Mission Trip

We are excited to announce our high school mission trip is open to students currently in grades 8 – 12. Our mission trip team will be working with Appalachia Service Project, likely in Tennessee, from June 26 – July 3 to make homes warmer, safer, and drier for families in need. If you couldn’t come to the information session on Sunday, January 23, you can find all the details for our trips including housing accommodations, work plans, fundraising, COVID precautions and more below. 

Registration
Covenant
Fundraising
Important Dates
Questions?

Complete Registration Packet 

Click here for the Youth Registration Forms.

Click here for the Adult Registration Forms.

Non-refundable deposit of $100 per trip

Copy of both sides of Health Insurance Card

Before the trip (required to attend):

  • Participate in fundraisers 
  • Attend trainings (make up essay if you miss one)
  • Attend departure meeting

During the trip:

  • Follow the Covenant in registration packet
  • 3 Strikes Policy – coming home at own expense!

After the trip:

  • Share experiences with congregation
  • Memories for a lifetime!
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Goal: $6,000

  • Create community 
  • Fundraise for the trip to make it affordable for all
  • Led by the parents
  • Pick 3-4 fundraisers for the year including (1) team building fundraiser
  • Ideas include:
    • returnable drive, soup/cookie in a jar, flower sale, butter braids sale, wall of money, meal event (would have to wait for warm weather to do outdoors)

January 23: Registration opens!

February 15: Registration and $100 deposit per trip due

March 1: All paperwork and final payment due

June 26: Depart for Mission Trip

Contact Sarah Godbehere or Margaret Mollison.

When

June 26 – July 3, 2022

Where

While the exact location has yet to be decided by the Appalachia Service Project (or, ASP), we will likely be serving in Tennessee. 

The ASP boards teams in schools, community centers, and churches. We will be sleeping on the floor, so mattresses, bedding, and cots will be on the packing list. 

Transportation

We’ll travel by vans from GPMC to Appalachia and use those same vans to get from our home base to our different work sites each day. 

Budget

The estimated cost for members is $300. For non-members, the estimated cost is $600. 

Need-based scholarships are available.

COVID Precautions

ASP requires masks at all times unless sleeping, eating, or showering. GPMC trip members are expected to be vaccinated prior to the trip. We will also take COVID tests prior to our road trip.

Last year ASP hosted 4,000 volunteers and had no COVID cases all summer long! ASP’s COVID screening protocols apply to both volunteers and homeowners.

Who

Youth currently in grades 8 – 12
GPMC Advisors, 2 per work team

What will we be doing?

Each year, ASP brings thousands of volunteers to repair houses for low-income families. Home projects could include painting, constructing drainage ditches, building porches/stairs/ramps, kitchen or bathroom repair, roofing, or foundation repair. During COVID, ASP has shifted the majority of the work to take place outside. This is a relationship ministry with construction on this side! Everyone will have a chance to get to know the homeowners.

Tentative Schedule

We’ll work during the day with devotional time and fun activities, like concerts and cookouts, in the evening. After our week with ASP is over, we will have one fun day on the way home.