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Mission Trips 2013
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Mission Trip Participant Checklist Mission Trip Prayer Partner Sign-Up Form
All teams will be filled on a first-come basis this year.
Spring Mission Trip 2013
TRIP IS FULL
April 7-13, 2013
Application Deadline March 15, 2013 Trip Participant Cost - $100 per person Planting crops on the DeShong's Giftback farm, doing light home repairs, and continung to build rapport in the surrounding community.
Organization: DeShong's Giftback
Total Trip Participant Fee: $100 per participant
Trip Deposit: $50 due March 15, 2013
Who: SUMC Adults (Age 18+)
Team Leader: Forrest and Paula Snyder
Team Size: Up to 7 participants
Skills: None required, all welcome
Transportation: Driving to Highlands
Accommodations: Staying at the Shorts' cabin
This trip will focus planting crops on the DeShong's Giftback farm. These crops will be given to local food banks and soup kitchens as part of DeShong's Giftback's outreach ministry. In addition, the team will do home repairs and continue to build rapport in the community.
Summer Mission Trips 2013
TRIP IS FULL June 29-July 6, 2013 Application Deadline January 15, 2013; Trip Participant Cost - $650
Ministry to children teaching Vacation Bible School, and working in area orphanages and visiting an AIDS hospice.
Organization: Friends Church Trip Participant Fee: $650 Trip Deposit: $200 due January 15, 2013 Who: SUMC Youth and Adults (Youth under age 16 must be accompanied by parent) Team Leader: Robin and Randy Duncan Skills: None required, all welcome Transportation: Flying to Jamaica Accommodations: Staying in a house in Montego Bay
The team will worship with the Friends Church in Montego Bay on Sunday, and will lead a VBS program during the week in the low-income neighborhoods outside Montego Bay. The team will also assist at area orphanages and will visit an AIDS hospice in Montego Bay. The team will be staying together in a house in Montego Bay, and meals will be provided. Air conditioning is anticipated at the house, but is not guaranteed. There will be no air conditioning during the work day.
TRIP IS FULL
July 14-20, 2013 Application Deadline March 31, 2013 Trip Participant Cost - $125 New Home Construction with Habitat for Humanity
Organization: Habitat for Humanity of Greater Stark and Carroll Counties Trip Participant Fee: $125 Trip Deposit: $50 due March 31, 2013 Team Leader: Tom Cunningham Team Size: Up to 25 Participants Who: SUMC Youth and Adults (Youth under age 14 must be accompanied by parent, and cannot work on the worksite) Skills: None required, all welcome Transportation: Driving to Canton, OH Accommodations: Staying in cabins and a bunk house at a campground near Canton This trip will involve construction of new homes with Habitat for Humanity. The trip is for both youth and adults (age 14 and up). Younger children are welcome if accompanied by a parent, but it should be noted they will not be allowed on the worksite, and their supervision is the responsibility of the parent. The team will be staying in cabins and a bunk house. Meals will be made by trip participants on a rotating schedule.
August 4-9, 2013
Application Deadline January 15, 2013
Trip Participant Cost - $350
Preparing relief supplies for worldwide disaster response and doing minor home repair in the community.
Organization: United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR)
Trip Participant Fee: $350
Trip Deposit: $100 due January 15, 2013
Team Leader: Joanna Dietz
Team Size: Up to 15 participants
Who: SUMC Youth and Adults (Youth under age 12 must be accompanied by parent)
Skills: None required, all welcome, persons with sewing skills needed
Transportation: Flying to New Orleans, then driving to Sager Brown
Accommodations: UMCOR dormitory
This trip will involve preparation of relief supplies for worldwide disasters as well as working out in the community. All ages can participate in the warehouse activities. The trip is for both adults and youth (age 12 and up). Younger children are welcome, but must be accompanied by parent. The team will be staying in the UMCOR dormitory and meals will be provided.
7 Spots left as of 4/8/13 July 7-13, 2013 Application Deadline Extended to April 19, 2013 Trip Participant Cost - $125 Home Repair in the community.
Organization: Community Development Council or Marlboro County Trip Participant Fee: $125 Trip Deposit: $50 due March 31, 2013 Team Leaders: Jim Jochems Team Size: Up to 25 participants Who: SUMC Youth and Adults (Youth under age 14 must be accompanied by parent, and will be limited on the worksite) Skills: None required, all welcome Transportation: Driving to Bennettsville Accommodations: Rustic cabins at Cheraw State Park This trip will involve home rehabilitation with the Community Development Council of Marlboro County. The trip is for both youth and adults (age 14 and up). Younger children are welcome if accompanied by a parent, but it should be noted their activities will be limited on the work site. This year the team will be living in rustic cabins at Cheraw State Park. These are not the cabins we stayed in once before, but the rustic cabins at "Camp Juniper." Meals will be prepared by the team in a common mess hall.
10 Spots left as of 4/8/2013 July 19 (evening) - July 24, 2013
Application Deadline Extended to April 19, 2013
Trip Participant Cost -$100
Hurricane Sandy Recovery Projects.
Organization: United Methodist Volunteers in Mission
Trip Participant Fee: $100
Trip Deposit: $50 due March 31, 2012
Team Leader: Phil Mohr
Team Size: Up to 20 participants
Who: SUMC Youth and Adults. Minimum age 16.
Skills: None required, all welcome
Transportation: Driving to trip location
Accommodations: Staying in the fellowship hall of Asbury UMC, Crisfield.
This team will be working on Hurricane Sandy recovery projects through the United Methodist Volunteers in Mission. We will be leaving on Friday, July 19 in the afternoon or evening. We will return on July 24 in the evening.
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