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A Special Visit from Wally Cook

Wally Cook is our missionary to El Salvador. After our May 2026 mission trip to serve with him, it was a blessing to have him visit our home for an evening of fellowship!

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50th Anniversary Remake?

What would you think of a special edition remake of the original book: Lucy’s Magic Boots?

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Lucy and Her Boots: The School Christmas Play is here!!!

Christmas is coming to Lucy’s classroom! Lucy and her friends are preparing for a very special Christmas play— and traveling around the world without ever leaving their classroom. There are traditions to explore, parts to practice … and two curious boots determined to join the fun. But tucked inside Lucy’s story is another little book waiting to be discovered. And this Christmas, Lucy discovers something even more wonderful than she expected.

Meet Lucy and Her Boots

Curious about Lucy? Enjoy the complete story in this lighthearted musical video.

Latest Song · Poetry set to music

To El Salvador with Love

I wrote this song shortly after returning from our May 2026 Mission Trip from our church. It holds a lot of the memories from that week.

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-Psalms 19:14

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Recent Ponderings Barbara's Story

"Find both on Amazon! Lucy and Her Boots https://a.co/d/0gHThOrQ And Lucy y Sus Botas https://a.co/d/0fn5I5lu"

— B.R.

“Now wherever you go, make disciples of all nations...” ‭‭Matthew‬ ‭28‬:‭19‬ ‭

Globally Minded!

A heart for the world — supporting and praying for those who carry hope to far places. These are the people and ministries we walk beside. And it is one of our greatest joys!

Team Honduras 2026

Church in the City Team Honduras is preparing to be deployed on August 1, 2026. We will be serving in local outreach, as well as school, nursing home, hospital, orphanage ministry and meeting with the military and police forces. We appreciate your prayers!

Church in the City Global Outreach

Every Christian has a clear command to go into all the world and preach the Gospel. At Church in the City we are partnered with missionaries from four continents and run multiple missions trip per year. For more information or to get involved, contact missionsteam@citcdallas.org.

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El Salvador, May 2026

Eight team members went from Church In The City to serve with missionary Wally Cook. We had an evening of outreach on the city square of San Salvador, ministered in six churches, visited an amazing children’s home managed by Tia Ana, worked in two English as a second language schools, and climbed the volcano, El Boqueron! And we ate a lot of ice cream!

Honduras 2026 Continues!

We just completed Day 5 of our mission trip and God is doing amazing things!!! After today’s street and school outreach, hospital and nursing home ministry, we have seen well over 600 precious Hondurans brought to the Lord!