Western Jurisdiction 
United Methodist Volunteers In Mission

Future Teams

(listed by start dates)

June 2008

Waveland, Mississippi, June 7 - 15.  Both skilled and handy workers are needed to help at the historic Gulfside Assembly.  Contact person - Steve Burnett at steveburnett@tribcsp.com or call 307-234-9385

Uruguay, June 12-June 21. Repair the oldest United Methodist Church in Uruguay and teach quilt finishing techniques. Optional trip to Machu Picchu in Peru. Registration deadline is the second week of February!
Fundraising dinner will be held on Tuesday, March 4 at 6:30 pm at Calvary UMC, Colorado Springs. Contact: Jeanette Augenstein, 719-598-4124, BikeNuts@juno.com (Rocky Mountain Conference)

New Orleans, June 26 - July 2. Hurricane rebuilding. The work continues in the Gulf Coast! Contact: Rev. Sandi Johnson, 7190471-8522, ext. 208, sandij@fumc-cs.org.   (Rocky Mountain Conference)

July 2008

Nicaragua, July 30 - August 8. Work side by side with local families in the construction of a water or sanitation project.  Neither Spanish nor construction skills required. Fourteen - seventeen year-olds may join
the team if accompanied by parent/guardian. Contact: Roxann and Rev. Michael Ingersoll, rmingersoll@yahoo.com, 970-928-8936.   (Rocky Mountain Conference)

October 2008

Consider joining Desert Southwest Conference members and friends in traveling on a work / mission trip to Addis, Abba to work in an orphanage. The trip is planned for October 3-13, 2008.  For more information visit http://desertsouthwestconference.org/childrenpoverty  to view the trip brochure or for questions, contact Rev. Rula Colvin at revru@aol.com, Rev. George Cushman at PastorGeorge@cableone.net, or Rev. Nancy Cushman at PastorNancy@cableone.net.  
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