World Mission Sunday
World Mission Sunday
February 8th, 2026
A special time set aside for Anglican churches
to refocus on the work God is doing around the world
Here are resources from SAMS and our Anglican Global Mission Partners for your church to use on World Mission Sunday on February 8th. Start getting ready now.
- Prayer bookmarks: Sign up at this link and we can send you prayer bookmarks to distribute to your church family. These are available on a first come, first served basis.
- Liturgical Resources for use in your church services or small groups:
- Prayers of the People for World Missions Sunday: Incorporate this into your Sunday liturgy.
- Kenyan Prayer for Missions: Incorporate this liturgy from Kenya into your service of Holy Eucharist.
- AGMP Litany for Mission: Use this litany pamphlet from Anglican Global Mission Partners in your church service or small group.
- Resources on discerning a call to serve in missions or send missionaries:
- The Windmill Chain of the Gospel – Making Disciples in Europe: Show this video to get people excited about mission!
- Go Where God Calls You: Show this video from SAMS on discerning a call to missionary
service! - Watching God Work: Show this video with missionary testimonials of God’s work
- Being a short-term Missionary Bridger
- Being a Missionary Sender
- Invite parishioners and clergy to sign up for our Missionary Discernment Journaling Resource at this form. Written by Bishop Todd McGregor and other contributors, this journaling resource helps those discerning a call to slow down and pray through issues for discernment.
- Join with us in prayer for missionaries on a regular basis! Download our 6-month prayer calendar and sign up to receive recent monthly prayer requests via email at this form
Resources for Kids!
- Kids Prayer bookmarks: Sign up at this link and we can send you prayer bookmarks to distribute to the children in your church! These are available on a first come, first served basis.
- We have globe beachballs to use for prayer with kids. Pass the ball around, and pray for the country your finger lands on! Sign up at this link for us to send you some. These are available on a first come, first served basis.
- Download our world missions coloring page for kids to do at church or home. Learn about the continents and pray for the hope of Jesus to spread around the world!
Rest in Peace: The Rev. Dr. Jessica Hughes (1970-2025)
We give thanks for the life and ministry of the Rev. Dr. Jessica Hughes, SAMS Missionary, who died at home on December 8th. Jessica celebrated her 55th birthday on December 3rd with greetings from friends all around the world.
Jessica served faithfully with your Society since 2011, primarily as a lecturer focusing on field ministry preparation at Uganda Christian University (UCU) at the Bishop Tucker School of Divinity and Theology. She also helped UCU navigate massive challenges during the Covid pandemic by serving as the eLearning Manager. The seeds she planted in her ministry roles continue to bear fruit in East Africa and beyond for the Kingdom of God. Her fellow missionaries, students, and colleagues loved her dearly.
She persevered in the faith and earnestly sought to follow the Lord’s will throughout her life. By God’s grace, she graduated from the Selah program (spiritual direction certification) in September!
Jessica’s sending church, All Saints, Woodbridge, VA, has walked with her beautifully through the two years that she has been on this difficult journey–supported especially by the “Wonder Women” and held in the arms of Jesus. Jessica’s funeral will be at All Saints at a date in early January to be determined.
Jessica shared in her November letter this prayer: “Of all good things I have known in this life, Jesus, it is you alone I might keep into death, and it is you alone that I need.” ~Every Moment Holy, Volume II
Last month Jessica and I shared a sweet time together in prayer and remembering God’s goodness. I carried love and greetings from us all. Her love for you all was deep. We celebrated together the feast day of Hilda of Whitby—another faithful missionary who was gifted by God with wisdom. She, too, suffered in her last years. Hilda’s dying witness left a powerful mark on contemporary Venerable Bede as he recorded that she “passed from death to life.” Jessica kept in her vision the sure hope of passing into life everlasting in Jesus.
Please pray with me:
- O Lord, may you grant comfort and strength for Jessica’s extended family, her Wonder Women, her church family, her UCU family, her SAMS family, and all who love Jessica.
- May you continue your healing touch on Jessica’s godson Nick.
- “Let us learn to love one another well in our common grief, O Lord. Let us learn to speak freely together of our great loss, and our still-greater hope.” ~Every Moment Holy, Volume II
- “Depart, O Christian soul, out of this world;
In the Name of God the Father Almighty who created you;
In the Name of Jesus Christ who redeemed you;
In the Name of the Holy Spirit who sanctifies you.
May your rest be this day in peace,
and your dwelling place in the Paradise of God.”
In the love of Jesus with thanksgiving for you,
Stewart Wicker
A Memorial Service for Jessica will be held on Monday, January 5, 2026, at 10 a.m. The service and reception will take place at All Saint’s Church 14851 Gideon Drive, Woodbridge, VA 22192
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‘God is on the Move’ was the constant refrain
By Wade and Chelsea Weeldreyer, SAMS Co-Directors of Missionary Care and Mission Engagement
In September, SAMS missionaries, senders, and staff gathered with 1,500 other Christians at the New Wineskins Hope for the Nations Conference in North Carolina. Over several days, we celebrated God’s redemptive work around the world and asked the Lord of the harvest to send more laborers into his field.
One simple refrain that emerged again and again, from plenary speakers to casual conversations, was this: God is on the move.
Indeed He is, and the 11th annual New Wineskins conference brought this into focus in fresh ways.
Here are a few glimpses of the ways that SAMS saw God on the move…
We saw God on the move as seasoned missionaries and individuals exploring missions shared meals together, shaping one another with questions, a listening ear, and times of sharing.
We saw God on the move as conference-goers stopped to chat at SAMS’ mission exhibit. The Spirit works through the ordinary, and many individuals stopped to connect with us because they noticed our world map, the coffee station, or, simply, a SAMS missionary practicing the ministry of presence.
We saw God on the move through our SAMS Celebration Dinner speakers – four missionaries who invited us to rejoice in how God is active in Europe, the U.S., North Africa, and Southeast Asia; and to imagine the ways in which God invites all of us to join Him in His global mission.
We saw God on the move through “divine appointments,” such as when a retired air traffic controller met a Southeast Asian global leader seeking someone to serve alongside the local church using exactly those skills. (Connections like these invite us into postures of prayerful curiosity about how God will move next!)
Finally, we saw God on the move through missional partnerships that already exist around the world. Through these partnerships, members of the body of Christ can gift one another with mutual discernment, encouragement, and joy.
In step with this, we welcome you to join SAMS in prayer in the following ways:
- Pray that missionary inquirers can move forward in mutual discernment with their home churches, with a sending organization such as SAMS, and with a receiving church wherever God leads.
- Pray that missionaries will continue to receive encouragement from the conversations, prayers, and interactions that they experienced at New Wineskins.
- Pray that senders experience much joy in their refreshed and increased connection with missionaries and the workings of God’s mission around the globe.
If you were at New Wineskins this year, we hope that you, too, are reflecting on the ways in which you sensed God on the move. Perhaps you experienced a renewed sense of discernment, encouragement, or joy along the way. We pray that the Lord meets you and blesses you where you are. And, if you were not at this year’s conference, you may decide to mark your calendar for the next one: September 20-23, 2028!