & Sarah have to say below:
Discover a School Transforming Lives
Discover a school like no other—where education becomes a lifeline for the forgotten. In 2023, we launched a hybrid school for refugees facing impossible odds—missed school years, poverty, bullying, displacement. What started as a lifeline for refugee children quickly expanded to reach students in Afghanistan denied education, American families beyond capital cities, and local families seeking faith-based learning. Through partnership with a transformational education organization, we're creating more than classrooms—we're restoring human dignity.
This isn't just a school—it's restoration. Here, education becomes the cultivation of human dignity, empowering the marginalized to rebuild their lives and transform their communities. Students who've endured trauma, discrimination, and interrupted learning don't just get access to classrooms; they receive an approach that honors their stories and meets their deepest needs.
Watch hurt and overlooked students find belonging in a vibrant faith community where their educational needs open doors to hope. Through Bible classes, shared prayers, and personal conversations, they're exposed to new ideas—never pressured, always welcomed. These resilient young people have survived more hardship than most will ever face, yet they fight fiercely for their futures.
Your Adventure Awaits
Experience this unique hybrid school firsthand! Spend a week immersed in daily homeroom classes, share your story with eager students, savor traditional home-cooked meals with local families. Explore tourist destinations alongside students discovering them for the first time. Dive into the culture of our host country and witness how we serve our community. Ask the Lord if this journey is yours and embrace whatever He wants to reveal. - Jeff & Sarah
To learn more you can fill out an interest form HERE, read pages 15 & 16 of the newest Inside MStar magazine HERE, or talk to Pastor Jared!
Mission Connexion
January 16th & 17th Conference
The premier Missions conference in the Pacific Northwest is coming to Sunset Church located at 14986 NW Cornell Rd. Portland, OR 97229 this January! If you have any interest in Jesus being shared with people who don't know Him, this is for you! It's a free conference with dozens of breakout sessions related to Missions, world class speakers like Ed Stetzer, and our own Global Partner Reid Saunders!
You can learn more and register for the conference HERE.
Note that this isn't a Morning Star registration, it's directly through Mission Connexion. We hope to see you there!
To learn more about each of our Global & Local Partners, CLICK HERE. If you’re interested in helping more with Missions at Morning Star, please email: jared@mstar.church
Thanks for all you do to help share the Good News of Jesus with a world in need!
– Morning Star Missions Board
