TEAM OPENINGS AND MISSION OPPORTUNITIES
TEAM OPENINGS & MISSION OPPORTUNITIES
Below is the most up-to-date information our office has regarding current team openings and various mission opportunities, however we cannot guarantee that all opportunities are still available. Please contact the team leader for the latest information.
These opportunities are listed in alphabetical order by country.
To list your own team for a mission opportunity, send an email with details to gray_miller@umvim.org.
Be sure to visit Discover…Mission to learn more about mission journeys for young adults!
Alabama
Alabama Rural Ministries is seeking teams for the summer. This opportunity is great for youth and those who are new to mission journeys. Visit www.arm-al.org for more info.
Angola
Teams serve at the Quéssua Methodist Mission in Angola in a variety of ways, from theological education to medical work, evangelism, ministry with youth and women, VBS, malaria control, minor construction projects, etc.
If you are interested in joining a team to Angola or need more information, please contact me at irodriguez@flumc.org or the team leader.
July 12-26, led by Giselle Lawn, gisellelawn@gmail.com
August 1-15, led by Trish and Adam Hall, ath5789@gmail.com
August 18 - August 30, Mountain Sky Conference
September 2-16, led by Molly McEntire and Icel Rodriguez, mmcentire@flumc.org
September 16-30, led by Armando & Icel Rodriguez, irodriguez@flumc.org
October/November (exact date and team leader TBD)
Arizona - Navajo Nation
August 20-21, 2024 Tsaile, AZ
Serve with Solar Oven Partners to distribute ovens and teach the benefits of cooking with solar. Travel to one of our distribution sites and work side-by-side with our oven recipients to assemble ovens and prepare food. Whether you go to the Dominican Republic, the communities in the northwestern lands of the Navajo Nation, or Sierra Leone, you will not be cordoned off in the tourist areas, but will instead be among the people in the lived realities. This gives you the opportunity to learn about what life is like so you can teach your church and other friends back home. You will work hard, learn, and worship and you will come back changed by the experience.
Contact Christopher Sylvah
cuba
November 1-11, 2024
Contact Mike Burgamy for more information and application. Mike Burgamy: burgamy@bellsouth.net
Various journeys to Cuba, Florida Conf.
July 8-15, Home for the Elderly in Havana, led by Robert Pinera, rpinera@aol.com
Sept 9-16, Camp Canaan in central Cuba, led by Robert Pinera, rpinera@aol.com
Oct 10-17, Methodist Seminary in Havana, led by Robert Pinera, rpinera@aol.com
Dec 2-9, Holguin Central Church in eastern Cuba, led by Icel Rodriguez, irodriguez@flumc.org
Dominican Republic
January 8-18, 2024
March 20-30, 2024
Serve with Solar Oven Partners to distribute ovens and teach the benefits of cooking with solar. Travel to one of our distribution sites and work side-by-side with our oven recipients to assemble ovens and prepare food. Whether you go to the Dominican Republic, the communities in the northwestern lands of the Navajo Nation, or Sierra Leone, you will not be cordoned off in the tourist areas, but will instead be among the people in the lived realities. This gives you the opportunity to learn about what life is like so you can teach your church and other friends back home. You will work hard, learn, and worship and you will come back changed by the experience.
Contact Christopher Sylvah
eSTONIA
"To Estonia with Love" volunteer-in-mission trip July 24-August 5, 2024. Be a part of English Camp at Christian Camp Gideon in Estonia and help youth improve their conversational skills while they grow closer to God. Team leaders: Rev. Russ & Rev. Kathryn Adams. For more information email .
Cost: approximately $3000.00
Deadline: March 1, 2024
Registration: Rev. Kathryn Adams
Honduras
Friends of Barnabus, July 13-20, 2024
Friends of Barnabas has been serving remote mountain communities in central Honduras since 2000. Each month we send a team of medical and non-medical volunteers to provide medical, dental and vision clinics. In addition the teams provide education, vitamins, anti-parasite medications and development screenings for children.
We have an opening for a medical volunteer on July 13-20, 2024. The cost to join the team is $2250, which includes airfare, accommodations, meals, and security. Our trips go from Saturday to Saturday. The teams fly to Honduras early Saturday morning and take a 1.5 hour drive to our facilities in Peňa Blanca. On Sunday the team will have a chance to visit either a waterfall or botanical gardens in the morning, and the afternoon will be spent preparing for the week ahead. Monday through Friday are clinic days where our teams will travel to remote communities (typically a 1-2 hour drive) and hold medical, dental and vision clinics. On a typical day, our teams will see 150-200 patients.
Alabama Honduras Medical Education Network, June 1-8, 2024
The Alabama Honduras Medical Educational Network seeks team members for its June 1-8 Río de Agua Viva team. We will be working with community leaders in the La Ceiba community of Jutiapa to teach micro-banking & lending, clean water culture, and community gardening & composting. We will also be leading a trash pickup day and host a leadership forum. All are welcome to apply! The cost is $1000 + airfare with a $100 deposit due by December 1. Reduced rates are available for college students. Send Michael Franklin an email at frankmj42@gmail.com for more details.
