CHURCHES, CLINICS AND CLASSROOMS:

Mission Trips

July 19 – August 2, 2010
UMVIM Mission Trip to Zimbabwe, Africa

The primary mission site is the Kensington School Block construction.  This could include painting walls, installing windows, or roofing. We have the opportunity here to assist in the development of education in the Bulawayo Midlands District. We are positioned with our partners to help bring two distinct ethnic groups (Shona and Matabele) together around a common critical need and bring an increased United Methodist presence to the area. A possible secondary site: Local church work with a Bulawayo UMC congregation.

• Estimated Cost = $3,000 covers airfare, GBGM Insurance, food & lodging, and sightseeing.  Not covered: Valid US Passport, Travel visa, vaccinations, a few meals & snacks, and souvenirs, & Orientation lunch.
• Mandatory Meetings: May 1 and June 1, 2010 time and location to be scheduled later.
• Deadline: April 1, 2010.  Contact Rev. Pippin for an application.  Non-refundable deposit of $100 must accompany your application.  Payable to “EOC Fund #9704

For more information on the Zimbabwe trip contact Rev. Howard Pippin at hpippin@hotmail.com or view the Zimbabwe brochure.

June 25 – July 9: Adult Trip
July 8-22: Youth Trip
Volunteers in Mission 2010 to Russia

Adult Trips: Oboyan Regional orphanage, Oboyan
United Methodist Church Camp, Veronezh

Youth Trip: New Village Orphanage, July 8-22

Registration Deadline:  February 15, 2010
For additional information contact: Harry Askin 440-835-0867 or askinh@aol.com

May, July, November, December 2010
UMVIM Sierra Leone Trip

East Ohio will join with the Virginia Conference for trips to Sierra Leone offering medical mission trips in May and November, and educational trip in July, and a young adult trip in December.  For more information on the Sierra Leone trips contact Beth_ferrell2001@yahoo.com. 

 

News on the 3Cs Mission Initiative:
Mission Discovery, a program launched in 1992 in the North Central Jurisdiction, sends United Methodists ages 16-26 on summer trips overseas. They partner in mission with young people in the host countries, building friendships that bridge cultural gaps.  The Rev. Matt McClung, pastor of Chapel UMC in Madison, Ohio, led a Mission Discovery trip in August to Costa Rica. The team of U.S. and Costa Rican participants laid the foundation for a new Methodist church sanctuary, and gathered together for a class on mission leadership.  “For me, personally, it helps to open my eyes to the fact that there are other Methodists out there besides those here in the U.S.,” said McClung, who has led 18 VIM teams to Costa Rica since 1999. 

Rev. McClung will be leading a team of 32 persons from East Ohio Conference to Liberia in January 2010 as a part of Bishop Hopkins’ 3Cs Mission Initiative.  These persons will do work at Camphor, Ganta, and Gbanga.  To support these projects and other projects of the 3Cs Mission Initiative you make donations to East Ohio Conference Fund #9936.  For more information about the 3Cs Mission Initiative visit http://www.eocumc.com/3cs/3cs.html.

PRAY for God’s guidance as you LOOK for ways to be helpful then, SELECT a project or two or more.
INFORM others of work to be done. ACT — just do it! PRAY for God’s blessing.