Volunteers in Mission
- (VIM)
of the West Michigan Annual Conference
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Volunteers in Mission
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Trip Director: Rev. Charles Stanley
Kalkaska United Methodist Church
2525 Beebe Road
Kalkaska, MI 49646
USA
The
Pictures
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Coming!
The
Pictures
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Coming!
Check the Diary Page for day-by-day
links to our "on-line photo album!"
New pictures will be added over the next several days.
Keep checking back!
Team Pages
Preparations
for the trip--meet the mission team!
Pictures
from a Preparation!
Trip
News
Pages
The intent here is to keep these pages updated with information (and,
we hope, pictures!) received throughout the trip.
Check back often to see what's happening in Haiti with our Volunteers
in Mission!
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Click HERE to see the packing adventure! (2/14/1999) And They're Off! Team leaves Detroit on Wednesday, Feb. 17. THEY'RE IN HAITI NOW!!! Click HERE to get the latest reports! Updated 2/26/1999 |
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On February 17th, 23 people from Northwest Michigan will leave Detroit for an 8 day mission in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The group includes two clergy, 7 youth and two children. The group will represent the entire Grand Traverse District of the United Methodist Church. The major project involves construction on the Delmas 33 Methodist Church. Plans are also being made to serve at Grace Children’s Hospital and the Haiti Hot Lunch Program.
This is a mission of personal involvement. The trip was offered to people of the Grand Traverse District as a way of getting personally involved in the lives of the Haitian People. There is no substitute for this kind of direct involvement in a mission experience. It is “incarnational” ministry. The incarnation of Jesus shows God’s desire to be personally involved with the human race, and to share in human sufferings. We are going, too, in the hope that we might share ourselves with the brothers and sisters who live in poverty and near-starvation in one of the world’s poorest nations.
Click on the flag below to find out more about the mission team. And check back often for updates on the trip, the work, and the love of Christ in Haiti!
How You Can Go With Us!
We are planning to take with as much as we can in four general categories:
You may also send financial contributions to:
The Grand Traverse Haiti VIM(We will try to send all contributors a postcard from Haiti!)
c/o Kalkaska UMC
2525 Beebe Road
Kalkaska, Michigan 49646
Most of all: Pray for us! Thanks!
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space for this WEB Site has been provided courtesy of
The General Board of Global Ministries,
The United Methodist Church
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