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Short Term Missions
Published in the News & Views: June 23, 2002
Please be in prayer for all those on missions trips this summer!
Pick Up blue Prayer Requests sheet at the Welcome Center.
- Erin Simmons: Peru - June 18th - July 18th
- Erin will be working in the jungles of Peru with the native people of the Amazon.
- Habitat Blitz Week - June 24th - June 29th
- There will be 25 to 30 people from Central who will work hard to finish one
house and hopefully begin work on another.
- Sarah Z.: Florida - June 25th - August 2nd
- Sarah will be working with Teen Mission, helping to construct sidewalks for
handicap access. She will also participate in music and puppetry in churches
and around town.
- Judi Daniels: Ethiopia - June 27th - August 6th
- Judi (Goucher College student) has the opportunity to live with an Ethiopian
Christian student. Her mornings will be spent tutoring high school students
and helping them to prepare for college entrance exams. In the afternoons,
she will participate in community service projects and the evenings will be
spent exploring Christian discipleship.
- Tijuana, Mexico Mission Trip - June 29th - July 7th
- This city has also gained a reputation as a place of great economic need.
While ministering to children and building or repairing homes, we will see
first hand how harsh poverty can be while experiencing the joy of a culture
which celebrates life in every circumstance. Our team consists of 19 youth
and leaders.
- Cape Town, South Africa Mission Trip - July 8th - August 15th
- The team will spend the first part of the trip in Urban Ministry under the
leadership of local churches. The second part of the trip will be focused
on Campus Ministry. The African American student missionaries will be
helping African and Colored Christian students to develop their own
campus ministries in Cape Town. (Non-cpc team)
- Pawley's Island, South Carolina Mission Trip - July 20th - July 27th
- This island is off the coast of South Carolina. Our site is located 2 minutes
from the waters edge. During the day students will have a chance to work at
the last one-room school house in South Carolina. At the school there are 35
kids, grades K-4, who love to have new faces come and hang out with them.
We will also be working on building a new outdoor picnic shelter, an awesome
construction project for those who like to swing a hammer. Our team consists of
14 youth and leaders.
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