VIM Outreach Director Position
Volunteers in Mission and Outreach Director position
The Missional Board of the Susquehanna Conference has approved the hiring of a part time, 30 hour/week person to direct and administer the Volunteer in Mission and outreach programs of the conference. This person will be responsible for assisting individuals and local churches to get involved in mission activities locally and worldwide. The person needs to have a strong commitment to Volunteers in Mission with a purpose of making disciples for the transformation of the world. Resumes should be sent to the Susquehanna Conference office in care of Ken Mengel, Conference Secretary of Global Ministries.
Deadline for submission is January 31, 2012.
Haiti VIM Team. From February 28 to March 7, 2012, this VIM team will be working on the Croix des Mission church in Port-au-Prince.
Construction experience is not required; the VIM team members assist skilled Haitian workers. The only requirement is a cheerful, Christian heart.
The VIM team lodges at the Methodist Guest House where meals are prepared to North American health standards. The cost is $1,800/person which includes all expenses (airfare, lodging, meals, daily ground transportation, etc.). This is your opportunity to experience Haiti.
To read more about this project, visit http://www.lebanonumc.net . For more information, contact Bob Parker at
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or 603-863-7348.
39TH ANNUAL SEMINAR TO
THE BOARD OF GLOBAL MINISTRIES
February 5 – 8, 2012
Seminar meets at Global Ministries Headquarters
475 Riverside Drive, New York City
Flyer and Registration Form
The Haiti Partnership has several trips planned for 2012, and many still have openings for Volunteers in Mission to join us! Our group travel is planned with UMCOR and follow their lead of prior to trip required training as well as immunizations. Our trips are 10 days long and find much enrichment with our Haitians brothers and sisters and our fellow Americans. Our groups most usually live in the community that we are helping with construction projects. We work alongside of our new friends, both Haitian and American, and feel rich fulfillment even when small amounts of progress are made! We sing and dance, play soccer and dominos with our community. Please check out our website for the listing of our future trips www.haitipartnership.com Students must be 17 years old to be part of our Haiti Partnership teams. A primarily college student trip is planned for June 2012. Each of our team leaders is very experienced and greatly look forward to sharing the Haiti they know and love with new travelers. Haiti is a remarkable country, their faith is very inspiring! We encourage all who are interested to prayerfully consider a trip to Haiti.
Jodi Crimmel
Haiti Partnership
ERT (Early Response Team) training will be held on February 25, 2012 at Zion UMC in York, PA.
The all-day training will certify you to participate in disaster response after the disaster area is deemed safe by authorities. The cost is $25 and includes a student manual, lunch and snacks. Bring a laptop if you have it and a flash drive with the manual loaded will be provided.
This training is for people interested in helping with relief efforts following disasters. People taking this training are expected to be able to serve on teams on short notice.
A background check is required prior to attending the class. Go to the conference website, www.susumc.org and click on Safe Sanctuaries for instruction on completing the background check.
For more information contact Ken Mengel, 717-545-1742 or via email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.
Through action taken by the Missional Board, the Susquehanna Conference have hired 3 Disaster Relief Site Coordinators who will be handing flood relief and recovery and assisting VIM teams that come to flooded areas to help.
Doug Sivers will handle the North East area which covers Wilkes-Barre District, Scranton Districts, Bradford County and the areas of Nanticoke and Shickshinny.
Phone: 607-725-3086
E-mail:
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Jerry Haines will handle the Central area which covers Williamsport District and Lewisburg District (except for Nanticoke and Shickshinny)
Phone: 570-412-2194
E-mail:
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Trent Davis will handle the Capitol area which will include the New Cumberland, Harrisburg and York districts.
Phone: 717-818-8789
Email:
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All inquires for assistance should be directed to the site coordinator of the area requesting assistance.
All offers to help with clean up and recovery should be directed to Larry Siikanen.
We are asking that all flood relief donations be sent to the Conference Flood Relief,
Account # 63660.00
