2012 Adult mission trips 

Family Mission Trip, Nicaragua - June 9 - 16

Adult Mission Trip, Nicaragua - October 20 - 27

Contact Vicki Walker for information about mission trips.

The 2011 Cuba UMVIM Mission Trip consisted of 12 team members. The team traveled to Havana, Cuba and assisted a local Methodist Church with renovations to their Parsonage and Sanctuary. The team was very blessed this year to provide a children’s ministry program for more than 100 children in central Havana; baseball shirts, gloves and baseballs to a youth team; and a case of Bibles written in Spanish. In addition to construction work assignments, the team was able to worship, witness the Holy Spirit and participate in worship services of local Methodist churches. The team had a firsthand experience in the vibrant witness of the Holy Spirit working in the lives of the Cuban people.

Mission trips to Cuba through UMVIM are assigned by the Bishop of the Methodist Church in Cuba based on the needs of the people and its churches. All UMVIM trips to Cuba for 2012 are currently filled. Hyde Park’s next UMVIM trip to Cuba is scheduled for February 2013. The 2013 team will consist of 12 members.

For more information or to get invovled contact Drema Muller.

Required Forms
Cuba Mission Trip Application
UMVIM - Medical Information and Release Form
UMVIM - International Missioner Profile and Release of Claim

From Pastor Felipe in Cuba
God bless you. I hope you are fine. I am in the semminary, and, I want to say that the construction of the garage is so good. No one has disturbed us, thanks God. I hope that a lot of you be able to come to the inauguration. I know you love us and will come to rejoice together.

God be with you, and say Hello to your son and daughter. Greetings to all Hide Park UMC.

In Christ´s love.
Pastor Felipe

Hyde Park United Methodist sent a small but dedicated team of 7 adults into the mission field of Leon, Nicaragua in October 2011 to provide help and outreach to the poor and needy. This was the sixth mission team in the same facility. The teams we send work in partnership with the El Ayudante mission in Leon providing aid wherever it is needed. This year’s team members worked as a unit both in schools and construction. Team members conducted Bible lesson activities for preschool and elementary children at different locations. The construction activities included two painting projects, one at the local school for special needs children and the other at the women’s clinic on the El Ayudante grounds.

2012 Mission Trips:
Family Mission Trip, June 9 - 16. For more information, contact Molly Smith.
Adult Mission Trip, October 20 - 27.  For more information, contact Ken Cowles.

Required Forms
Mission Trip Application
El Ayudante Medical Information and Release Form
El Ayudante Release of Claim
UMVIM Missioner Profile and Release
UMVIM Parental Consent
UMVIM Medical Forms

The South Africa Initiative is a multi-dimensional program designed to offer the opportunity to experience the fears, hurts, needs and hopes of the disadvantaged in South Africa. Hyde Park United Methodist has supported four different ministries in South Africa during the last four years. The ministries are located in Johannesburg and its suburbs, and in the cities of Durban and Pinetown. The ministries are: For Love of Children, Come Back Mission, Central Mission Methodist Church, Pinetown Methodist Church and the Seth Mokitimi
Seminary.

During the mission trips, the team set meetings with United Methodist ministers, attended church services, visited preschools and spent time with indigenous people in their homes. Home-stays in a mixed-race community of Christian volunteers outside of Johannesburg were a “must.” In many ways, making such a trip is one extended worship experience that can take you to a new place in your spiritual journey. It will leave an indelible imprint.

For more information, contact Tina Dampf.

Required Forms
Mission Trip Application
UMVIM - Medical Information and Release Form
UMVIM - International Missioner Profile and Release of Claim

For information about mission trips sponsored by UMVIM, click here.

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