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Opportunities Beyond Current Trinity UMC Missions
Opportunities Beyond Current Trinity UMC Missions
The need is great everywhere you look. If you need ideas, check out these resources:
Links to other mission listing sites:
ExperienceMission.org
Family retreat and camp opportunities
Northern Illinois Conference Outdoor and Retreat Ministries
Relief agencies
Midwest Distribution Center
Combatting hunger
- Regional food banks
- Feeding centers & soup kitchens
- Food gathering
- World hunger initiatives
Construction work
Habitat for Humanity - Rockford
Habitat for Humanity - Lake County
Fighting urban blight and poverty
Good News Partners North of Howard
Rockford Urban Ministries (RUM)
Steubenville, OH Urban Mission
United Methodist Church Volunteers in Mission (VIM)
The Volunteers in Mission Web site contains hundreds of projects, teams, and opportunities for mission connection. Anyone interested in international mission work should visit this site to experience the breadth of missions currently in progress or under development.
Selected Missions From North Central Jurisdiction VIM
Trinity UMC is within the North Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church. The North Central Jurisdiction Volunteers in Mission Web site lists many opportunities to participate across the upper-Midwest. This includes:
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Description |
Eligible Volunteers |
- Relief
- Year around
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MIDWEST MISSION DISTRIBUTION CENTER, Stan Lowrey (director) or Kari May (office manager), 1022 New City Rd., Chatham, IL 62629. 217/483-7911, F: 217/483-7981, midwestmissionDC@aol.com, http://www.midwestmissiondc.org. Receive, sort, pack, and prepare for shipment of disaster response goods around the USA and abroad. Stay on campus in dorms (bring own bedding), meals provided. Must have own transportation. Costs: $12 per person per day for room and $18 per person per day for 3 meals. (or you can self-cook in campus kitchen), plus $40 per person for the week to pay for supplies. Work M-F 8:30am-4pm. Camping or dormitory facilities. Max 30. |
Junior High
Senior High
Adults
Older Adults |
- Construction
- Year around
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WESLEY WOODS CONFERENCE CENTER, Jeff Fry, 250 Stam St, Williams Bay, WI 53191. 262/245-6631, wesleywds1@aol.com. http://www.niccamp.org/wesley.htm. Maintenance, rebuilding and roofing cabins, painting. Other work based on season of year. |
Junior High
Senior High
Adults |
- Construction
- Year around
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HUMBOLDT PARK UMC, Judy Siaba, 2256 N. Lamon, Chicago, IL 60639. 312-346-9766 ext.124 or 773/889-8664, jsiabag@aol.com. Hispanic church needs some renovations and repairs. Max 15. |
Senior High
Adult |
- Construction
- Year around
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REYNOLDSWOOD CAMP, Steve Luse, 621 Reynoldswood Rd., Dixon, IL 61021. 815/284-6979, F: -8915, rynldcmp@essexl.com Remodel cabins and shower house, paint, build tree houses, put siding on chapel, and build fence line. Max 25. |
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