High School Mission Trip

July 27 – August 5

Eastern Shore, VA

About EasternShore:

• Eastern Shore is a narrow peninsula between the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay

• Housing cost have climbed almost $15,000 in five years, which has left many unable to pay for their homes

• Unemployment is around 10% and 15% live below the poverty line

Why YouthWorks?

• A multi-demoninational organization that works with 70+ communities throughout North America

• YouthWorks has a strong focus on building relationships

• Relationship with adult leaders• Relationship with students from our church and other churches

• Programs are structured and organized

Cost

• Total cost of the trip is $650*• Includes the $50 YouthWorks discount

we’ve had in the past

• Global Missions has given us $75 per youth• Endowment Board is giving us $45 per

youth

Makes the total of the trip $530 before any payments or fund-raising

*If you sign up today, the cost is $625

Our Trip

Our Trip

• We will leave at 7am Friday morning (the 27th) and stay in the Indianapolis, IN area

Our Trip

• Leave Indianapolis Saturday morning and stay in the Washington, DC area

• Do some sight seeing in DC Sunday morning before heading to the Eastern Shore of Virginia

Arriving at Eastern Shore

4:30-5:30 Arrive at Site6:30 Dinner7:00 Orientation8:30 Club9:30 Church Group Time11:15 Lights Out

A Typical Day at the site

7:15 Breakfast8:15 Personal devotion time9:00 Leave for Ministry Sites4:00 Showers5:30 Dinner6:30 Evening Activity

Varies depending on the day

8:30 Club9:45 Church time10:45 Get ready for bed/lights out

• Pool night• Crabbing off a dock of local

community members• Visit hotspots of Onancock, VA• Community Cook-out

Our Trip• Friday morning we leave YouthWorks

around 9:30 and travel to the Pittsburgh, PA area

Will have an evening activity in the Pittsburgh area

Our TripSaturday we will travel to Champaign/Urbana

We will leave Champain Sunday morning and arrive back to Woodlake around 4 or 5

Trip Preparation

We will have five required Youth meetings to prepare for the trip:

PLEASE CLEAR THESE DATES NOW:• January 25th, 7:30pm Youth Room• March 7th, 6:30pm Youth Room• April 22nd, 11:15am Fireside Room• June 14th, 6:30pm Cook-out• July 18th, 6:30pm Pre-trip party and paper work turn-in

There will also be two identical parent informational meetings in the summer to go over details. Dates of those are TBD

Trip Preparation

Payment Due Dates:• Now: Deposit of $75• March: Start of Plant sale Fund-raiser• March 25th: Payment of $100• April: Twins game fund-raiser• May 20th: Half of the remaining balance due• July 18th: Final balance due

Fund-Raising

Twins Game– We have 100 tickets for the June 12th Twins game against

the Phillies– Seats are in the Family Section

• Ticket includes a hot-dog and a pop

– Sign-up will begin mid-April and will be on the bulletin board at church

– Tickets will be sold for $10 over face value– 100% of the money raised will be divided by the number of

youth going on the trip

Fund-Raising

Potential EarningThe original cost of the trip is $650 (minus approx. $110 from Endowment and Global Missions)

– $50 from Bake Sale– $115 from the Plant Sale (based on the average made last year)

– $38 from Twins Game

Before any payments, the fund-raisers could knock the cost down to about $310

$625 if you sign up today

Questions?