WHY VOLUNTEER WITH UMVIM?

WHY VOLUNTEER THROUGH UMVIM?

1.UMVIM is an approved United Methodist ministry.

2. The mission projects are vetted and screened.

3. Volunteer teams can continue their relationship with the project site they served at via The Advance and missionaries.

4. All are welcome to serve.

5. Training, forms, insurance, etc. available

6. It's simple. Contact umvimwj@hotmail.com to get started!

Faith in Action

Faith in Action

Thursday, April 7, 2011

SUMMER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN COSTA RICA AND THE SOUTHERN USA




VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES IN COSTA RICA AND SOUTHERN USA


1.Rice and Beans Ministries, Costa Rica, from Fred Curry:

The first team is May 3 to May 10th . food and prayer ministry , vbs, light construction , we always have medical opportunities. The second team is may 14 to may 21st ..food and prayer ministry , vbs, light construction , we always have medical opportunities.

For airfare purposes we can be flexible on the enter dates. Just contact me for more info.

Third we need more people for our Base Camp July 9th to July 16th or 17th ... we will be working with 3000 to 4000 children in 28 communities in 4 days... we will visit 400 to 500 or more families in food ministry... contact me for more info.. we need 30 more from the usa for this week.. we have participants from El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, USA and Panama ... we are inviting people from Mexico and Guatemala as well ... also here is the newest promo video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cU46DYXakA Fred Curry: fred@rabmin.org www.riceandbeansministries.com 2. Tennessee Home Repair/Flood Recovery, from Todd Fitch: I have up to 10 spots open. Minimum age 14. Individual Youths must have chaperone. I could really use one or two who are comfortable leading a home repair team of 4-5 mixed-age volunteers.

Cost is $175 plus road food and (shared) gas. Dates of travel: July 10-15, 2011

- Leaving from Christiansburg VA 10 July. Working somewhere within 1 hour of Nashville, TBD by UMCOR TN Conference. Won't know specifics until June. - Type of Work TBD by UMCOR TN Conference. Won't know specifics until June. Most likely Home Repair and/or Flood Recovery. They will try to match jobs to our mix of skills. I'm accepting volunteers until May 15. Todd Fitch: todd.fitch@comcast.net

3. Slidell Louisiana, from Henry Jarrett

I have some open spots on the work team I am leading to Louisiana July 24-31st. My church-Fairmont United Methodist Church is going to Slidell Louisiana and work with the Epworth Project which is helping build and rehab homes in the greater New Orleans area. Their website is www.epworthproject.com. Team members can ages 11 and up and there is no skill required. We do have about 5 spots open and I am asking each team member to contribute $350 to cover roundtrip airfare, insurance and ground transportation. I would need to know something by May 1st of possible. They can contact me at 919-606-5674 or by email at jarretth@bellsouth.net or my personal mailing address PO Box 18311 Raleigh NC 27619-8311.