Youth Missions 2010

THIS BULLITIN BOARD WAS UPDATED 8/3/10

Hello from Youth In Mission Central!!!  

SSP - CHECK

HIGH SCHOOL UMVIM~ SACRAMENTO- CHECK

Gleanings For the Hungry~ MIDDLE SCHOOL- CHECK

KATRINA RELIEF- CHECK

We are back from all four of our 2010 mission trips and we're ready to talk!!!

Please join us on August 22nd at 10:45am-Noon in room 206 Wesley (The Youth Room).  We'll have our Annual Youth Mission gathering with Testimonials, Awesome DVDs, Lemonade and  some of the peaches the the Middle school dried this Summer.

The following is an example of some of the awesome service trips we do here at SRVUMC...this was our schedule for 2010

There is a registration form available on line.  Please fill the registration form and drop it off with your deposit to Michael or the church office. Mission trip details are below.

6/19-26/2010               Amor Ministries/ Youth Mexico Mission trip

Our annual Mexico trip is always a great experience, for our young Mission group and our host families. Grades 10 through 13 are welcomed to sign up. We will travel to San Diego where we spend out first night before entering Mexico the following day. We will have tent camping and meals catered by a group called Camping Pro. We are again reaching out to families in Rosarito Beach. This year, we are scheduled to build a “double” house for a Mexican family chosen by the Amor Ministries group. The work is hard and the hours are long but what a great way to spend a week of your summer. We will need at least 30 people on this trip to build the house.  You must have a current passport to participate!  There’s plenty of space on this trip.  Last year our group had over 35 youth and adults attend…let’s shoot for 40 this year and really make a difference in the community.

            Total cost:        Approx $710.00          Non-refundable deposit: $200.00

7/25-31/2010               Middle School in Mission/ Gleanings for the Hungry

2008 incoming 6-8^th graders are invited on this Mission experience.  This trip will take us to Sultana, California near Fresno.  Growers from the valley donate fruit that will be sent to third world countries.  The youth will work in the Peach dehydration plant processing (halving, pitting, sulfating, sun drying and packaging) peaches for the worlds hungry. We did this last year and by all accounts, it was a successful, spiritual and rewarding event. It is a great feeling to know that you, our youth, are making a difference in thousands of families lives!

We can accommodate 25 people.  Junior counselors 9^th-13^th grades are needed and welcomed.

            Total cost:        Approx $175.00          Non-refundable deposit: $85.00/ ongoing

7/11-18/10                   Sierra Service Project (SSP)

This trip has registered full

We have traditionally sent our whole Confirmation class on this mission event every summer. This year we are encouraging all 2009 incoming 9^th graders, the “new” confirmands”, to be a part of the SSP experience. We will be returning to the Northern California area.  Our site will be either Round Valley or Loleta, California-  Both Indian Reservations. Last year, we built wheel chair ramps, fixed broken stairways, put a new roof on a home and structurally reinforced the second floor of a damaged home for the local Indian tribe inhabitants.

            Total cost:        Approx $400.00          Non-refundable deposit: $100.00

Katrina Update

12/27/09- 1/3/10  Katrina Relief/ Youth UMVIM trip -  New Orleans, LA

This was our fourth and final trip to this area. Two days after Christmas, 18 youth and 3 adult volunteers flew from SFO to New Orleans. Over the course of 6 days the youth installed insulation and dry walled (including tape and mud) an entire home, from the baseboards to the ceiling, for a needy family. The work was hot, physically demanding and non-stop. Our youth performed brilliantly as was evidenced by the smiles on our host family and our youth. We wish the good folks of Naw ‘Lens well in the years to come.

So there you have it! It’s going to be an exciting youth mission year for us once again.  Please remember, to make these trips a reality, we will be having lots of fund-raising activities. 

Partial scholarships are always available (and confidential). Please ask Michael Stephenson about these. As a scholarship prerequisite, all youth must participate in fund-raising activities. As an added incentive, the Youth Committee will match up to $100.00 of raised funds. The youth budget is limited but if there is a financial need, our Church Community is happy to help.

To secure a spot on the Amor (Mexico) Mission, please give your registration form and $200 deposit to Michael Stephenson by April 11, 2010.

God Bless you and our youth,

Michael (or Miguel ~ my summer mission trip name)