Summer 2007  Youth Group Mission Trip!

This year, we're going to the Eastern Shore of Virginia to serve the Harvest of Hope Project

Open to rising 10th graders and up

July 8-15th 

We will be meeting up with other churches and staying at Camp Occohannock on the bay in Exmore Virginia . 

About Harvest of Hope...

Harvest of Hope is the ecumenical study, worship, and action mission trip program of the Society of St. Andrew. It is designed to educate youth and adults about the problem of hunger. At Harvest of Hope you will work in fields gleaning food for the hungry, study hunger issues, participate in Christian worship, and have fun!

The Harvest of Hope Experience 

There are several key aspects of the Harvest of Hope experience which work together to form an unforgettable, often life-changing experience:

Gleaning: Harvest of Hope participants glean crops and donate the produce to food assistance programs such as food banks and soup kitchens.

Study: Participants also learn about hunger. Through a variety of educational tools, coupled with the physical labor of gleaning, they begin to see that one person really can make a difference in the life of someone who is hungry.

Worship: Through worship, participants grow in Christian fellowship and community. They learn about Christian responsibility toward the poor and disenfranchised. Worship helps bring into focus the relationship between faith and service to the poor.

Meals: Good nutrition is stressed at Harvest of Hope. One meal is a hunger awareness experience.

Fellowship: Participants form strong bonds of friendship through this experience of working, living, worshipping, and playing together.

Commitment: Harvest of Hope is just the beginning. All participants are encouraged to take what they learn back home with them so that they might impact their families, communities, and churches. Harvest of Hope challenges people of faith to respond to the call of the Gospel to feed the poor.

For more information please take a look at the web site  for Harvest of Hope  www.endhunger.org   - please look for the Harvest of Hope program.

I will be accepting applications from youth who have completed 9^th grade.  To be eligible you are required to demonstrate a commitment to this service project and to The First Congregational Church.   Meetings, service hours and fundraising will be required of all participants.

The cost of the trip is expected to be about $1000 per person, which includes airfare, lodging, meals, and ground transportation in Virginia .  Scholarships will be available.

To request an application and express your desire to join the Mission Trip this summer please email Wendy Mulligan or call 655-00491 ext. 15.   Spaces fill fast....don't delay. 

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