Thanksgiving: Pausing to Thank God for Lifelines of Love and Hope
Get Ready for Giving Tuesday!
We want to let you know that Arctic Barnabas Ministries will be participating in this year’s #GivingTuesday! In case you haven’t heard, the goal of #GivingTuesday is to create a global day of giving back, which celebrates generosity and kindness. Organizations like us and Alaska Legal Services are joining in this year at #GivingTuesdayAK and #GivingTuesday! The day itself falls […]
Spang Family Arrives to ABM
Jeffrey and Bethany Spang just completed their move to Alaska to join the team here at Arctic Barnabas Ministries! This past fall, Jeffrey and a small crew of friends drove a refurbished prison bus loaded with the Spangs’ belongings straight through the “Lower 48” and up the Alcan Highway to Alaska. Sometimes God provides for our transitions in the most unique ways. […]
Certainty in Uncertain Times
This week we’re excited to give voice to one of our ABM staff, Ranada Hassemer! I hope you will be encouraged as you read her reflections on how God recycles our story to encourage those we come across. Ranada Selfie 2015 “Ever wonder why God placed you precisely where you are at this moment in […]
Ministry Family Retreat 2015!
Ministry Family Retreat 2015
Summer Impact Trip: Kodiak Island
On the evening of August 10th ABM missionaries Pete Ekle and Jim Hibbard boarded a truck filled with construction materials and food onto a ferry bound for Kodiak Island, Alaska. They had received word that a pastor and his wife had a home in need of some significant repair. Our team decided to serve this ministry couple by […]
Grocery Shopping Alaskan Style…
Last week as many of us were posting fun pictures of vacationing, rest and travel something quite unique started to pop up on our Facebook newsfeed…photos and posts of several Alaskan bush village pastors and missionaries preparing for their coming year of ministry. And where else to go to stock up for a year’s worth […]
The Ministry of Service
How do pastors and missionaries remain in the challenging landscapes of the Arctic? One way is through a network of support they receive from outside resource ministries like Arctic Barnabas Ministries. Last month, ABM Missionary Pilot Rob Dillingham and a small team of volunteers flew to a village in western Alaska to serve a ministry family by helping them with the building of a […]
Fishing Season in Alaska!
After a fairly mild winter for Alaska, summer has arrived in the North. With the warmer temperatures and the rivers once again flowing, the fish are coming—millions of them. As Alaska residents, we are able to fish with large hooped nets and actually scoop the fish out of the river. Residents are allowed 25 fish […]