Mission: Grenada

The mission I have chosen to accept is to assist in the re-launch of Inter School Christian Fellowship (ISCF) in Grenada.

For those who may not be familiar with ISCF, it is an inter-denominational movement of students at all levels - primary, secondary and tertiary. It comprises groups that meet in the various educational institutions with the motto of 'Students Reaching Students'. Christian students are encouraged to see this as a way to reach their unsaved classsmates with the good news of the Kingdom while they are still young.

I have been a part of ISCF in Trinidad since I was a child, attending camps, then as a teenager and young adult at secondary school and university. I have participated in regional and international conferences hosted by IVCF (the tertiary arm of the ministry). I have also been instrumental in planning summer camps, and have functioned as a guest speaker at many IVCF meetings and Leadership Training sessions. I believe this is the reason why I was asked to help re-launch the work in Grenada (which was incidentally the destination of my first ever missions trip in 2003 with ISCF!)

ISCF in Grenada started in the 1980s but it became inactive due to the absence of a full-time staff worker. My objective is to help establish the formal structure of the ministry (registration of organisation, sourcing of volunteers to serve as Board and Staff) and to assist in the re-pioneering of ISCF groups in the schools. I have accepted the challenge, and am now a Trinbagonian staffworker who is being sent out to assist the movement in Grenada. 

Ruby Thompson (seated in the photo, which shows most of the IS/IVCF Trinidad staff) brought ISCF to Trinidad over 50 years ago, and she is still an active supporter of the ministry. Hundreds have been saved through this student ministry, many of whom may have never attended a church service. I am grateful for the opportunity to be a part of the re-launch of this movement in Grenada, and look forward to many great testimonies that will come about as a result.