Outreach Ministries Resources

~Mission Trips~

    

February 2010

Mission trip to Cameroon

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June 21-26, 2010

Bishop's Pilgrimage for youth - to Dominican Republic

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July 11-13, 2010

Youth Local Mission Trip

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Diocesan Mission Trips

THIRD DIOCESAN MISSION

The Diocese is sending twenty-nine parishioners from fourteen churches on a hurricane relief mission to the Gulf Coast.  The mission is taking place October 23rd through November 1st.  Volunteers are traveling to the Episcopal Relief and Development Camp in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi.  The relief camp estimates there are still 1800 families displaced from their homes.  Churches participating include:

                                                        St. David                                          Lansing

                                                        Grace Church                                 Traverse City

                                                        Holy Trinity                                       Three Rivers 

                                                        St. John's by-the-Lake                   Montague

                                                        Holy Trinity                                       Grand Ledge

                                                        Emmanuel                                        Petoskey

                                                        St. Paul                                             Dowagiac

                                                        Holy Cross                                        Kentwood

                                                        St. Gregory's                                     Muskegon

                                                        St. Mark's                                          Coldwater

                                                        St. Barnabas                                     Portage

                                                        St. Paul's                                           Muskegon

                                                        St. Timothy's                                     Richland

                                                        St. Luke's                                           Kalamazoo

The greatest number of volunteers are led by The Rev. David Brower from Holy Cross in Kentwood. Holy Cross is sending seven volunteers.  The Rev. William Fleener from St. Pauls in Mustegon has also volunteered for the mission.

The next Diocesan mission is to New Orleans.  It will take place the first week of December.  For more information about the mission, contact Terry Dorcy at tjdorcy@aol.com.  Terry's phone number is 269-349-3625.  Terry is a parishioner at St. Luke's in Kalamazoo.  You can also contact Lynn Carson, who is a parishioner at Christ Church in Charlevoix, lecarson2002@yahoo.com., or The Rev. Cindy Nawrocki at rocki@att.net. 

  

 

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Mission Trips Sponsored by Parishes

MISSION TRIP TO CAMEROON - February, 2010

Trinity Episcopal Church in Marshall, MI will be returning  to Sr. Jane Mankaa and The Good Shepherd.

Sister Jane Mankaa is an Episcopal Nun, confirmed by Bishop Croneberger of the Newark , NJ Diocese.  In 1997 Sr Jane founded an orphanage for street children.  The Good Shepherd Home is her response to God's calling on her life to care for children orphaned by the AIDS Epidemic

Cameroon is located in West Central Africa where Sr. Jane's orphanage is nestled in the mountains near Bamenda.  Our small mission team will return to Cameroon in February, 2010.  We will spend time at the orphanage, working with the staff to provide the children with physical and emotional nourishment.  We will see first-hand both the challenges and the successes of this important ministry. 

We will have opportunities to visit local churches, meet families, and continue the process of building relationships.  We also hope to participate in a local prison ministry.  In addition to the financial support we give to the orphanage, we will purchase items such as food and bedding for the children.  These purchases will be made in Cameroon and helps support the local economy.

We invited you to join us!  Join us with your prayers, your donations, and even your presence.  If you have a heart for children, especially orphans, or feel a leading from Spirit to explore mission work, please consider joining us.  This once in a life-time experience may change your life!

There is much work to be done, and we welcome your support  Both here in Michigan and in Africa , your God given talents can be used to help these children, and many more like them.  The need is great, the rewards are Heavenly.

To learn more about this mission project and how you can help please contact TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH 101 East Mansion Street Marshall, MI 49068.  Phone: (269) 781-7881 or e-mail trinityepis@sbcglobal.net,  or contact David Begg at (269) 781-9627 0r david49068@yahoo.com.

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Mission Trips for Youth Groups

    

Articles on youth and mission

• "When is the Group Ready for a Mission Trip?"

• "Youth in Mission: Experiencing the Power of the Living God"

• Why Mission Trips are a Waste of Time (And how to make sure yours isn't)

 

  

Mission trip organizations that will work with young people

• Group Work Camps 

  http://www.groupworkcamps.com/

     

• Passport, Inc

  http://www.passportcamps.org

      

• Youth Works

  http://www.youthworks.com/

 

Outreach activities

• click here to see our "outreach activities" webpage for many ideas