301 North Fifth Street Steubenville, OH 43952 Phone: 740/282-8010 Fax: 740/282-8514
Contact: Rev. Bruce Hitchcock
email:mail@urbanmission.org WebPage:www.urbanmission.org
Short-term mission work teams work in Steubenville, Ohio, doing repairs on the homes of low income homeowners and other buildings that serve the needs of the poor in the Upper Ohio Valley. The experience gives groups the opportunity to personally serve the poor while growing together in Christian community through sharing life together and participating in spiritual growth evening programs. In addition, they will learn about, observe, and share in the full range of ministries for and with the poor that are related to this Christian social service agency.
Year-round
"Journeys of Service Helping Upper Appalachia"
Junior high, senior high, intergenerational, older adults
2283 Ashland Avenue Toledo, OH 43620 Phone: 419/244-2175, ext. 101 Fax: 419/244-2253
Contact: Cindy A. Granger or Mike Bell
email:granger@focustoledo.org WebPage:www.focustoledo.org
Year-round
TSP is an urban service learning experience, where each individual might participate in home improvements, service to the homeless or special events. Projects may include light to heavy renovations, minor repair work, painting, priming, scraping, soup kitchen, (food prep or serving) cleaning, stocking at a food bank, or neighborhood clean ups. For the $30 per day per person cost, you receive lunch, T-shirt and FUN. All proceeds go to FOCUS Homeless services.
Junior high, senior high, young adults, intergenerational, older adults
3506 Garling Road Fairview, MI 48621 Phone: 989/848-2230
Contact: Daniel Smith
email:director@elcalivingwater.com WebPage:www.elcalivingwater.com
Summer only
Spend six hours a day in mission service to our local communities. A great opportunity to learn skills in a variety of ministry settings from physical work sites helping with landscaping or painting to outreach visits of day care centers, nursing homes or shut-ins in the evening. Enjoy the staples of camp life including swimming, campfires and cookouts. Later in the week, share your mission story with the other campers in a shared chapel service. Throughout the entire experience, you will gain new insights into how to demonstrate the love of Christ!
Junior high, senior high, young adults, intergenerational, older adults
4038 So. Ridgeview Road Anderson, IN 46013-9715 Phone: 765/642-9902 Fax: 765/643-9906
Contact: Jackie Schaefer, Program Coordinator
email:info@LDMinc.org WebPage:www.LDMinc.org
Junior high, senior high, young adults, intergenerational, older adults
SonRise Retreat SonRise Retreat is a three day weekend where volunteers ages 14-retirement come to be paired one-on-one with an adult with a developmental disability. The volunteers assist the adult campers with camp activities, Bible studies, and personal needs. Volunteers will build strong friendships with the campers, and both will become part of the Christian community formed at a SonRise Retreat weekend.
Junior high, senior high, young adults, intergenerational, older adults
HandyCamp is a five day overnight summer Bible camp where volunteers age 14-retirement come to be paired one on one with an adult with a developmental disability. During this week, the volunteer will assist their adult camper in camp activities, Bible studies, and personal needs. The volunteers will build strong friendships with their campers, and both will become part of the Christian community at HandyCamp.
Summer only
Year-round
3383 Sweet Hollow Road Big Island, VA 24526 Phone: 800/333-4597 or 434/299-5956 Fax: 434/299-5949
Contact: Steven M. Waldmann
email:sosausa@endhunger.org WebPage:www.endhunger.org
Year-round
Harvest of Hope Mission Work Camps Harvest of Hope provides gleaning and study mission work camps that educate youth and adults about the realities of hunger, its causes and effects. Harvest of Hope combines gleaning (salvaging fresh vegetables and fruits from fields to provide food to hungry people,) activities that help explore hunger issues and worship to build a Christian community of service to help meet the needs of those in our world who live with hunger and poverty. Harvest of Hope provides participants with a basis for an ongoing commitment to responsible living in a hungry world. Designed for youth, young adults and intergenerational groups, weekend and weeklong mission work camps are conducted in the summer and fall at various locations. Interested groups should contact the Society of St. Andrew office early in the year to register for Harvest of Hope.
Junior high, senior high, young adults, intergenerational, older adults
Gleaning is the Biblical practice of hand gathering crops left after harvest. The Gleaning Network coordinates volunteer gleaners, growers, and distribution agencies to provide fresh produce for America's hungry people. Growers offer their fields and orchards for hand gleaning by volunteers from church, schools, civic and other groups. The salvaged produce is donated to local food banks, shelters, soup kitchens and other agencies for free distribution to hungry children and adults. Tens of thousands of volunteers each year hand pick more than 15 million pounds of food to help relieve hunger in their own communities. The Gleaning Network operates in Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and in selected areas of 20 states. Interested groups should contact the Society of St. Andrew office for information about gleaning in their area.
Junior high, senior high, young adults, intergenerational, older adults