New Tribes Mission - Norman & Angela McCready

New Tribes Mission (NTM) is a global missionary organisation whose primary focus is to plant churches among 'new tribes' who have yet to hear the Gospel. Norman and Angela McCready spent many years working with NTM in Papua New Guinea, before they returned to Northern Ireland in 2001. In 2009, they accepted an opportunity to run Summit Teams for NTM, taking groups of people out to NTM sites for several weeks to assist in the missionary work there. This work involved laying of pipes, digging foundations and building facilities for the missionary families and local tribes. Before showing a video of some of the most recent trips, Norman read from Luke chapter 5, challenging the young people to 'thrust out a little' from the shore (verse 3). He wanted them to consider leaving the comfort zone of home and take part in one of the trips. From experience, he expressed the need to obey the call of the Lord, whether that be to missionary service or any other career path. Just as the disciples responded when the Lord commanded them to 'let down the nets' (verse 4), so we must respond to the guidance of God in our lives. We must also forsake all the things that would hold us back from accomplishing the will of God (verse 11), abandoning our fears (verse 10) and trusting fully in Christ and in His leading. God has a plan for each of our lives, and it is only when we submit ourselves completely to His will, that we will see that perfect plan fulfilled. So let us not be as those in Colossians 2:8, who chased after the 'rudiments of the world', but instead follow after Christ.