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Meaningful CmmunitySerice Trips

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Pwerful HmeRepair Trips

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Life-ChangingInternatinal Trips

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HERE IS WHAT YoU GET:

Easy pe-plaig ad a ogaized

expeiece. We sweat evey detail so you

ca sped a quality week with you kids.

Spiitual gowth. Last yea a whoppig

94% of studets said they gew close to

God though thei expeiece with Goup

Missio Tips.

Moe fu tha youve eve expected. You

ad you goup will have a geat time as

you tavel, hag out, wok, woship admeet ew fieds.

Umatched o-deomiatioal Chistia

woship pogammig, pe-tested with

youth ad thei leades to help you kids

gow close to Jesus, ad each othe.

Team buildig oppotuity, so you youth

goup membes ca daw close to oe

aothe i a uique miisty settig.

Leadeship by matue, taied sta you

ca tust. Ou leades ae the best of the

best: taied, thooughly sceeed, adpassioate about helpig youth gow i

thei faith.

WHATS INSIDE

Choose Yor Trip 2

Explore The Map 4

Expect Jess 6

Hear From Yoth Leaders 8

The Top 3 Reasons To Do A Youth Mission Trip

Getting Approval From The People Who Matter Most

Why Partner With Group Mission Trips

Commnity Service Mission Trips 10

Home Repair Mission Trips 18

International Mission Trips 26

One Day Service Events 32

Book Yor Trip 37

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GroupMissionTrips:whereyouthencounterJesus

TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE #1 WAY TO IGNITEFAITH IN YOUTH

At Grup Missin Trips, ur pririty is making yur missin trip pwerfuland life-changing fr yur students, and seamless and easy fr yu. Wewrk hard t cer all the bases fr yu, s yu can maximize time withyur grup.

PLAN NOW TO GIvE YOUr STUDENTS A POWErFUL

SPIrITUAL GrOWTH ExPErIENCE NExT SUmmEr!

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Serve in Haiti, Peru or Puerto Rico

S T A R T I N G A T o N L Y

$599

Events in cities across America


$29See page 26 See page 32

CHOOSE YOUr TrIPFur Pwerful Jesus-Centered Yuth Missins Experiences

Choose from over 120 trips


$229See page 10

Internatinal Missin Trips

Lifetree Adventures takes your group

around the globe to provide help in Haiti,

Peru and Puerto Rico, and learn what it

means to meet Gods call by serving oth-

ers in great need around the world.

Cmmunity Service Missin Trips

At Week of Hope, your students learn

Christ-like empathy and compassion for

others while preparing meals at a home-

less shelter, serving disadvantaged chil-

dren, visiting with lonely elderly residents,

and more.

A Day f Service

At a Big Day of Serving, youth groups

come together in a community near

where they live to serve a neighborhood

in need, and experience the amazing

results of what can be accomplished

together in just one day.

Hme Repair Missin Trips

A Workcamp is a big, high-energy mis-

sion trip where your group will work hard

repairing homes for people in need, and

experience the amazing power of com-

munity to accomplish Gods work.

Choose from over 40 locations


$399See page 18

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See page 32See page 26See page 10 See page 18

PERU

HAITI

Elizabeth City

Manassas

Newark

Wood River Jnction

Nasha

TrentonBrlington

Keansbrg

Norristown

Shamokin

MillersvilleSmithsbrg

Rochester

Racine

Middletown

Mskegon

Hastings

Lexington

Valdosta

Jackson

Mont Vernon

Harbor Creek

Elmira Tioga Center

Clay

Clendenin

BcknerBluld

LynchbrgSt. Lois

Troy

Kenosha

Nashville

Cincinnati

Grand Rapids

Pittsbrgh

FrostbrgOaklandIndianapolis

Charleston

Orlando

York

Parma

Denver

Loveland

Strgis

Garnett

Hopewell

Davenport

Dbqe

Rochester

Wintersville

Williamsville

Omaha

Hawley

Minneapolis

Mescalero

Red Mesa

Astin

Las Vegas

Enmclaw

San Diego

PICk YOUr PLACE!PACk YOUr BAGS!CHANGE LIvES!

Bluld, WV

Bckner, KY (Loisville)

Bulo, NY

Brlington, NJ

Clay, WV

Clendenin, WV

Davenport, IA

Elizabeth City, NC

Elmira, NY

Frostbrg, MD

Garnett, KS

Harbor Creek, PA

Hastings, MI

Hawley, MN

Hopewell, VA

Jackson, TN

Jamestown, NY

Keansbrg, NJ

Lexington, NC

Mescalero, NM

Middletown, OH

Haiti

Per

Perto Rico

Astin, TX

Charleston, SC

Cincinnati, OH

Denver, CO

Grand Rapids, MI

Indianapolis, IN

Kenosha, WI

Las Vegas, NV

Loveland, CO

Manassas, VA

Minneapolis, MN

Nashville, TN

Newark, NY

Akron, OH

Atlanta, GA

Chicago, IL

Danbry, CT

Denver, CO

Dbqe, IA

Enmclaw, WA

Indianapolis, IN

Millersville, MD

Mt. Vernon, IL

Mskegon, MI

Norristown, PA

Oakland, MD

Omaha, NE

Parma, OH (Cleveland)

Racine, WI

Red Mesa, AZ

Rochester, IN

Rochester, NY

Shamokin, PA

Smithsbrg, MD

Strgis, SD

Tioga Center, NY

Trenton, NJ

Troy, MO

Valdosta, GA

Williamsville, IL

Wintersville, OH

Wood River Jnction, RI

Orlando, FL

Pittsbrgh, PA

San Diego, CA

St. Lois, MO

York, PA

Lima, OH

Lynchbrg, VA

Manassas, VA

Medina, OH

Nasha, NH

Nashville, TN

San Diego, CA

West Palm Beach, FL

Yorkville, IL

Bulo

Jamestown

AkronMedina

Lima

Danbry

Atlanta

West Palm Beach

Chicago

Yorkville

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Commnity Service Yoth Mission Trips Home Repair Yoth Mission Trips International Mission Trips A One-Day Yoth Mission Event

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ExPECT JESUS

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Spiritual Touch Point 1

The Mrning Prgrams

These bief, wake-you-up gatheigs focus kids oGodad set expectatios fo the day: that Godwill be thee...that theyll seve Him...ad that geatthigs will happe.

Expectatios thatday afte day God is delightedto meet.


Crew Detins

Duig the day, cews take a beak at thei woksitesto sit, ejoy a quick bottle of cold wate, ad to digito what the Bible says about the daily theme.

The Jesus-ceteed questios asked duig Cew

Devotios do moe tha just challege kids to gowi thei faith. They also t asfom paitig a poch osevig a hadicapped child fom wokto woship.