Latvia
September 2-16, 2024, South Carolina Conf.
Team Leader Tony Rowell is seeking additional team members for a journey to Latvia in 2024. Cost yet to be determined, but estimate around $3000 for the journey. Contact Tony at lolobobo@windstream.net
Liberia
July 20-August 5, 2024
We are building a team for a two week program to offer VBS, academic tutoring and a daily meal to the children at Camphor Mission. Teens, young adults, mid-life adults, older adults - any and all are welcome to participate. We need a big team for this program, so please share the word. Contact Janet Kleckner if you have questions: 216-280-5511. Virtual team meetings coming soon.
Manos Juntas, Rio Bravo, Mexico
September 11-15, 2024
West Ohio's mission teams to Mexico are coordinated through Manos Juntas, the licensed healthcare ministry of the Methodist Church of Mexico. Each short-term mission consists of two to three days of mission service along with travel and set up. A mobile medical clinic (with triage, pharmacy, intake and exam area) is set up in different locations during the mission. Each day's location will be determined by Manos Juntas staff and will maximize the teams' impact. Clinic sites will be in communities around Rio Bravo, Reynosa and Nuevo Progreso. The team stays at Manos Juntas in Rio Bravo.
Each team is comprised of medical professionals (doctors, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, specialists, nurses and dieticians), translators, pastors, educators and people willing to share the love of Jesus. Some teams also include a construction project and/or visiting the children's home, where additional people can serve.
Cost is $350 per person to cover lodging, ground transportation, and meals. Each person is responsible for purchasing their own airfare. Team members must also raise a minimum of $100 toward the mission's administrative and medication costs of $2,500.
A NON-REFUNDABLE $150 deposit is due upon registration. Remaining funds are due no later than 20 days prior to the mission date.
Contact: Chad Stoltz
Nicaragua
Since 2011, Wayne and Theresa Jones have been working on Nicaraguan church builds; completing six churches to date. This summer, you can join them in building a church in the rural area between León and the capitol city of Managua. Work begins early June with anticipated completion at the end of July. You may participate in many ways; please consider supporting this project with your prayers, your finances, or join the Ocean Springs UMC team this summer for a week! More information coming soon.
For more information, contact: Wayne Jones 228-596-5480 cwaynej1957@gmail.com or Theresa Jones 228-263-6789 theresahasselljones@gmail.com
New Mexico - Navajo Nation
June 25-26, 2024 Gallup, NM
Serve with Solar Oven Partners to distribute ovens and teach the benefits of cooking with solar. Travel to one of our distribution sites and work side-by-side with our oven recipients to assemble ovens and prepare food. Whether you go to the Dominican Republic, the communities in the northwestern lands of the Navajo Nation, or Sierra Leone, you will not be cordoned off in the tourist areas, but will instead be among the people in the lived realities. This gives you the opportunity to learn about what life is like so you can teach your church and other friends back home. You will work hard, learn, and worship and you will come back changed by the experience.
Contact Christopher Sylvah
PERU
September 1-8, 2024
Satipo Health Care Mission
The Team will work directly with Inglesia Methodist Satipo and Peruvian Coordinator Annie Solis to provide health care, pharmacy support, reading glasses and bra distribution, Activities for children and nutrition have been requested .
COST: $1,500 plus airfare
CONTACT: Jody Pratt Deadline for RECEIPT of applications March 1, 2024
Limited to twelve team members.
Wisconsin - Camp Lake Lucerne
September 29-October 4, 2024
Join us for a week of fellowship, fun and hard work! Plan to arrive and settle into your room in one of the cabins, then join us for dessert and our first evening together in Ridgewood, where we will share morning and evening devotions each day. Meals will be eaten in the Lodge starting with Monday breakfast and concluding with breakfast on Friday.
Tasks may range from cleaning out cabins (washing windows, sweeping floors) to bringing in work at the waterfront to cutting down trees and brush to roof repairs and laying new sidewalk! We will do what the staff asks us to do -- and more! Fall or spring, Lucerne is a place to appreciate God’s creation.
Cost: $200. Transportation is not included.
Contact: Gail Burgess
Wisconsin - Pine Lake Camp
May 12-18, 2024
Come and join our annual pilgrimage to Pine Lake as we get the camp cleaned up and open for the busy summer season. We will be staying in the Rader Retreat Center where each room has a double and a single bed with private bathroom.
Bedding and towels will be provided.
Projects will include installing docks and piers, cleaning cabins and washing windows. There will probably be wood cutting, splitting, stacking, chipping and general grounds clean-up. Remember, always be flexible about whatever projects the staff has on the priority list.
Cost: $200/week or $40/day. Transportation is not included.
Contact: Wes Hurlburt
Wisconsin - Red CLiff Reservation
June 16-22, 2024
This is a repeat trip to that site to continue to serve the residents of the reservation and deepen the relationship with the Native American community there.
There is something for everyone to do as the needs vary from repair to ramp construction to helping with daily tasks when needed. There is always an abundance of cultural exchange on this trip.
This is an adult/youth trip.
Cost: $150. Transportation is not included.
The team is limited to 15 people.
Contact: Joan Harvey