Where we go...
The Chapel Hill Missions staff is here to provide anyone that is interested in joining a GO Team with the information, resources, and encouragement to do so. We will explain your options and help you find a trip that matches your passions, skills and availability. We offer fundraising opportunities so that money is never an issue when it comes to deciding on a trip. We will provide training and debriefing sessions for your team so that you will feel as prepared as you can be and so that when you return you will know what to do with the experience you have had.
Teams form 3-6 months before they leave. If any of the trips interest you, fill out our 2010-2012 GO team application, or call Emily Jacobsen at 253.853.0238 to ask any questions you may have. We will be happy to help you take that first step. After turning in your application, you will be interviewed and begin the process of joining a team.
Welcome to the adventure…
Romania
Heart of Hope Foundation
Dates: July 2010
Cost: Approximately $2,500
Heart of Hope provides material, financial support, educational assistance, health care services, and foster parent training to benefit vulnerable Romanian children. Heart of Hope operates a Christian camp and retreat center in Lotrioara, Romania Camp of the Good Sheperd. The camp provides orphans and children in desperate need with a Christian camping experience to cherish for a lifetime. It offers a safe haven to explore God's creation and enjoy the simple joys of childhood. Children also experience a model of Christian compassion through the attention of loving volunteers and staff. For more information please call Emily Jacobsen at 253.853.0238.
Yakama
Dates: July 2010
Chapel Hill's middle school group along with YouthWorks goes to the Yakama Reservation in the Yakima Valley for one week. Incoming 7th-9th graders are welcomed serve this community by putting on a Kids Club for the children and painting the families houses. For more information about this trip please call DJ Rippl at 253.853.0217.
Washington State/Jordanian Desert
Sound & Sand Encounter: Bridging the Divide
Dates: August 2010/April 2011
Chapel Hill is joining with Musalaha Ministries in a partnership that is focused on breaking down walls between Christians in the land of Jesus. August 1-12, 2010 we will gather 30 college age students here in Gig Harbor (10 Messianic Jewish Christians from Israel, 10 Palestinian Christians and 10 Christians from our own community). These 30 young adults will live together, camp and hike together, kayak and explore together and learn to talk and listen to each other. April 14-26 2011, the same 30 young adults will participate in a reunion in Camp Wadi Rum in the Jordanian Desert. [For the Americans this will also include sightseeing in Israel and the Palestinian Territories, April 14-20.]
American young adults interested in participating are encouraged to apply using the Go Team application above. Supplemental essays are part of this application.Cost of participation and fund raising options will be finalized by January 15. Once application, essays, and fund raising commitment form is complete an interview will be set up for early February.
Guatemala
Villa Hortencia I with Agros International
Dates: October 2010
Cost: Approximately $1,500
This will be our fourth trip to Villa Hortencia I in Guatemala. We have been forming a new partnership with several families and a local business that is committed to making another Journey with a Village. Our new village, also in Guatemala, is Villa Hortencia 1. Anyone interested in joining this group is encouraged to come to one of our weekly prayer meetings. Contact Emily Jacobsen at 253.853.0238 to learn more.
Mexico
AMOR Ministries
Dates: February 2011
Chapel Hill's high school group works with AMOR Ministries in the Tijuana area of Mexico for one week to build houses for impoverished families. For more information on this trip please call Brad Scandrett at 253.853.0240.
Men's Life Mexico
AMOR Ministries
Dates: May 2011
Cost: $0-900
Working with AMOR Ministries, the Men's Life group has now gone to the Tijuana area twice. This last May they built 7 houses and finished 2 additional houses for families in the area.
Professional Trips
Medical and Dental Professionals
Visit Medical Teams International to find out how to serve in the medical or dental fields abroad.