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Mission to Hard Places: Chapel, Lunch Forum and Evening Documentary Film
February 7, 2023
Chapel, Lunch Forum and Evening Documentary Film
Around a third of the world population have yet to see, hear and experience much of the GOOD NEWS of Jesus. God still calls and sends messengers to bear witness to the GOOD NEWS, but they face some daunting barriers: war, civil unrest, challenging living conditions, complicated political situations, religious and cultural intolerance, etc. We will explore how to face these risky challenges with God’s wisdom and strength because He is worthy!
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Schedule:
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Chapel Facing Risk: Three elements of theology of risk – Dr. Anna Hampton *The chapel message will not be broadcast Lunch and program to follow.
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Lunch Forum Fear, courage and preparation for risk – Dr. Anna Hampton Continuing discussion of risk in missions.
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Evening Documentary Film “The Hard Places” is a documentary produced by Dan Swinton about the life and death of Dr Tom Little (GCTS 1975) who served in Afghanistan. “The Hard Places chronicles the extraordinary journey of a man who chose to forsake a life of comfort and security in order to touch the lives of strangers and deliver the gift of sight in one of the most dangerous places on earth—Afghanistan” (imbd.com). View the Trailer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVloMUD7uSo Discussion to follow with Dr Anna Hampton and the producer Dan Swinton via Zoom.
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Speakers:
Dr. Anna Hampton grew up as a farm girl in the Midwest and felt called to work overseas as a young teen. By her mid-twenties, she was in full-time work leading teenagers all over the world. In 1996, she began a long-distance courtship with Neal across three continents, and after marrying in 1999, they began raising their family in Afghanistan. She and her husband serve with Barnabas International in pastoral care and risk consulting. They have three adult children and one daughter-in-law.
Anna shares God’s Word interwoven with personal experiences from living and working for a decade in war-torn Afghanistan and from over twenty-nine years of ministry experiences traveling in almost seventy countries. She writes with a realism and depth from her own trials of facing overwhelming obstacles with faith and joy while also living in extremist environments for almost two decades while raising three young children. She is the author of Facing Danger: A Guide Through Risk, Facing Fear: The Journey to Mature Courage in Risk and Persecution (May 16, 2023), and contributed to the Risk Assessment and Management (RAM) Training that Neal wrote based on her book.
Anna holds a Master’s in Educational Leadership from Bethel University and a Doctor of Religious Studies from Trinity Theological Seminary. She is a Bible teacher and conference speaker at international events in Central Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and in the US. She writes at TheologyOfRrisk.com and at Behind the Veil: A Public Journal of a Hidden Life (http://better-than-gold-faith.blogspot.com/).
Dan Swinton is a multi-Emmy award-winning visual storyteller and documentary veteran. He spent over ten years working at PBS stations in New York where he produced numerous documentaries, television series and original multi-media content. As a filmmaker his work often explores aspects of Christianity as he seeks to understand the faith journey of those whose lives have taken unconventional paths.