The Eening Prgrams

The Eveig Pogam is a iteactive woship expe-iece that is caefully caftedad eld-testedto esue that you kids come face-to-face with Je-sus. Though sigig, damas, compellig video, adguided activities you kids make coectios thatpompt deep gowth. Lastig gowth. Gowth theylltake home to live out i you youth goup.


Yuth Grup Detins

Each eveig, just befoe lights-out, youll meetwith you kids to talk though the day. To debiefwhat theyve expeieced...what it taught them...adwhat it meas i thei walk with Jesus.

You kids will come to these devotios bustigwith stoies they cat wait to shae. Theyll tell youhow theyve see God at wok. E xplai what theyveleaed about Jesus. Ad quietly shae what theyvediscoveed about themselves.

Ad youll have stoies fom you ow day to shae,too, because o a Goup Missio Tip youe a ac-tive paticipatot a obseve whos busy oga-izig the ext meal o scamblig fo supplies.

Where Will My Kids Cnnect With Jesusat a Grup Missin Trip?

Eerywhere...Yur teenagers will spend time with Jesus like neer befre. And they wnt dread that

time, because its wen int the entire day thrugh fur spiritual tuch pints that

ccur naturally, as if Jesus were simply a natural part f the day (which He is!)

Where is Gd at a Grup Missin Trip? Hes wrking in and thrugh yu 24/7...

and yur kids will be amazed hw gd that feels.

WHAT Do YoU STAND FoR?Sprts? Fun? Grades? Myself? Nthing?The aswes to that questio ae edless. But a pesos ultimate aswe says it all. About themselves,thei pioities, ad eve thei destiy.

What will you teeages give as thei aswe to What do you stad fo? Youll d out as that questioguides the theme fo Goups 2013 missio tips. Though the Moig ad Eveig Pogams, CewDevotios, ad Youth Goup Devotios, each studet will be challeged to t hik about what they stadfo, ad allow Jesus to speak ito thei aswe.

As campes delve ito stoies of Jesus, each studet i you goup will see how people i the Bibleasweed that pofoud questio, ad discove thei ow aswe i the pocess.


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1. Yur students will experience life-changingspiritual grwth.

My kidsboth the youth goup ad my biological kids

have expeieced amazig spiitual gowth o missio

tips, says Gegg McCasli, a vetea miiste of youth ad

discipleship. We thik wee goig to do good thigs fo

othes, but the etie time God woks o us too.

2. Yull super-size relatinal time with yur

grup.Much of miisty time with kids is actually stuctued

pogammig. Thats e, but ot typically whee the goo d

stu happeswhee kids ope up about thei lives.

A missio tip builds i log stetches of elatioal time.

Ad, if you let a missio tip ogaize hadle the details,

youll expeiece the tip alogside you kids.

All the ogaizatio is doe, says youth pasto Jill Weke

of he missio tip expeieces with Goup Wokcamps. I

ca go though the week with my kids athe tha leadig

the camp.

McCasli poits to the oad t ip as aothe plus of missio

tips.

Youth goups ca do thigs i thei ow eighbohoods

ad should, he says. But thees bodig that happes o

a missio tip. The oad tip to ad fom the wokcamp is

geat fo ou kids.

3. Yull shift t a serant-fcused ministry.

We st wet o a missio tip i 2001 because I had a

small, oudeig youth miisty, says Weke. A youth

miisty fied told me, Youve got to go to a Wokcamp.

Itll tasfom you goupad it did.

Weke says may of he kids gew up i the chuch ad i-

heited thei faith fom paets ad Suday school teach-

es. Whe they go to a Wokcamp my kids faith becomes

thei ow, she says. Kids get the message Jesus died fo

them, that God loves them, ad that they ca shae Gods

love with the wold.

The Tp 3 Reasns T D A Yuth Missin TripMeetings. Retreats. Bible studies. Counseling sessions. With so many other youth group activities

already on your plate, why add a youth mission trip to the mix? Three reasonsall of them sure to

deepen your ministry to youth...

WHAT YOUTH LEADErS SAY

But uless you chuch leades, adult volutees, paets,ad kids agee, its goig to be oe empty chuch bus sput-

teig o o a missio tip ext summe.

Hees what vetea youth leades have discoveed about

gettig all those people excited about a Goup Missio

Tip

Church Leaders

She kows it souds too good to be tue, but youth Pas-

to Jill Weke had zeo poblems gettig he pasto ad

chuch leades o boad with a Wokcamp missio tip.

I showed them the Wokcamps video fom Goup MissioTipsad that wo them ove, she says. I stessed that

safety is Goups pioity, that adult volutees have to pass

backgoud checks, ad that expets go f om site to site to

make sue thigs ae goig well. Thats all it took.

Weve foud thats all it usually takesad wee happy

to sed you the same video that wamed the heat of Jills

chuch leades.

Adult vlunteers

Thei big questio was about costuctio skills, says as-

sociate pasto Adam Just. Oce they udestad thee ae

expets to help supevise epais ad that thei ole is to be

with the kids, theye okay.

The good ews: well help you eassue you adult volu-

tees by povidig clea, detailed job desciptios so they

kow what to expectad just how ewadig thei week at

a Wokcamp will be.

Parents

Wokcamps pomotes the fact that woksite safety is a top

pioity, says volutee youth leade Da Hembege. Ad

its tueGoup backs it up. The taiig ad safeguads

povided o a Goup Missio Tip go a log way towad eas-

suig paets.

Adam holds a paets meetig about a moth befoe his

missio tip to addess paetal coces.

They cae about safetyad whee thei kids ae stayig,

says Adam, who has that ifomatio i had coutesy of

the mateials povided by Goup.

Students

This oe is easy: just ask.

Shae the mateials well give you with you youth goup.

Let them see how theyll chage lives. Seve God. Make a

dieece i the lives of specic people i specic ways.

The ask you youth goup which Goup Missio Tip loca-

tio looks like a wie ad stad back: you wot believe

how fast you kids catch the visio.

Ad the watch what happes as God woks i ad tho ugh

them.

Wee happy to sed you the tools youll eed to cast the

visio i you chuch. Call us today at 800-385-4545.

Getting Appral Frm ThePeple Wh Matter MstYouve seen the light! Youre all-in for taking your kids on a youth mission trip.

SWhy Partner With Grup Missin Trips?

Nbdy des yuth missin trips better.

Weve leaed a thig o two duig the 36 yeas weve o-

gaized youth missio tipsad it shows.

Goup Missio Tips has a log histoy of doig missio

tips, says associate pasto Adam Just. Eveythig is

thought out fom stat to ish.

Which meas fom the momet you decide to pitch the idea

of a missio tip to you kidsad you chuch boad

Goups expeieced sta is thee fo you with the tools

you eed to cast the visiobuild ethusiasmad aise

the fuds.

Thees a geat suppot etwok, says Da Hembege, a

volutee youth leade who is especially impessed with

Goups olie esouces fo plaig, egistatio, ad

pepaig kids fo thei missio tip expeiece.

