Global Missions

• Dates: May 10-24, 2019
• Cost: $3,100

The team will be partnering with Not Abandoned, an organization located in Pattaya, Thailand to work with women made vulnerable by sex slavery. We will be connecting with and building relationships with these women and providing them with practical options to start a new life of freedom. Throughout our time there, the team will spend about 9 days building relationships and doing outreach to these women. At the end of the experience, we will have a big celebration dinner to celebrate the new relationships that have been built and connect the women to the programs and classes that Not Abandoned provides. A $100 non-refundable deposit is due at time of application.

There is an informational meeting on Sunday, December 9 at 12:30 p.m. in Conference Center Breakout Room B.

• Dates: May 6 – 17, 2019
• Cost: $2,300

We are forming a team to work at a conference for women from the Middle East, many of whom have made significant sacrifices to follow Christ. Our focus will be to connect with and serve them as they grow in their faith. Each day we will pray together and follow the Lord’s lead as we tend to the mind, body, and spirit of those we serve.

There is an informational meeting on December 9 at 12:30 p.m. in Conference Center Breakout Room A.

• Dates: March 2 – 10, 2019
• Cost: $2,100

This team of adults will be partnering with churches in the Beirut area as they staff medical/dental clinics among Syrian refugees. While providing medical/dental care, our team will also be working with emerging church plants in the area bringing the gospel to the refugee communities. The team will consist of medical and dental professionals as well as a few others with skills and abilities to support them in this mission.

• Dates: TBD – Summer/Fall 2019
• Participants must be 16 years of age or older
• Maximum of 20 people on the team
• Cost: $2,600

We will be working with our partners in India to serve in our Open Doors sponsored school in Gaya and a school in Ara where we helped build classrooms. We’ll be able to interact with our Ward-sponsored students through tutoring and kids’ activities. We’ll also be able to connect with our partners in Patna and their work.

Trip application will be available once exact dates are determined.

• Team Leader: SJ Winter
• Dates: 1 Week in July 2019
• Cost: $1,500
• Participants: primarily singles, age 19-35

This past year, we went sent a team to Puerto Rico with some of our EPC sister churches to do hurricane relief and we are seeing if we can return. We are looking for primarily singles, aged 19-35, to apply to be part of our mission trip team for a week in July 2019.

Our information meeting for next year’s trip will be Sunday, January 20 at 12:30 p.m. in the Conference Center. A free lunch will be included.   

Please find more information about expectations for our mission trip and apply before January 20.