We'd love to have HEFC partner with us in the following ways:
1. Lift both teams up in PRAYER - STARTING NOW - that God would direct the right individuals to join either team, that the funds would come in the enable each participant to join and that we'd have money for construction costs, groceries, etc., for the partner churches to be prepared for us to join them, that God would be preparing the hearts of those that we will minister too - to be able to receive the gospel, for the health of all involved, etc.
2. JOIN A TEAM! If you are interested and want more information, contact Ann Broscoff.
3. Support the teams financially - through direct donation (be sure to designate gifts given to HEFC as for missions), or by participating in fundraisers. One fundraiser that is starting TODAY (11/22) and will go through 12/7, is a 31 fundraiser. 20% of all sales through this party will be donated to HEFC Missions, so if you want to get some Christmas shopping done, go to (I'll send you the link soon pastor). We will have other fundraisers as well, likely to include Pizza Ranch and Unhinged Pizza community nights, Goat Cheese and beauty product sales, Goat Yoga events, and more. Keep your eyes and ears open for announcements, participate in the events, and share them with your family and friends.
The Appalachia trip is going to be June 20-26. We will be driving 1 or 2 15-passenger vans down there (depending upon the final group size). We currently have 10 group members committed, and we'd love to see that grow to 15+. The overall cost is going to be around $725/person (depending upon gas costs). Our ministry there will focus on trying to help with some light construction and supporting our partner church there in their ministry - likely with some children's ministry opportunities, meeting some of the physical needs of families there by distributing Blessing Bags (filled with practical needs such as food items we purchase there, as well as any other items that the HEFC church family may wish to send with us), and other ministry opportunities.
The Puerto Rico trip is going to be on/about July 18-24 (exact start and end dates may change, depending upon flight costs). We currently have 10 individuals that will be going, and we'd like to see that number climb to 15+ as well. The cost will be around $975/person + flight (we are hoping this will be around $350 each). Our ministry focus there will be light construction (hurricane and earthquake recovery) and working with a partner church in the mountain areas near San Juan in their children's ministry, possibly some sports ministry, distributing Blessing Bags (as for Appalachia), and more.