2018 COLLEGE PARK CHURCH. Guide

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1 2018 COLLEGE PARK CHURCH Guide

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3 DATES: Apr , 2018 LEADER: Taylor & Lauren Pence COST: $2100 through Dec. 15, 2017 or $2400 after Dec. 15, 2017 CASPIAN The purpose of this trip is to encourage missionaries in the Caspian and meet, befriend, and minister to students and others, providing creative ways of connecting and building bridges for the gospel to be shared.

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5 DATES: Nov. 8-19, 2018 LEADER: Ron Page COST: $2100 through June 1, 2018 or $2400 after June 1, 2018 INDIA Get a vision for unreached people groups in northern India and learn about the church planting, education, and orphan care ministries of our strategic partner, Good News for India. This trip includes opportunities to worship and pray with the students and faculty of New Theological College and even to attend college classes for a day. You ll experience Indian culture through visits to village schools, train travel, bus travel, and a visit to a Hindu holy site on the Ganges. We also travel through Delhi and visit a Hindu temple.

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7 DATES: Mar. 3-10, 2018 LEADER: Doug Allgood COST: $1600 through Dec. 15, 2017 or $1900 after Dec. 15, 2017 GUATEMALA Come experience the vision for ministry in Guatemala by working with College Park missionary Amie Bockstahler. Our team will support Amie s ministries in a medical clinic, medical home visits, orphanage project, evangelism in the garbage dump community, and helping a local church distribute meals. There s also a possible opportunity to climb a volcano!

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9 DATES: Mar. 1-11, 2018 LEADER: Dale Shaw COST: $2300 through Dec. 15, 2017 or $2600 after Dec. 15, 2017 TRIP FULL PERU The Peru team will spend time working on a project connected with College Park missionaries Brad & Gina Shaw s ministry in Cotahuasi. We ll visit and serve in remote villages where Quechan pastors are establishing churches, with the assistance of the Shaws. Please note that this trip will include a significant amount of hiking at altitudes higher than most of us are accustomed to. Accordingly, being very fit is a necessity for a successful trip.

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11 TRIP 1 KID S CAMP TWO DATES: July or July 27-Aug. 5, 2018 LEADER: Bob Doster COST: $2000 through Dec. 15, 2017 or $2300 after Dec. 15, 2017 TRIP 2 CONSTRUCTION DATES: TBD, Late July 2018 LEADER: Dick Niedermeyer COST: $2000 through Dec. 15, 2017 or $2300 after Dec. 15, 2017 HUNGARY TRIP 1 is ideal for families who want to serve together. Two different teams will travel to Tóalmás, an ancient village outside of the capital of Budapest, to minister to young people attending a Word of Life Summer Camp. Activities include teaching conversational English and German, exercising your gifts of playing and/or coaching sports (including basketball and soccer), helping staff, and sharing the gospel when you have an opportunity to do so. TRIP 2 is an opportunity to support the ministry to Word of Life Hungary by working on construction projects for various bulidings and improvement projects on campus.

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13 DATES: Mar. 24-Apr. 1, 2018 LEADER: Brad Schweibold COST: $2300 through Dec. 15, 2017 or $2600 after Dec. 15, 2017 LEBANON CANCELLED Working with Heart for Lebanon, the primary focus will be to take the love of Jesus Christ to the displaced children of the Syrian refugees living in Lebanon. The team will work together to prepare and present a gospel-centered lesson in schools, which are predominantly Muslim. There will also be visits to the refugee camps for tent visits and food distribution. The return trip will involve a stop in Egypt where members from College Park s Arabic Church will host the team for a brief tour of the country and meetings with local Christians and pastors.

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15 DATES: June 24-July 1, 2018 LEADER: Patrick Shannon COST: $2600 through Dec. 15, 2017 or $2900 after Dec. 15, 2017 LONDON Each summer, thousands of Gulf Arabs come to London for vacation. Most of them have never had a single opportunity to hear the truth about Jesus. London Bridges is an innovative way to share the gospel with them. While it is illegal to evangelize or distribute Bibles in the home countries of these Arabs, summertime in London provides the opportunity to share about Jesus. Many will be exposed to the gospel for the very first time. The work is done in small teams focused on sowing seeds and building personal relationships when the opportunity arises.

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17 DATES: June 2-9, 2018 LEADER: Reggie McGuire COST: $2000 through Dec. 15, 2017 or $2300 after Dec. 15, 2017 DUBAI The goal of this trip is to reach out to migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates, primarily those from South Asia, with the gospel. You will be equipped to share God s Word and minister to immigrant workers through prayer, fellowship, storytelling, and distributing Compassion Kits. Due to the nature of the trip, this vision trip is only for men.

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19 DATES: June 28-July 8, 2018 LEADER: Bob Whitmore COST: $ airfare (includes $1000 for safari) through Dec. 15, 2017 or $ airfare after Dec. 15, 2017 KENYA CANCELLED Encounter Africa in a unique way by seeing how African International University (of which Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology is a part) works through the eyes of its students, faculty, and administration. The team will attend church at Nairobi Chapel, and stay on the AIU campus in the Kijiji Guest House. There is an optional opportunity to experience a genuine safari for an additional $1,000.

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21 DATES: June 9-16, 2018 LEADER: Rusty Spiars COST: $500 ($175 for children 10 & under) through Dec. 15, 2017 or $550 ($200 for children 10 and under) after Dec. 15, 2017 ARIZONA (NAVAJO) The primary goal of this team is to minister to the Navajo people by sharing the love of Christ through the activities of Vacation Bible School, including involvement in prayer, music, teaching, a puppet ministry, cleaning, and playing sports. This trip is ideal for family units to do together.

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