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Seen any burning bushes?
The well-worn story about Moses chasing sheep on a hot afternoon is a good one, and weird enough to be real. It's all about seeing the extraordinary smack in the middle of the ordinary. As our mission...
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Flatbush Mission Trip Slideshow
You can now view the Flatbush Mission Trip Slideshow.The slideshow can also be accessed on right side of the blog by clicking on the slideshow image.As teens and adult leaders headed to Flatbush...
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Spring Break 2011 - Washington & Bahamas
Two intergenerational mission trips to take place during spring break, the week of March 28, 2011. Check back often during the week of our trip for the stories and pictures from our experiences. Thanks...
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Mission Possible - Fundraiser
The trips are finally here! Hard to believe after many months of planning and fundraising our two Mission Possible teams head out to our destinations over the next few days. A few of those traveling...
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Washington DC...and we are off!
Over the past two days the mission team arrived in Washington DC. Today we spent time getting settled in and many of us visited the various memorials around the downtown area. After a painfully early...
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Washington DC, Amazing!
We started off this morning with a visit to the National Cathedral for worship and a tour. The cathedral is amazing, very large with ornate architecture and beautiful stain-glass. Worship was...
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Washington DC, Mission Work, day 1
Today began with a time of orientation and breakfast at the YSOP headquarters near our hotel. We learned about the different service organizations we will work with through the week as well as some...
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Bahamas, Journey to Eleuthera
Mission Possible: Bahamas Methodist HabitatThis is the Bahamas – even more to the point, the island of Eleuthera – so to start this blog with any reference to date or time is in direct conflict with...
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Washington DC, Mission Work, day 2
This morning our Washington DC mission team went to two different locations for mission work. One group headed to A Wider Circle, where the other team worked on Monday. While there, members of the...
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Bahamas, Camp Symonette, Day 1
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Washington DC, Mission Work, day 3
Today brought another day of mission work and new experiences for the Washington DC team. One of the two teams went to Martha's Table, an organization that is made up of different programs: A...
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Bahamas Work Site Days 1 & 2
HATCHET BAY, ELEUTHERA, BAHAMASMonday and Tuesday we worked on Ms. Juanita Grey's home, tearing off rotten siding, putting on new, painting, and repairing screen. She was very proud of her garden and...
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Washington DC, Mission Work, day 4
Today was the final day of our mission service with YSOP in Washington DC. We started off bright and early this morning, heading off to our two locations. One team headed to DC Central Kitchen which...
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Washington DC, final days of being tourists.
Something we have been looking forward to on this trip was our visit to the White House. Susan Norkowski graciously arranged some of the tours for our group, the White House being one of them. As you...
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Joplin VIM team is set to rebuild
Five Central UMC members will head to Joplin, MO, Saturday March 24th for a week of work in the tornado-damaged city that lost 7,500 homes last spring. Volunteers from all over the nation will converge...
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Joplin, Missouri Mission Trip - March 2012
Tuesday March 20thSunday Pastor Dale said a blessing for our team at the 11am service and two new members have joined us since the photo was taken last week. We welcome Robin Bowden and her 12 year old...
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Joplin, Missouri - Gateway Arch is Awesome
Rebuild Joplin team started out at 6am...right on time and watched as Spring emerged mile-after-mile as we headed to St. Louis...weather was perfect for a van that has no air-conditioning and we...
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Joplin, Missouri - Very busy day...it's 11pm
Blog by iPhone, no WiFi. Did the Arch while Jim and Milz did courthouse that first heard the Dred Scott case. Then worship at Centenary Methodist downtown St. Louis built 1869. Photos at Busch stadium...
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Joplin, Missouri - Summary
We're on the way back and just east of St. Louis in Litchfield. A week without Internet access, other than iPhone, is quite a challenge but here's the Reader's Digest version of the past 5 days.We...
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New York Mission Trip
Big City; Big God; Big Serving. The youth have been touring New York taking in the sights of the 911 Memorial Tower down by Battery Park and also seeing Lady Liberty. We rolled up our sleeves with...
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