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For five days next week, Sunday through Thursday, Hi-Plains School of Missions missionaries from points far and near, will talk about their lives and work at Town & Country Christian Church.

The public is invited to the free talks each night at 7 p.m., which are preceded by a meal at 6 p.m.

The week kicks off Sunday morning at 9:30 a.m. with missionaries from the French Christian Mission. Glen and Jessica Shady, along with their three children, will begin their work in France next January. French Christian Mission (FCM) was created in 2015 to meet the spiritual needs of the French people by planting churches, building up indigenous leaders and teachers, and creating training resources.

Sunday evening at 7 p.m., Leslie Solliday will talk about his work managing the American Indian Mission in Show Low, Arizona, where he works with the White Mountain Apache and Navajo tribes. Solliday has been executive director of American Indian Christian Mission (AICM) since 2012.

Monday evening at 7 p.m., Michal and Karolina Kupczyk will talk about their work in Poland with PROeM Ministries. The organization has three focuses – recreation, education and inspiration – and provides camps throughout the summer; preschools, elementary school, and English language classes; and inspires people through its contemporary band, Exodus 15, and church plants in Tomaszow and Lodz.

Tuesday at 7 p.m., Scott LaRue will talk about his work with Russian Outreach Network, which seeks to catalyze a multiplication movement of new churches planted among Russian-speaking people.

Wednesday at 7 p.m, Lydia Abbott, speaking on behalf of South Indian Children's Home, will talk about her work as a Christian singer traveling the world with a message of hope and salvation. Abbott has been to nine countries at various times in the past four years. She says her voice is a git from the Lord, and she wants to use it to bring glory to Him.

On the final night, Thursday, at 7 p.m., Cindi Elerick-Real – a native of Enid – will talk about her 25 years with the Circuit Riders Ministry. This group was started to reach hardcore bikers, but now includes jail and prison ministry. The Circuit Riders Ministry works with families of those incarcerated and minister to those who are behind bars. They also educate churches on the principles of how to minister to these people and accept them into the church as they or their family members re-enter the outside society.