Volunteers stop the work every morning at 10, circling to pray for the mission. It is always beautiful to see.

If you have been around us for very long, no doubt you will have heard Tillie share her conviction that Mission Arlington^® “runs on the prayers of the people.” This isn’t just her conviction, but it is the commitment of all those who serve here.

We do pay attention to industry standards and “best practices” for non-profits. We know that these standards steer organizations like ours to ethical, accountable, and transparent approaches to this important work, and that this is a benefit not just to us and our supporters, but to our community.  Towards that end, we voluntarily partner with charity watchdog organizations, such as “Charity Navigator,” the “Better Business Bureau,” and ECFA, a charity watchdog group which is designed specifically for faith-based non profits like ours.

Having said that, it is also and especially true, as we say here, that Mission Arlington^® is more a “movement than a strategy, more a spirit than a structure, more like a family than an organization.” This place, and this work belong to the Lord, and so we believe that effectiveness in ministry come from being connected to Him.

It is for this reason that we are issuing a sincere “call for prayer” for the work here.  Often, when an organization does this, it is a technique to communicate a need of some kind, but that is not our motive.  We are not calling for prayer because of a crisis, but because this is the bread and butter of our daily work.  If you drive through our place at 10:00 on any given morning, you will see the work stop momentarily, as we hold hands in a circle to pray.

We are asking for each and every one of you, to the fullest extent possible,  to set a daily alarm for 10:00 a.m. every morning.  Would you join us?  This would be such a great gift for our work, and for each of us personally.

Pray as God leads, of course, but we especially ask that you

1. pray for God’s provisions and
2. pray for God’s protection.
3. We ask that you talk with the Lord about more volunteers to lead our Bible studies, and/or to teach in our after-school programs, or doctors and dentists for the health clinics.
4. We ask for prayer that our hearts will always be in tune with the Lord and with people as we serve here every day.  We thank you so much for your willingness to do this.  It surely is a great help to our work. We always want to have His heart for every person who comes through our doors.

If you already pray with us each morning, thank you.  If you don’t, would you join the circle of those who pray?   May this circle be unbroken.