Author Archives Tim and Cecillia Marcy

• Encountering God in the Goodness of Others

  
  

  • By Tim and Cecillia Marcy
  • On December 23, 2012

  Cecilia and Tim Marcy spent the last three years serving at a hospice and clinic for people with AIDS. Today, Cecilia shares with us the story of one patient through whom she encountered God this […]

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• The Experience of Working with People with AIDS

  
  

  • By Tim and Cecillia Marcy
  • On December 1, 2012

  In honor of World AIDS Day, missioner Cecilia Marcy shares a bit about the HIV/AIDS situation in Johannesburg, South Africa where she serves as a nurse at the St. Francis Care Center. Cecilia and her […]

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• National Volunteer Month Profile: Tim and Cecilia in South Africa

  
  

  • By Tim and Cecillia Marcy
  • On April 30, 2012

  We conclude our series of profiles for National Volunteer Month with Tim and Cecilia Marcy, our most senior missioners. We hope that our posts from the last month have made you aware of the impact […]

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• “Where there is doubt” – Proclaiming the Gospel in South Africa

  
  

  • By Tim and Cecillia Marcy
  • On March 5, 2012

  Tim Marcy gives most of the Sunday homilies at his church in Johannesburg, South Africa. His other ministries include working at the antri-retroviral treatment center and visiting the local hospital.  “Many people here lead somewhat restricted […]

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• Prayers for Christmas: Why Christmas?

  
  

  • By Tim and Cecillia Marcy
  • On December 24, 2011

  Original photo by Ambuj Saxena “Why Christmas? Our vision, our purpose, our goal: to know, to love, and to serve God. To know God, to know the love between the Trinity, to know the Son, […]

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• Prayers for Christmas: Jesus

  
  

  • By Tim and Cecillia Marcy
  • On December 19, 2011

  “This Christmas I am thankful for the sky, the flowers, the trees, and the people around me — and that Jesus died for us.”  – 90-year-old South African woman to whom FMS missioner Tim Marcy […]

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• Prayers for Christmas: World AIDS Day

  
  

  • By Tim and Cecillia Marcy
  • On December 1, 2011

  Worldwide, 33.4 million people are currently living with HIV/AIDS, and more than 67 percent (approximately 22.4 million people) of those infected are in sub-Saharan Africa. On this World AIDS Day, and our thoughts and prayers […]

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• Add to Our Prayer Wall

  
  

  • By Tim and Cecillia Marcy
  • On November 28, 2011

  Each day of Advent, we’re sharing a prayer from one of our missioners, people they serve, volunteers, staff, board members and friends all around the world. Today’s prayer is from Tim Marcy, one of our […]

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• Mission Monday: A trip to the Apartheid Museum

  
  

  • By Tim and Cecillia Marcy
  • On November 7, 2011

  For our first “Mission Monday,” post, we’d like to share with you excerpts from the blog of our missioners in South Africa, Tim and Cecilia Marcy. “We recently visited the internationally acclaimed Apartheid Museum in […]

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