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For more information about a specific mission opportunity, please contact the trip leader by clicking on the links below.
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LOCATION |
GROUP TYPE |
TRIP
LEADER |
APPLICATION
DUE DATE |
Feb. 13-20
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Guatemala with Last Call Ministries |
Adults and Teens |
Bob Caie |
February 1 |
Mar. 5-11
and
April 5-9
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New Orleans, LA
Hurricane Katrina relief |
High School Students spring break |
Lee Fletcher |
February 20
March 22 |
April 11-17
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Galveston, TX
Hurricane Ike relief Details |
Adults |
Bob Caie |
April 1 |
June 26-
July 3
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Haiti
Disaster relief
Details |
Adults |
Bob Caie |
June 1 |
July 12-21
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Guatemala with Last Call Ministries |
High School Students |
Lee Fletcher |
June 18 |
July 24-31
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West Virginia
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Adults and Families |
Femi Olowosoyo |
June 30
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To participate on a mission trip, please do the following:
1. Email a completed missions application form to the Trip Leader.
Download the application
2. Pay for the full cost of the trip expenses by the due date. (For those who
cannot provide 100% of their trip expenses, Stanwich may have limited
funds available for partial scholarships. To apply for financial assistance,
complete the financial aid form which is included in the application packet.)
3. Participate in all preparatory team meetings for the specific trip.
Mission Trip Updates
Haiti
July 2010 |
Bob Caie led a team of volunteers from Stanwich, Grace Church in Stamford, and Redeemer in NYC,
to Haiti to help with the relief effort following the devastating earthquake in January that killed over 250,000 people, injured over 300,000 people,
and caused over a million to be left homeless.
During their trip the team assisted at local clinics, installed tin roofs on 42 shelters provided by Samaritan's Purse, fed and cared for children at the Operation Love the Children orphanage, and built a bunkhouse to house 43 children to replace the tents they were living in.
Read Lisa Foley's journal from the trip >>
(requires Microsoft Word)
View photos from the trip >>
(requires Microsoft Powerpoint)
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Guatemala
February 2010 |
Volunteers worked with Pastor Rafi Agrait and Last Call Ministries to complete an enclosed kitchen area at the new school, purchase a chemo iv-drip machine for the Guatemala City Children's Cancer Hospital ICU, and pay off a mortgage on a small apartment for a family of 8. They also distributed beanie babies and school supplies donated by the Stanwich congregation to 150 children who live in the rural area of El Tablon.
Read full story in .pdf>> (requires Adobe Reader which can be downloaded for free by clicking here.)
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Mali, West Africa
October 2009 |
Ingrid Davis led several talks and leadership seminars to over 75 women missionaries, ex-patriates, and nurses in Mali, West Africa, where she and Senior Pastor Chuck Davis had lived for 7 years as missionaries. Read full story in .pdf>>
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India
September 2009 |
Global Hope Network (GHN) and Rick Watson, Chairperson of the Stanwich Missions Committee, led a group of volunteers to the rural village of Dokrah Jhara in India to begin excavation of an irrigation pond, and to strengthen the partnership between GHN and the local villagers for future development efforts.
Read full story in .pdf>>
Read Update from India January 2010 .pdf>>
Watch video from India>>
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Guatemala
July 2009 |
Stanwich Youth Directors Lee Fletcher and Danielle Kohlberger led a summer mission trip to Guatemala for high school and college students to work alongside
Rafi Agrait's Last Call Ministries.
Read full story in .doc >> (requires Microsoft Word)
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| West Virginia
July 2009 |
Scott Greenlee led the family mission trip to Philippi, West Virginia. The team partnered with volunteers
from World Vision and a local church to assist in home repairs and lead a Vacation Bible School.
Read full story in .doc >>
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| New Orleans
March and April
2009 |
Stanwich Youth Director Lee Fletcher led two high school spring break mission trips to New Orleans.
The students worked in various ways to help the city rebuild from the still lingering effects of Hurricane Katrina.
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Galveston
December 2008 |
Bob Caie and Femi Olowosoyo travelled to Galveston, Texas to help the relief effort after Hurricane Ike.
Read full story in .pdf >>
Read full story in .doc>>
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India and Nepal
December 2008 |
Rick Watson, Chairperson of the Stanwich Missions Committee, traveled for two weeks in India and Nepal to investigate potential missions partnerships in those countries. He traveled with leaders from Global Hope Network International, a humanitarian aid and community development organization. The group explored several areas of urgent need including health care, clean water, care for orphans, agriculture, leadership development, computer training and English lessons.
Read full story in .pdf >>
Read full story in .doc>>
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China
July 2008 |
Rick Watson, Chairperson of the Stanwich Missions Committee, and Bethany Johnson, Director of The Rising Group, traveled for two weeks in China with leaders from Global Hope Network International, a humanitarian aid and community development organization. The group worked with children and teachers at a rural school, distributed food at two remote villages, met with young professionals, and visited an area devastated by an earthquake that may have claimed as many as 80,000 lives.
Read full story in .doc >>
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Guatemala
July 2008 |
Rev. Chuck Davis led a group of high school students from Stanwich on a summer mission trip to Guatemala. During their week's stay they tore down a widow's dilapidated house and built a new one with money donated by the Stanwich congregation. The group also created a patio for an orphanage and spent time interacting with the orphans. For more insights from this mission trip, visit the group's blog: http://stanwichquatemala08.blogspot.com.
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