Summer Trip announced

We've announced dates and details for the July/August 2013 trip.

Applications are due no later than February 24. Here are links to the information sheet and the application.

Trip Dates.

    July 26 – August 11, 2013

Mandatory Training Dates & Times:

     Sunday, April 7 Friday,
     Sunday, April 21
     Friday, May 3 (Team Social Evening)
     Sunday, May 19
     Sunday, June 2 (Serve Day 8:30-4:30)
     June 14 (Team Social Evening)
     Sunday, June 23
     Sunday, July 14
     Sunday, July 21
     Sunday, August 18 (Team debrief)

Summer trip dates announced

The winter team just returned home and we are already planning for the summer team. Applications are due March 4th.  For more details login to ROCKHarbor CORE.


Trip Dates: July 2012 Trip :: July 27th to August 12th, 2012

Manditory Trainings:
Sunday, March 25th:
Sunday, April 15th:
Sunday, April 29th:
Sunday, June 24th :
Friday, June 29th (Team social):
Friday, May 11th (Team social) :
Sunday, May 20th:
Sunday, June 10th (Serve day: 8:30am-4:30pm) :
Sunday, July 8th :
Wednesday, July 18th (Team commissioning) :
Sunday, July 22nd (Packing party):
Sunday, August 19th (Team debrief):
Sept. 6th/Oct. 4th (South Africa community gatherings):

Summer Trip Details

We have been accepting applications for a summer trip for the past month. This week we will begin interviews and team selection. Here are the trip details.

Trip Dates:: August 6th - August 21st

Training Dates & Times:
Sunday, April 11th
Sunday, April 25th
Friday, May 14th (Evening Team Social)
Sunday, May 23rd
Sunday, June 6th (Serve day-8:30-3:00pm)
Sunday, June 27th
Friday, July 9th (Evening Team Social)
Sunday, July 18th
Sunday, August 1st (Packing party)
Sunday, August 29th (Team debrief)
Sept. 2nd/Oct. 7th (SA community gathering)
*All training sessions are mandatory and will take place from 11:00am to 2:00pm unless otherwise noted. Team socials are strongly encouraged. Please take a look at every date and note that this is a very big time commitment, in and out of trainings.

All information for this trip is available on ROCKHarbor Core.

Training # 3

We had training #3 for the July/August 2009 trip yesterday. Fund raising looks like it is going well and the team is really starting to bond. We spent time in prayer and worship and covered a great devotional on spiritual warfare. We then talked about testimonies and defining moments and everyone will be sharing theirs with the rest of the group over the coming weeks. These are good preparation and used often when meeting new people in a new culture so we like everyone to have one ready. We also learned more about how to create a lesson plan since some of our work could include teaching classes at the Bridges Academy. We did a "River Crossing" skit which is and early CHE lesson to discuss the difference between relief and development.

Dennis Wadley came and spoke to the whole team about Bridges of Hope and the model they have used (CHE - lifewind.org) in transforming Phillipe and what we have started in Sweet Home. It is always amazing to see how far they have come and how much more is possible.

The next training is a service day in Watts with Watt's Powerhouse Church. Serving there is always amazing and we really enjoy Pastor Todd Grant.

These are the two memory verses for the week.

1 Peter 5:8,9
Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.

James 4:7,8
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Come near to God and he will come near to you.

Summer Team Selection

We've spent the last few weeks interviewing candidates for the Summer trip and after many meetings we have selected and called the final team. If you didn't find out by today (positive or negative) then something went wrong.

If you were not selected, please don't be disappointed. There are a lot of variables that go into creating a team and it may be that you have a skill that we may need on a future team. We are working with ROCKHarbor on a program that should launch soon that will give everyone an opportunity to serve. There are a lot of events and ways to help before and after a trip and we will be announcing ways to get involved. This will also give the leaders a better opportunity to get to know potential team members well before the interview process and will help us make a more informed decision. A 30-45 minute interview is short and may not show your true heart for South Africa.

Interviews

The core team will be interviewing applicants every evening for the next two weeks. We plan on having the team chosen by the middle of February. We will call everyone we interview to tell them if they have or have not been selected for the team. This is a very difficult process as we typically receive three or four times the number of applicants as we have slots available. There are always difficult decisions at the end and we have turned away many amazing people for no other reason than there are just not enough slots. We pray a lot about our choices and try as best we can to lot God choose His team and simply work through us. If you pray, please pray that we put Him first and allow Him to guide our every move in the selection, training and during the trip.

Summer Trip Dates and Info

We are currently accepting applications for a trip in the summer.

Applications are due by February 1 and can be picked up at ROCKHarbor.

• Trip Dates:: July 24th - August 9th
• Approximate trip cost: $3500. You will be responsible for raising personal support in this amount through sending support letters and other creative ideas you come up with. The Leadership team will help you in the process and track your progress throughout our training period.
• $400 non-refundable deposit is due upon being invited to go on the team
• The trip will consist of, but not limited to, two main areas of ministry:
• Community development in our adopted township called Sweet Home where we will teach spiritual, health, and business lessons with local leaders, do home visits and hold a VBS
• Ministering to orphaned youth at an Academy through teaching academic classes, helping with homework, participating in sports and recreational activities, and building relationships
• Training Dates & Times:
• Sunday, March 8th
• Sunday, March 22 (Team Social)
  
• Sunday, April 5
• Sunday, April 19
• Sunday, May 3 (Serve day-8:30-3:00pm)
• Sunday, May 17
• Sunday, June 7
• Friday, June 19 (Team Social)
• Sunday, June 28
• Sunday, July 19

*All training sessions are mandatory and will take place from 11:00am to 2:00pm unless otherwise noted. Team social times are to be announced. Please take a look at every date and note that this is a very big time commitment, in and out of trainings.

For more information, stop by the information tables after church, or send us an e-mail to the contact listed at the right of this page.