We use the pe-tip devotios eligiously says Da, who

descibes Goups olie assistace as a vitual hug.

Nobody is better at keeping rst things rst.

Missio tips aet about xig houses. O hammeig to-

gethe wheelchai amps. O huggig eighbohood kids.

All that happes, but moe impotat is the spiitual gowth

of eveyoe ivolvedad Goup Missio Tips go the ex-

ta mile to ecouage that gowth by buildig i compellig

moig devotiossmall goup woksite devotiosad

meaigful eveig expeieces. Plus you go home with

eady-to-use sessios to help you debief what you goup

expeieced sevig Jesus.

At Goup Missio Tips the focus is o God, says Gegg Mc-

Casli, a vetea miiste of youth ad discipleship. Thats

what Im lookig fo i a missio expeiece: help us seve,

keep us focused o God, ad Im good to go.

Nbdy gies yu mre fr yur mney.

Ive talked with youth miistes who use cheape povid-

es, says Gegg.

All they get fo thei moey is someoe liig up places to

wok. I like that Goup povides it allthe plaig, po-

gams, suppot, leadeship, volutees, ad liig up de-

tails. Its all doe ad it s doe well.

Fo what we pay, Goup Missio Tips is a geat deal, says

Gegg. Wee totally happy, totally satised.

Youll be satised, too. Let us proveit t yu. Cntact G rup Missin Tripsby isiting GrupMissinTrips.cm rcalling 800-385-4545.

With dozens of organizations lined up to help you organize a youth mission trip, why pick Group Mis-

sion Trips? Try these three reasons on for size

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Fie days f serice. A lifetime f rewards.

Week of Hope is a aodable summe missios tip

thats packed with pactical acts of love ad sevice. You

studets will focus o buildig meaigful coectios as

they seve the eeds of people though local miisties ad

o-pot ogaizatios.

You youth goup will lea Chist-like empathy ad

compassio fo othes as they seve ad meet the spiitual,

physical, ad emotioal eeds of disadvataged childe,

youth ad adults. This is a week thats all about developig

elatioships with the people youe sevig, with the ew

fieds youll meet, with you ow youth goup ad most

impotatly, with Jesus. You seve i the ame of Jesus.

Deomiatioal dieeces disappea, ad fiedships

quickly develop as like-mided youth wok togethe with a

commo pupose. Its awesome to watch.

Week of Hope meets the eeds of all age goups wheeve

those eeds exist. Pojects might iclude:

Povidig meals to the homeless

Tutoig poo o stugglig childe Helpig to lead a day camp fo childe

Ogaizig a home, o spucig up a dilapidatedhome

Paitig a oom o deep cleaig a home

Wokig with disabled childe

Shaig stoies with a loely eldely peso i aassisted livig facility

Whateve the sevice, you teams acts of kidess will be

ewadig to you goup, ad mea the wold to the people

you seve. Bigge still, howeve, is the impact it will have

o the studets themselves. All ou camps place spiitual

gowth as a top pioity. Though meaigful woship ad

devotios, the lessos leaed will take oot i the heats

of you youth.

Each day, you studets will ejoy meaigful, thematic

woship ad devotio times, plus idividual goup

devotios. You ad you youg people will have lots of

chaces to sped time togethe ad coect moe deeply

i you Chistia faith. Pogams ae led by well-taied

sta leades - but you ad you studets will have the

oppotuity to seve by leadig woship music ad othe

pats of each woship pogam (feel fee to big guitas,

dums ad geat voices!).

Tu the page ad take a close look at this yeas Week

of Hope missio tips. You goup will be immesed i

the expeiece of beig othes-diected istead of self-

diected, ad challeged to live as Jesus did, i authetic,

sacicial elatioships.

COmmUNITYSErvICEmISSION TrIPS

community service youth mission trips

Grop Mission Trips has a long history of

doing mission trips. Everything is thoght ot

fro strt to nish.

ADAM JUST, ASSOCIATE PASTOr, ST. JOHnSCHrISTIAn CHUrCH

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CALL 800-385-4545 Or vISIT GrOUPmISSIONTrIPS.COm

Austin, TX $262

Charlestn, SC $266

Nashille, TN $266

orland, FL $229

Manassas, vA $266

Newark, NY $266

Pittsburgh, PA $262

Yrk, PA $262

Dener, Co $252

Leland, Co $252

Las vegas, Nv $229

San Dieg, CA $248

Cincinnati, oH $252

Grand Rapids, MI $262

Indianaplis, IN $262

Kensha, WI $252

Minneaplis, MN $252

St. Luis, Mo $262

June 16 - 21

June 23 - 28

June 30 - July 5

July 7 - 12

July 14 - 19

July 21 - 26

July 28 - Aug 2

All Wee of Hope

locations ae offeed

these seen wees

At Grup Missin Trips, the fcus is n Gd. Thats what

Im lking fr in a missin experience. My kidsbth the

yuth grup and my bilgical kidshae experienced

amazing spiritual grwth n missin trips.

GREGG MCCASLIN, MINISTER OF YOuTH AND DIS CIPLESHIP,CONCORDIA LuTHERAN CHuRCH


DATES AND LOCATIONS

What abut trips fr Preteens?

Petee Week of Hope is fo you 10 -12 yea

old studets ad is a geat missio expeiece

they will eve foget! Helpig kids exploe

thei faith is oe of the most impotat adfulllig esposibilities you have as a chil-

des o youth leade. reseach suggests that,

by the time theye 13, you kids basic value

systems ae set fo life. We ceated Petee

Week of Hope tips to espod diectly to t his

aspect of you miisty.

June 16 - 21

Lovelad, CO

June 30 July 5

Mieapolis, Mn

Chalesto, SC

July 7 - 12

Austi, TX

July 14 - 19

Yok, PA

Olado, FL

July 21 26

Pittsbugh, PA

July 28 August 2

Austi, TX

Yok, PA

Chse a Preteen tripduring these weeks:

WEST

mID-WEST

SOUTH

NOrTHEAST

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SErvING A COmmUNITYRECovERYPRoGRAMSServenon-profitagenciesthatcouldntoperatewithoutyourhelp.

ASSISTEDLIvIN

GFACILITIES

Giveattentionandlo

vetodisabledchildre

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HoMELESSSHELTERSServehundredsofhungryhomelessfolks.

NURSINGHoMES

Servetheforgotteninlong-

termnursingcarefacilities.

DAYCAMPPRoGRAMS

Playgameswithchildren,andsendtheaffirming

messagethattheymatter.

At Week of Hope, campers provide helping hands to local non-proft ministries. Your group may serve meals to the homeless,

work with disabled children, or share stories with a lonelyelderly person. However they serve, the impact will be felt inthe community and be a shining example of Gods love.community service youth mission trips

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Whats included in the registratin fee?We wat to make sue you tip is a s easy o you as possible.

