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Join Us (Online) at Mission Central - SERVE

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Want to meet Telecare people in order to learn more about our ministry? We’re attending Mission Central Serve (formerly Missions Fest) Saturday and Sunday, January 30 & 31 online.

Click here https://missioncentral.pathable.co/exhibitors and scroll down to “Bronze Exhibitors” and click on “Telecare Crisis & Caring Line”. We will have people serving to meet you in a Zoom room during different times of the day.

About Mission Central - SERVE

In 2020, Missions Fest Vancouver, Canada's largest missions conference, attracted 9,000 visitors over two-days. We continue to build on this momentum and our 37-year legacy with the introduction of SERVE, with an expanded focus on discipleship and mission. Read More

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