Photo: Cattle being herded in Condega, Nicaragua. You can join a work team to Condega, see below. Courtesy, www.downtheroad.org.
* VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR TEAM TO NICARAGUA
5 team members needed for a unique VIM work trip to Nicaragua in order to complete construction of a new church in Condega. This is a joint team between the United States and El Salvador. Leaders are John Benson (NC Conference) and Juan de Dios Pena, President of the Iglesia Evangelica Metodista in El Salvador. Cost is $400 plus airfare. For more information, email John Benson at jbenson23@embarqmail.com or 252-987-6562.
* SIERRA SERVICE PROJECT OPPORTUNTIES FOR YOUTH
Arizona, California and Nevada:
SIERRA SERVICE PROJECT - PO Box 992, Carmichael, CA. Contact: Rick Eaton, Executive Director. Email: rickeaton@sierraserviceproject.org Website: http://www.sierraserviceproject.org/. Phone: 916-488-6441. Sierra Service Project (SSP) runs week-long summer service-mission-learning experiences for junior and senior high youth groups at Native American reservation sites throughout the Western US, in South Los Angeles and Tijuana, Mexico. Work consists of home repairs and renovation; evening activities include cultural exploration, faith development and celebration. Cost: $335 per person per week; fee includes food, lodging and building materials. Scholarships and financial assistance are available. Registrations are accepted at any time (depending upon space availability). Priority registration is due November 15. 2010 locations are: Navajo Nation, AZ; McDermitt, NV; Round Valley, CA; Greenville, CA (Indian Valley); Loleta, CA, Los Angeles, CA and Tijuana, Mexico. Maximum 30 for sr. high and 15 for jr. high groups. SSP also coordinates winter and spring break projects for high school and young adult groups at our South LA site. Please e-mail Rick for details.
Mexico:
SIERRA SERVICE PROJECT - PO Box 992, Carmichael, CA. Contact: Rick Eaton, Executive Director. Email: rickeaton@sierraserviceproject.org Website: http://www.sierraserviceproject.org/. Phone: 916-488-6441. Sierra Service Project (SSP) runs a week-long summer service-mission-learning experience for senior high youth groups in Tijuana, Mexico. This program has a strong learning focus on the complex issue of immigration and the California-Mexico border region, with particular emphasis on the lives of young people. Service work will include home repairs; evening activities include cultural exploration, visits to social justice organizations, faith development and celebration. Cost: $335 per person per week; fee includes food, lodging and building materials. There will be an additional charge of $40-60 per person for transportation while in Mexico. This means that adult volunteers do not need to drive. Scholarships and financial assistance are available. Registrations are accepted at any time (depending upon space availability). Priority registration is due November 15.
Honduras Service Project:
SIERRA SERVICE PROJECT - PO Box 992, Carmichael, CA. Contact: Rick Eaton, Executive Director. Email: rickeaton@sierraserviceproject.org Website: http://www.sierraserviceproject.org/. Phone: 916-488-6441. Sierra Service Project (SSP) sends volunteer teams every summer to Honduras, one of the poorest countries in the Americas. In Honduras, volunteers are immersed in the culture, live in a small community, learn together and serve alongside Hondurans. Team members will build two simple, but safe, dry and secure brick dwellings. The trip includes visits to several different local ministries of service. The project is open to high school juniors and seniors and college-age young adults. Registration is on an individual basis. Cost: $1,700 if you register by December 31, 2009 ($1,800 after that date); fee includes airfare to and from Houston or Los Angeles and includes all meals, lodging and transportation within Honduras.
The Church of the Wayfarer in Carmel, California is partnering with Hilltop United Methodist Church, Seaside, Calif., to assist survivors of the four tsunamis that struck South Pacific islands in recent weeks. About 90 percent of the homes were damaged by the tsunami in Tonga.
The churches plans to fill and ship two large crates of food and supplies to Tonga by Christmas, and are collecting donations of food and non-food items for shipping on Nov. 1. Suggested donations include rice, flour, sugar, canned fish, corn beef, salt, peanut butter, beans, or basic items like toilet paper, laundry powder, toothpaste, tooth brushes, and blankets.
The churches plans to fill and ship two large crates of food and supplies to Tonga by Christmas, and are collecting donations of food and non-food items for shipping on Nov. 1. Suggested donations include rice, flour, sugar, canned fish, corn beef, salt, peanut butter, beans, or basic items like toilet paper, laundry powder, toothpaste, tooth brushes, and blankets.
Churches interested in donating should email Geoff Van Loucks, Geoff@vanloucks.com for instructions in how to deliver supplies to Hilltop UMC.
You can support survivors of recent disasters with your gifts to South Pacific Disaster, International Disaster Response, UMCOR Advance #982450, Indonesia Emergency, UMCOR Advance #217400, and Philippines Emergency, UMCOR Advance #240235.
You can support survivors of recent disasters with your gifts to South Pacific Disaster, International Disaster Response, UMCOR Advance #982450, Indonesia Emergency, UMCOR Advance #217400, and Philippines Emergency, UMCOR Advance #240235.