That is why we povide the followig so you dot have to:

Lodging dring the week

All meals, except for dinner on yor free night

All spplies and project materials for each worksite

Themed t-shirt for each participant

Development of Bible-based thematic, fn, faith-

bilding programs

Devotions to read before, dring and after yor trip

Highly trind, ission-indd st

Comprehensive online Planning Center and projectpreparation materials

Fndraising ideas and spport

Site selection and organization

unlimited cstomer spport from professional and

courtous st

Mission trip handbook for each participant

(a personal devotion book and gide for the week)

Wh can participate?We oe tips fo petee, juio high ad seio high kids.

Paticipats must be at least 10 yeas old o eteig the

5th gade i the fall of 2013.

Hw many adults need t chaperne?Adults (age 21 ad above) ae a citical pat of the missio

expeiece. Adults help povide safety, elatioships, spii-

tual guidace, ad disciplie.

Please big a miimum of oe adult fo evey ve youth.

Hw are crews rganized?A typical cew is a goup of ve youg people ad oe

adult. Each cew usually icludes paticipats fom a vaiety

of chuches so that they ca meet ew people. Call us ad

well gladly accommodate you equest.What abut transprtatin?You eed to povide taspotatio fo you goup to ad

fom you missio tip. Also, duig you missio tip, the

vehicles you big will be used to povide daily taspot to

ad fom poject sites.

Where d we stay?Most lodgig is i local chuches o schools. Accommoda-

tios will iclude aeas fo goups to oom togethe by ge-

de, a commo eatig aea, ad a pogam a ea.

What happens if the trip I want is full?All tips ae lled o a st-come, st-seved basis, so it

pays to egiste ealy. Howeve, if you egiste fo a tip

thats full, well give you the optio to be o the waitig

list fo you st choice, o egiste fo you secod-choice

locatio. Call us. Well help.

When d I hae t pay?Fudaisig takes time, ad sometimes moe tha oe ef-

fot, so weve boke you tip costs ito thee coveiet

paymets:

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION:

This spcil or lts you hold your spot nd py no

deposit ntil September 30th, 2012.

REGISTRATION AFTER SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

A nonrefndable deposit of $50 per person is reqired

at the time of registration to reserve space on yor trip.

PaYmeNT #2 maRCH 15, 2013

50% of yor grops remaining balance is de.

PaYmeNT #3 maY 15, 2013

Yor remaining balance is de.

Des Grup Missin Trips hae references?Absolutely! Dot just take ou wod fo it-give us a call

(1.800.385.4545 ptin 2) ad wed be happy to coect

you with othe youth leades who have bought thei kids

o a Week of Hope missio tip.


A Typ i c Al DAy6:45 am WAKEy-WAKEy

7:00 am Breakfast

8:00 am Mornng rogram

8:30 am Deart for roje ts

3:30 m Retur n to am

5:00 m Dnner

7:30 m Evenng worsh rogram

8:45 m youth Grou devotons

9:30 m Free tme

11:00 m lghts out

My farite thing abut wrking with Grup Missin Trips is

the expertise they bring t the table. I hae taken hundreds f

students n missin trips and they are cnsistently amazing.

ROB DYER, YOuTH LEADER, FIRST PRES BYTERIAN CHuRCH

WHAT TO kNOW

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HOmE rEPAIrmISSIONTrIPS

We rst went on a mission trip because I

had a small, oundering youth ministry. A

yuth ministry friend tld me, Yue gt

t g t a Wrkcamp. Itll transfrm yur

grupand it did.

JILL WEnKEr, YOUTH PASTOr, UnITED CHUrCH OF CHrIST

Wrkcamps are week-lng, hme repair Christian missin

trips where yur yuth grup will wrk hard repairing

hmes fr peple in need, and experience the amazing

pwer f cmmunity t accmplish Gds wrk.

Wokcamps ae high-eegy ad actio-packed, yet

poweful ad life-chagig. The camps ae big: some have

upwads of 450 youth paticipate which ceates big eeg y

ad excitemet thoughout the etie week.

At Wokcamps, youth goups come togethe to seve

idividuals ad commuities, while buildig stog, log-

lastig elatioships with thei fieds ad youth leades. I

six shot days, hudeds of kids fom youth goups acoss the

couty will epai ad tasfom homes while stegtheig

ad tasfomig thei ow faith.

Pat of the faith buildig comes i the fom of the daily

challeges. now we dot mea wee goig to ask kids to

scale a tee with a chaisaw but we do wat to challege

them to do somethig they may ot have doe befoe.

Fo some, that might be paitig a house fo the st time;

fo othes, they may lea how to use a chop saw o dill.Whateve the case, sometimes gettig a little ucomfotable

ad vuleable is exactly whee God wats us.

Wokcamps bega i 1977 as a home epai poject i

Lovelad, Coloado i espose to the tagic ood of the

Big Thompso rive the pevious yea. I July of 1976, moe

tha 12 iches of ai fell withi thee hous ea Estes

Pak, oveowig ad oodig the ive. Ultimately, the Big

Thompso rive became a agig wall of wate that would

destoy hudeds of houses, wash away miles of oads i the

blik of a eye, ad kill moe tha 140 people. It was the

wost atual disaste i Coloado histoy.

Afte that ood, Thom Schultz, foude of Goup Publishig,

asked chuch youth goups fom acoss the couty to

come to Coloado ad help ebuild the homes ad lives of

the oods victims. Ove 300 youth ad thei adult leades

espoded ad aived i Coloado, wokig o ove 50

home epai pojects.

Ad so the st Wokcamps expeiece was bo. Thom saw

a damatic chage i the heats of youth ad adults sevig

the oods victims, ad ealized that though the challege

of helpig othes i eed, the Chistia faith of teeages

ad adults was igited ad stegtheed.

Sice the, moe tha 6,000,000 volutee hous have bee

logged by 275,000 people who have paticipated i a Goup

Missio Tips expeiece. These paticipats have gaied

a ew udestadig ad deepe faith i Jesus by sevig

othes.

The missio oppotuities cotiue to gow, ad the same

passio that pompted Thom Schultz to lauch the st

Wokcamps cotiues to help teeages fom all dieet

Chistia deomiatios gow close to God, ad take o the

challege of sevig by helpig people i eed.

Tu the page ad take a look at ove 40 Wokcamp locatios

whee you youth ca seve ext summead give you

youth a God-ceteed summe expeiece theyll eve

foget!

