Mission Speakers

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Read this before contacting one of the speakers

Some of the Presbyterian mission workers on these lists are home on "interpretation assignment" (what we used to call "furlough" or "home assignment"), some are retired, and the some have ended their term of service for other reasons.

Feel free to contact and invite them to speak at your church.

The church or inviting body must pay the travel expenses (mileage, meals, lodging) incurred by the mission worker.

If a mission worker is still under appointment (still receiving a salary from the PC(USA)), then no honorarium is expected or required.

If the mission speaker has ended his or her term of service, or is retired, then an honorarium is appropriate. Talk about this with the mission worker when you first contact him or her. Then, don’t forget to follow through.

Please use our human resources wisely

Think of different ways to permit the missionary to share the whole range of his or her experience—sermon, Sunday school, potluck supper, prayer breakfast, bag lunch, Presbyterian Women’s meeting, mission committee, keynote speaker at a mission fair.

Think of how to share the missionary with the community. Local media (especially radio and newspapers) might like to interview someone just home from years abroad. Local civic organizations, such as the Rotary Club or Jaycees, might like to hear your speaker.

Think of how to share the missionary regionally by inviting other congregations to share the program, or perhaps arrange with other churches to have a program during the same time period in order to share travel expenses.