Rural mission group traveling to Ritzville

From March 24-30, the Ritzville Nazarene Church has the privilege of hosting and partnering in ministry with a youth mission team from Salem, Ore. Tom Horton, Director of Rural Church Youth Ministries, has brought this partnership together. In 1996, after 40 years of leading youth, Horton saw the opportunity to meet the need of both his young people and their peers in rural communities at the same time.

By forming partnerships between larger youth ministries and rural churches, he could not only encourage servant-leader growth in his own students, but also address the youth ministry needs of t...