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Nrristwn, PA Jne 23 - 29 $451

oakland, MD Jne 23 - 29 $451

Rchester, NY Jne 30 - Jly 6 $442

Bualo, NY Jne 30 - Jly 6 $442

Keansburg, NJ Jly 7 - 13 $451

Harbr Creek, PA Jly 7 - 13 $451Millersille, MD Jly 21 - 27 $451

Trentn, NJ Jly 21 - 27 $454

Shamkin, PA Jly 21 - 27 $451

Burlingtn, NJ Jly 28 - Agst 3 $442

Tiga Center, NY Jly 28 - Agst 3 $442

Frstburg, MD * Jly 28 - Agst 3 $451

Smithsburg, MD Jne 16 - 22 $451

Jacksn, TN Jne 23 - 29 $399

Williamsille, IL Jne 30 - Jly 6 $429

Wd Rier Junctin, RI Jne 30 - Jly 6 $451

Middletwn, oH Jly 7 - 13 $442

Mt. vernn, IL Jly 7 - 13 $434

Clendenin, Wv * Jly 7 - 13 $442

Garnett, KS Jly 14 - 20 $429

Elmira, NY Jly 14 - 20 $451

Wintersille, oH Jly 21 - 27 $442

Jamestwn, NY Jly 21 - 27 $451

DATES AND LOCATIONS

SENIOr HIGH CAmPSWEST

mID-WEST

SOUTH

NOrTHEAST

APPALACHIA

omaha, NE Jne 16 - 22 $434

Sturgis, SD Jly 7 - 13 $399

Mescaler, NM Jly 14 - 20 $399

Red Mesa, AZ * Jly 14 - 20 $454

Rchester, IN Jne 16 - 22 $429

Racine, WI Jne 16 - 22 $442

Parma, oH Jne 23 - 29 $442

Daenprt, IA Jne 23 - 29 $429

Muskegn, MI Jly 7 - 13 $442

Hawley, MN Jly 14 - 20 $442

Try, Mo Jly 21 - 27 $442

Hastings, MI Jly 21 - 27 $429

Elizabeth City, NC Jne 16 - 22 $442

valdsta, GA Jne 23 - 29 $442

Lexingtn, NC Jne 23 - 29 $442

Buckner, KY Jne 30 - Jly 6 $399

Hpewell, vA Jly 28 - Agst 3 $429

Blueeld, WV * Jly 7 - 13 $458

Clay, Wv * Jly 21 - 27 $442

Jr/Sr HIGH CAmPS


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TrANSFOrm HOmES & LIvES

Yourgroupwill besplitintocrewsto accomplishamazing projec

ts forpeopleinso muchneed.

Freshpaintkeepshousesfrom

rottingandbecomingunsafe.

Dangerous steps are

transformed into a

safe patio for families.

Asaferwheelchairrampgivesa

disabled

personthefreedomtolivelife.

A NEW PoRCH

AFRESHCoAT oFPAINT

AWHEELCHAIRRAMP

Before

Before

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After

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At Workcamps, youth groups serve people in need throughhome repair, basic construction and painting while buildingstrong relationships with their friends and youth leaders. S omecamps have upwards of 400 kids participate which creates bigenergy and excitement throughout the entire week!


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WHAT TO kNOW

Whats included in the registratin fee?We wat to make sue you tip is a s easy o you as possible.

That is why we povide the followig so you dot have to:

Lodging dring the week

All meals, except for dinner on yor free night

Spplies and project materials for each worksite

Themed t-shirt for each participant

Development of Bible-based thematic, fn,

faith-bilding programs

Devotions to read before, dring and after yor trip

Highly trind, ission-indd cp st

Comprehensive online Planning Center and projectpreparation materials

Fndraising ideas and spport


unlimited cstomer spport from professional and

frindly st

Mission trip handbook for each participant

(a personal devotion book and gide for the week)

Comprehensive safety training at the beginning

of the week

Wh can participate?We oe tips fo both juio high ad seio high kids. no

special skills ae equied.

Hw many adults need t chaperne?Adults (age 21 ad above) ae a citical pat of the missio

expeiece. Adults help povide safety, elatioships, spii-

tual guidace, ad disciplie. Please big a miimum of

oe adult fo evey ve youth.

Hw are crews rganized?A typical cew is a goup of ve youg people ad oe

adult. Each cew usually icludes paticipats fom a vaiety

of chuches so that they ca meet ew people.

What abut transprtatin?You eed to povide taspotatio fo you goup to ad

fom you missio tip. Also, duig you missio tip, the

vehicles you big will be used to povide daily taspot

to ad fom poject sites. If you ited to big a lage bus,

please efe to page 20 to be sue you tip locatio ca

accommodate it.

Where d we stay?Most lodgig is i local schools o chuches. Accommoda-

tios iclude aeas fo goups to oom togethe by gede,

a commo eatig aea, ad a pogam aea.

What happens if the trip I want is full?All tips ae lled o a st-come, st-seved basis, so it

pays to egiste ealy. Howeve, if you egiste fo a tip

thats full, well give you the optio to be o the waitig

list fo you st choice, o egiste fo you secod-choice

locatio. Call us. Well help.

When d I hae t pay?Fudaisig takes time, ad sometimes moe tha oe ef-

fot, so weve boke you tip costs ito thee coveiet

paymets:

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION:

This spcil or lts you hold your spot nd py no

deposit ntil September 30th, 2012.

REGISTRATION AFTER SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

A nonrefndable deposit of $50 per person is reqired

at the time of registration to reserve space on yor trip.

PaYmeNT #2 maRCH 15, 2013

50% of yor grops remaining balance is de.

PaYmeNT #3 maY 15, 2013

Yor remaining balance is de.

Des Grup Missin Trips hae references?Absolutely! Dot just take ou wod fo it-give us a call(1.800.385.4545 ptin 2) ad wed be happy to coect

you with othe youth leades who have bought thei kids

o a Wokcamps missio tip.

A Typ i c Al DAy6:45 am WAKEy-WAKEy

7:00 am Hot Breakfast

8:00 am Mornng rogram

8:30 am Deart for roje ts

3:30 m Retur n to am

5:00 m Dnner

7:30 m Evenng worsh rogram

8:45 m youth Grou devotons

9:30 m Free tme

11:00 m lghts out

We wrked, we played, we prayed, we sang, we shared, we

cried, we grew. We grew in relatinship with each ther,

we grew in relatinship with ur residents, and we grew in

relatinship with JESUS!

CHERYL GREISS, YOuTH DIRECTOR, REJOICE LuTHERAN

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INTErNATIONALmISSION TrIPS

My Lifetree Adventures trip was amazing and

beynd my expectatins. We saw Gd mve in

awesme ways. I lved playing with the Peru-

vian kids and building their church, and lved

the pprtunity t be a blessing t thse less

frtunate. our grup was great t...s much

laughter!

JIM QUIGLEY, PErU 2011

Pack yur passprt and braden yur grups hrizns!

Jin grups frm ther churches t lie ut Gds le in

Haiti r Peru where yull minister t thse in need.

You ad you studets will have the oppotuity to make a

eteal dieece i the lives of people you seve. You may

build a chuch, play games with eedy childe, help feed

etie eighbohoods, o teach good hygiee to people

who wat to lea.

You ad you studets will ecoute povety sthad.

