PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Wellington Student Ministry
will be providing a mercy ministry opportunity for students who
are currently in high school to Chattanooga, TN. The dates of
our project will be July 3-July 11, 2010. We will be working
with Mission to North America (MNA), who is the Presbyterian
Church in America’s North American missions organizattion that
does church planting, chaplain ministry in the military,
short-term missions to depressed area, reaching foriengn people
living in the US, and disaster relief.
COST
The team of 23 will be responsible for
raising $21,500 to cover the cost of the project. This cost will
cover training, transportation, meals, housing in the inner
city, a T-shirt, support-raising materials, help defray the cost
of interns. The financial need of our team will be met by
contributions from the team members, their family and friends,
and the WPC congregation. Each team member will need to be
prepared to contribute $400.
TRANSPORTATION
We will be traveling to Chattanooga, TN in two 12-passenger vans and a
mini-van. The vans
will be used to transport our team to the ministry sites daily.
PROJECT PREPARATION
As you consider your
involvement in this project it is necessary to understand that
it is a 4-month commitment, beginning with the first preparation
meeting and concluding with the project itself. In order to help
students prepare for the project there will be nine
preparation meetings. It is critical that team
members make their attendance a priority. These meetings will be
a time to unify 24 individuals into one team equally trained and
focused on the same purpose. The sessions will provide critical
information about the trip, safety, construction skills,
problem-solving, mercy ministry in the life of a Christian, and
what does it mean to truly serve on a short-term trip. Because
of the importance of these meetings, each team member will be
allowed only TWO absences which should be reserved
for for emergencies. The times for these meetings will be 7:00
p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the dates listed below.
MISSIONS PROJECT CALENDAR
Thursday, February 25 Preparation meeting #1
Support-raising instructions & materials given out
Thursday, April 8
Preparation meeting #2 Hand out notebooks Trip
training
Thursday, April 15
Preparation meeting #3
Thursday, April 29
Preparation meeting #4
Thursday, May 6
Preparation meeting #5
Thursday, May 13 Preparation
meeting #6
Thursday, June 10 Preparation
meeting #7
Thursday, June 17 Preparation
meeting #8
Thursday, June 24 Preparation
meeting #9
Friday, July 2 Depart for
Chattanooga, TN
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