Youll see the pai that tue eed bigs, ad bette

udestad the daily stuggles that face much of the

wolds populatio. As you teeages egage with people

i eed, they will develop a heat fo sev ice ad a deepe

desie to pusue God.

At Lifetee Advetues, well help you pla the most

meaigful shot-tem missio tip you youth goup has

see, all with elative ease o you pat. Well povide you

with eveythig fom itieay plaig to specic sevice

poject plas oce youe thee. Youll get geat fudaisig

tips ad secets, all the maketig mateials youll eed to

ecuit fo you tip, ad well eve help with what to pack

ad what ot to pack.

Whethe youe tavelig to eathquake-sticke Haiti o

the aifoests of Peu, well be with you evey step of the

way to povide meaigful sevice i the ame of Chist.

We kow youe a busy leade ad so its ou goal to lift

some of the weight fom you shouldes whe it comes to

plaig a iteatioal sho t-tem missio tip.

Youe pobably ot a expet i the couty whee youll

seve, so thats whee we come i. Wee expets i the locale

to which youe tavelig. Well book you ad you goup to

stay i safe, quality accommodatios. We have taslatos

to help you commuicate with the local people. Oe of ou

pesoal tip leades will accompay you ad you goup

evey step of the way. We kow the taspota tio system

ad we udestad the local cultue ad customs.

You ad you goup will be suppoted by ou well-taied

sta as you ejoy faith-buildig pogams that help you

teeages taslate thei iteatioal sevice advetue

ito life-chagig spiitual gowth.

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Per 2013 - $1,199

June 8 - 14 June 22 - 28 July 20 - 26

August 17 - 23 Dec 28 - January 3

The Peu missio tips ae all about buildig: buildig

chuches, buildig faith, ad buildig elatioships with the

Shipibo people who live i the villages alog the Ucayali

rive. Despite Peus ecoomic success i ecet yeas, ma-

jo challeges emai. Half of all Peuvias still live i pov-

ety. Thats why you Lifetee Advetues missio tip hee

will make such a huge dieece.

By paticipatig i this missio, you kids solidify a ca-

ig view of the wold, ad gow close to God as well as to

oe aothe. Theyll have a bad ew les though which

to view life, ad make a tagible dieece i the lives of

the Shipibo people. You ole o this t ip could be to build

a chuch o to educate the Shipibo people about the ole

wate puicatio plays i thei vey suvival.Youll teach

youg mothes about hygiee ad utitio ad the spead

of disease. Youll gab a hamme ad build a chuch . Ad all

of these jobs equie o special skills. Just big a willig

heat ad well teach you what youll eed to kow.

O this oce-i-a-lifetime advetue, sail deep ito the

Amazo jugle aboad the Evagelista II. Suoud youself

i the icedible sights ad souds of the Ucayali rive.

Fom the pot of Pucallpa, boad you houseboat ad sail

upsteam to wok with the Shipibo people. You ca also

choose to stat you tip with a optioal excusio to the

UnESCO Wold Heitage site, Machu Picchu. Visit www.Life-

teeAdvetues.com fo ifomatio about Machu Picchu.

Be pat of a miisty expeditio to seve, shae expei-

eces, ad lea fom the villages. You opeess to helpeducate, develop elatioships, take pat i costuctio

pojects ad be a pat of chuch activities, will make a im-

pact o thei commuity as well as o you.

COuNTRY FACTS

53% of the poplation is living below

the national poverty line.

45% of deaths in the contry are of

childrn undr v.

37% of Pervians lack sstainable access

to safe sanitation.

Pervian women represent as mch as

80% of a familys labor force.

Haiti 2013 - $699

March 16 - 23 June 8 - 15 June 15 - 22

June 22 - 29 Nvember 9 16

Haiti missio tips ae just oe of the iteatioal missio

tip expeieces available to youth fom Lifetee Advetues.

Moe tha two yeas afte the devastatig eathquake, Haiti

is still i despeate eed of you help. Ove 1.5 millio peo-

ple ae still homeless. Ove 50 hospitals o cliics collapsed

o ae still uusable. Billios of dollas have owed ito the

couty but how its beig spet is questioable. Hads-o

aid seems to be the best oppotuity to eally make a die-

ece i the lives of Haitias.

Big you youth goup ad joi Lifetee Advetues to help

ebuild i Haiti. Wee pateig with a outstadig mi-

isty that povides a vaiety of sevices to Haitias. Some of

ou tip paticipats will help make way fo a life- givig ma-

teity cliic that will be built late this yea. They ecetly

acquied thee aces to build the cliic, as well as additioal

lodgig fo the medical pesoel that will sta it. Wee

lookig fo kids ad youth leades who have a heat fo se-

vice to joi ou team, ad wat to povide meaigful wok

to ou miisty pates may facilities.

These tips allow Chistia youth to get ivolved with a

bad ew expeiece that will chage the lives of othes,

as well as thei ow.

Joi us o ou ext tip. Youll gow close to God as well as

the people with whom you wok. Most of all, you ad you

youth will help chage the lives of people who eed you.

HAITI BY THE NuMBERS

7.0...the Richter scale magnitde of the Haiti

earthqake.

13%...of the poplation of Port-a-Prince

was killed in the earthqake. 15...the nmber of years it will take to rebild

Port-a-Prince.

1.5 million...left homeless by the earthqake.

500 million...or more dollars donated

by American citizens.

CALL 800-747-2157 Or vISIT LIFETrEEADvENTUrES.COm

DATES AND LOCATIONS

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WHAT TO kNOW

Hw d I bk my missin trip with Lifetree

Adentures?

Just call ay oe of ou expet missio tip plaes at

1.800.747.2157 Moday - Fiday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (MST)

Is airfare frm Nrth America included in the

Lifetree Adentures price?

no, the Lifetee Advetues pice does nOT iclude aifae

fom noth Ameica. I-couty taspotatio is povided

i the tip pice. I Peu, ou pice icludes the aifae fom

Lima to Pucallpa.

What trael dcumentatin d I need?

All U.S. citizes will eed a valid passpot to ete a fo eig

couty ad etu to th e Uited States.

It must be valid six moths beyod you iteded stay ad

have 1-2 blak pages emaiig.

Visas ae ot equied fo most tips. Fo full ifomatio

please ask you missio tip plae at time of bookig.

Is there an age requirement?

Ou tips ae family-fiedly, so kids ca seve alog with

adults. The miimum age is 12 yeas old whe ot accom-

paied by a paet o guadia. Whe paets ae peset,

childe as youg as 7 may atted.

Hw strenuus are the actiities?

Some advetues ae moe physically steuous tha oth-

es but most Lifetee Advetues tips will iclude at least

fou 8-hou sevice days typically i hot ad humid evi-

omets. Guests should feel comfotable spedig mul-

tiple days wokig outdoos ad stadig most of that time.

Tempeatues may be hot ad humid, so wea cool clothig

ad a hat, ad dik plety of wate. Sevice pojects co-

sist pimaily of costuctio wok but some of ou tips i-

clude ways to help that a et as physically steuous. Youll

be give the oppotuity to wok at a level of physical exe-

tio with which youe comfotable.

What types f meals are sered?

Most meals will be povided by ou miisty pates. They

have bee caefully taied to pepae safe ad utitious

meals fo ou guests.

What meals are included?

Most meals ae icluded as pat of you egistatio. Please

see the detailed itieay of you Lifetee Advetues tip

fo ay exceptios.

Can yu accmmdate special dietary needs?

Lifetee Advetues will make evey easoable eot to

accommodate some special dietay eeds at o additioal

chage. Ufotuately, we may ot be able to accommodate

all special dietay eeds equested. Please cotact you

missio tip plae i advace of you depatue to advise

us of you eeds.

Are tips included?

Lifetee Advetues has take cae of gatuities fo all i-

cluded meals as well as activities such as tips fo potes,

housekeepes, dives, activity povides, local expets,

ad diig oom sta fo icluded meals.

What abut depsits, payments, and cancella-

tins?

To eseve space o a tip, a o-efudable $100 deposit is

due whe you egiste. Fial paymet is due 60 days befoe

depatue.

CALL 800-747-2157 Or vISIT LIFETrEEADvENTUrES.COm

DATES AND LOCATIONS

Perto Rico 2013 - $599

June 15-22 June 22-29

The city of Caguas is just 20 miles fom the beautiful pot

city of Sa Jua. The lush hillsides, the wodeful white

sad beaches, ad the oly aifoest o U.S. soil make

Pueto rico a amazig missio tip oppotuity. But you

cetaily do ot have to look fa to see the temedouseed of the people. Poud ad geeous, the people of

Caguas will impess you with thei willigess to tell you

thei stoy ad show you thei modest homes may of

which ae damaged fom the wea ad tea of this some-

times hash eviomet. Pueto rico is a islad about

35 miles wide ad 100 miles log, with people who eed

to pepae themselves fo the eect of huicaes each

seaso. By tavelig to Pueto rico, you ca big hope to

the people of Caguas by epaiig ad estoig homes, ad

sevig i the commuities paks ad gades. You labo

of love will demostate the love of Jesus to the esidets

of Caguas that you seve.

PuERTO RICO FACTS

Perto Rico is a u.S. Territory

No Passport Reqired to Serve u.S. Dollar is the Crrency

Median Hosehold income at $18,000 is half that of

Mississippi, the poorest state in the u.S.

Spanish is the primary langage of t he people

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SINGLE DAYYOUTH mISSIONEvENT

Want yur yuth grup t be part f smething amazing

smething bigger than themselves? They can. Bring them t

the Big Day f Serving, a ne-day event where hundreds f

teens gather in a lcal cmmunity near yu t serve peple

in need.

The Big Day of Sevig is a seies of local oe-day evets

acoss the atio whee eighbohoods ae tasfomed by a

swam of Chistia kids eage to help people i eed.

O a pactical level, the Big Day ca be see as a itoduc-

tio to missios. If youe ew to youth miisty, this evet ca

be the steppig stoe youe lookig fo to help fom elatio-

ships ad fiedships withi you goup. O, if youe a youth

miisty vetea, the Big Day is a geat way to stat pepaig

fo you upcomig summe missio tip. Itll e-eegize you

youth goup ad cotiue to help them develop a sevats

heat.

Pojects at the Big Day might iclude:

Cleaig city blocks, alleyways ad paks

Helpig with ladscapig ad platig commuity

gades

removig gati

Paitig ad tacklig mio home epais

The best pat? Big Day evets ae local (withi miutes o

hous fom whee you live), easy (you simply show up ad

seve) ad aodable (fo the cost of $29 pe peso, you

goup has access to a all-iclusive sevice expeiece.)

Afte moe tha 30 yeas of ogaizig youth missio tips, we

kow thee ae so may umet eeds. Ad we kow thees

powe i kids comig togethe to seve people. Visit Goup-

MissioTips.com to d a evet ea you, ad watch you

goup tasfom a eighbohood i eed.

Dot see a evet ea you hometow? If youd like to d

out how you ca big the Big Day to you commuity, wed

love to talk to you! Well talk though the pocess of how the

Big Day is ogaized locally, ad how we wok togethe to

big tasfomatioal chage to a eighbohood i eed.

Call 800-366-8948 o email [email protected]

ad ask to speak with someoe about bigig the Big Day

to you city.

our students wrked s hard! It was amazing

t see them tearing ut fencerws and cleaning

up trash...and then discussing hw the Gspel

ties int it all. As I saw sme f them begin t

get the meaning behind why we sere thers, it

was beautiful.

JASOn AnDErS, YOUTH LEADEr

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Whats included in the Big Day f Sering reg-istratin fee?


a orning kicko rlly to strt th dy

All spplies and project materials

Lnch

Devotional materials for mid-day break

Neighborhood block party celebration

A t-shirt for each participant

Highly trind, ission-indd st

What is the cst?Early Bird Registratin: $29 pe peso

Regular (within 30 days f the eent) and day-f-eent

registratin: $40 pe peso

Wh can participate in The Big Day f Serving?Ay youth, gades 6 -12. Feel fee to ecouage you kids to

big alog a fied too!

Hw many adults shuld I bring?Please big a miimum of oe adult (age 18 ad above) fo

evey ve youth paticipats. If othe adults wat to come,

big them alog too! Just make sue to egiste them with

you youth goup. You may eve wat to ope it up to you

kids families.

S just hw will we be sering?Paticipats i the Big Day of Sevig will complete a vai-

ety of pojects i a sigle day. The pojects ae selected by

the local leadeship team to lift up ad evitalize a etie

eighbohood. Pojects may iclude cleaig city blocks, al-

leyways, ad paks, emovig gati, ladscapig, platig

commuity gades, paitig, ad some mio home epais.

What des serving in a neighbrhd mean?The wok will be cocetated i a elatively small aea to

maximize the impact of the Big Day evet - pefeably a city

eighbohood that may ecompass homes, paks, vacat

lots, schools, usig homes ad moe.

Will I be wrking with the peple in my grup?Yes. Each youth goup will be placed togethe as a team

to seve o a poject site. Ad may pojects will be big

eough that multiple youth goups will be wok ig o them

togethe. Its a geat chace fo you to get to kow othe

Chistias i the commuity!

Will security & medical persnnel be n site?As ecessay, secuity ad medical sta will be available.

What abut tls?Thee may be some specic tools equested based o each

locatio. Be sue to efe to GoupMissioTips.com fo lo-

catio specic tool ifomatio.

Hw is the cmmunity where Ill be seringinled in the Big Day?The local commuity, with the help of the Big Day of Sev ig,

coodiates all the local aagemets, selectig pojects,

food, secuity, mateials, tools, etc. Doatios fo food ad

buildig mateials come fom local vedos ad volutees.

Plaig ad implemetig the evet come fom commuity

volutees ad the sta at the Big Day of Se vig.

What shuld I knw abut transprtatin?All goups must big adult dives with vehicles that ca

be used, if eeded, fo taspotig you goup to ad f om

the pojects. If you goup chates a bus, please have it

available fo use i taspotig paticipats to ad fom

poject sites. Some evet locatios caot accommodate

lage vehicles so if you ited to big a lage bus, please

be sue you locatio ca a ccommodate oe.

What are thers saying abut the Big Day fSering?Give us a call (800-366-8948) ad wed be happy to co-

ect you with othe youth leades who have bought thei

kids o the Big Day of Sevig expeiece!

DATES AND LOCATIONS


Akron, OHAtlanta, GAChicago, ILDanbry, CT

Denver, CODbqe, IAEnmclaw, WAIndianapolis, INLima, OH

Lynchbrg, VAManassas, VAMedina, OHNasha, NH

Nashville, TNSan Diego, CAWest Palm Beach, FLYorkville, IL

FALL 2012/ SPrING 2013

A Typ i c Al DAy7:30 AM chek n

8:00 AM Kkoff Ra8:30 AM Deart for proje ts

12:00 pM lunh & Devotons

3:00 pM Bok part ceebraton

4:30 pM Deart for Home

WHAT TO kNOW

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rEGISTEr NOW!Here are yor three easy options for registering:

Call 800.385.4545

Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm

(MountainTime)

Register with your credit card

on: GrupMissinTrips.cmFill out the registration form and

mail with a deposit check to:

Grup Cares

1515 Cascade Avenue

Loveland, CO 80538

Starting September 30, 2012, a $50 nonrefundable deposit is required from each participant. Deposit s are not transferrable to camp balances. Please only register the number

of participants you intend to bring. However, you can add more participants un til the camp reaches its capacity by calling your Registration Team 1-800-385-4545, option 3.

Upon registration youll be asked to sign our Terms and Conditions to complete the registration process.

CHooSE A GRoUP MISSIoN TRIP

[ ] Wokcamps [ ] Week of Hope [ ] The Big Day Of Sevig [ ] Lifetee Advetues

SELECT YoUR MISSIoN TRIP

Fist Optio Date Fee

Secod Optio Date Fee

RESERvE SPACE

Please egiste a miimum of 1 adult fo evey 5

studets. If you egiste both males ad females,

sig up at least 1 adult male ad 1 adult female.

PRIMARY CoNTACT

name

Please Sed Coespodece to: [ ] My Chuch [ ] My Home

Addess

City State Zip

Daytime Phoe Email Addess

CHURCH INFoRMATIoN

Chuch name

[ ] My chuch has atteded a pevious

Goup Missio Tip

CHECK YoUR PAYMENToPTIoN BELoW

[ ] Ealy Bid registatio

This special oe lets you hold you spot ad

pay o deposit util Septembe 30th, 2012.

[ ] Check Eclosed to Goup Caes $

Check #/MO #

[ ] Please cota ct me fo my cedit cad

ifomatio to alize my egistatio.

Space for participants nder age 21

Space for adlt participants

+

Total registered participants

=

321

Sign up nw and challenge yur teenagerswith a week f Christian service and fun!

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STATEmENT OF FAITHWe believe the Bible is the ispied, authoitative Wod of God. We believe thee is oe God, eteally existet i thee

pesos: Fathe, So ad Holy Spiit. We believe i the deity of Jesus Chist, i his vigi bith, i his siless life, i his death

o the coss, i his bodily esuectio, i his ascesio to the ight had of the Fathe, ad i his pesoal etu . We believe

people eceive fogiveess of si ad eteal life though a elatioship with Jesus.

WHY WE ExIST

Fist ad foemost, ou missio tips ae about spiitual

gowth. Somethig excitig happes i these uique e-

viomets. You kids will step out of thei comfot zoes

ad ito a place whee, a logside thei pees, they put thei

faith ito pactical actio! Theyll also expeiece powe-ful, iovative eveig pogams. We eve take shot cut s

that would jeopadize the spiitual impact o you kids.

Yea afte yea, ou pogams cosistetly challege ad

ispie youg people to gow i thei faith with Jesus Chist.

I 1977, Coloado sustaied a catastophic ood. The fol-

lowig yea, Thom Schultz, foude of Goup Publishig,

ogaized chuch youth goups fom acoss the couty

to come to Coloado ad help ebuild the homes ad lives

of the oods victims. Moe tha 300 kids ad thei youth

leades, just like you, aived i Coloado, ad woked o

ove 50 epai pojects. That same yea, Goup Caes (fo-

mely Goup Wokcamps Foudatio) was established as

the o-pot divisio of Goup Publishig. Sice the,

300,000 missio tip paticipats have acked up moe

tha 6 millio volutee hous sevig people i eed.

Sice that st evet, oe thig emais tue: we stogly

believe i povidig oppotuities fo kids to gow close to

Chist though sevig othes eithe i thei ow backyad

o halfway acoss the globe.

Today, Goup Missio Tips has gow ad oes fou

uique types of missio tips that take place i eithe the

Spig, Summe o Fall ad a ge fom oe day expeieces

to seve day missio tips:

The Big Day f SeringA oe-day sevice evet whee kids gathe to seve ad

tasfom a eighbohood i eed i thei local commui-

ties. The Goal: Oe Day, Oe Cause, Oe Millio Kids.

Week f HpeFocuses o povidig tips that build fiedships ad mea -

igful coectios while caig fo childe ad the eldely.

Though heatfelt expeieces & acts of kidess, youth will

shae the love of Jesus & big hope to the lives they touch.

WrkcampsWeek-log, home-epai missio tips whee youth wok

had epaiig homes fo people i eed, while buildig

stog elatioships with fieds ad youth leades.

Lifetree AdenturesPovide a oppotuity fo youth to seve o a itea-

tioal level. Tavel to Peu, Haiti, Pueto rico, o eve choose

you ow locatio, ad shae the love of Jesus globally!

Grup Missin Trips is the Leading Priderf Christian Yuth Missin Trips.We leerage 36 years f expertise t guarantee well-planned, stress-free missin trips fr yu. Grup Missin Trips are

designed t gie yu an pprtunity t spend yur time in ministry nt administratie details! All ur years f experi-

ence in mission trips has helped us rene the process and eliminate the hassles of trip planning. We take care of the

details s yu can fcus n what matters mst - the spiritual grwth f yur students befre, during and after the trip.


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T register call (800) 385-4545 r isit GrupMissinTrips.cm

GIvE YOUr kIDS A GOD-CENTErEDExPErIENCE THEYLL NEvEr FOrGET.

GRoUP MISSIoN TRIPS

c/ Grup Cares

1515 Cascade Aveue

Lovelad, CO 80538

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