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A Local Mission Trip
As the Youth Group coordinator at Grace Presbyterian Church outside of Washington DC, I greatly desired our youth group to go on a mission trip. But I wanted it to take place somewhere different than our homes and home church. I wanted to see the group serving or evangelizing—focused outwards on others and their needs. I was also excited to see relationships flourish as we spent time together through service, as a mission trip uniquely encourages. However, it was already late spring 2023, folks had their summer calendars decisively parsed, and honestly, I didn’t really feel like I had the bandwidth to lead a group of youth for an entire week as we were all out of our comfort zones. Mission trips are not something I myself have been a part of very much and I was intimidated by the planning required and the energy necessary for a far-away week-long trip.
OPC Short-Term Missions is Making A Comeback in 2022
No doubt you’ve noticed the near-depleted list of short-term mission opportunities the past two years due to COVID restrictions. But praise the Lord, things seem to be changing and we’re encouraged! According to the travel site, Kayak, as of November 24, 2021, the borders of five countries are now open, with no restrictions. 166 countries’ borders are open, with limited restrictions, and only 53 countries’ borders remain closed.Maybe you have been waiting in the wings for restrictions to lift in order to serve in an international short-term missions’ capacity. This may be just the time for you to jump into—or back into—short-term missions service. Missionaries, serving near and far, have spent much of these past two years without the encouragement and blessing of regular visitors—vital for their health and the success of the mission.
Naples 2019: Another Spring Break Team from RMS!
Once again this year at Spring Break, Reformed Missions Services (RMS.org) sent a team to Florida to serve at Christ the King OPC in Naples...
Churches Helping Churches 2019: Wisconsin Volunteers Install Key West Flooring
Andy and Beth said, "We had a great time with the project....So happy to be able to serve the Lord in this way..."
Churches Helping Churches: July Fourth Outreach in Kentwood, MI
The float we’re building will be used at Cedar OPC’s Memorial Day parade in Jenison, and then the name changed to Meadow Springs for the July 4th parade. This is Presbyterianism at some of its best!"
Naples 2018: Work Teams Enhance Our Credibility
The reputation of our church, and the credibility of our cause for the Gospel, has been significantly enhanced among our neighbors based on these good works...
Churches Helping Churches: Neon OPC Master Bath Rebuild
Shiloh OPC (Raleigh, NC) provided the funding, and a couple from Redeemer OPC (Ada, MI) volunteered to do the work! A great example of churches helping churches as two congregations came together to serve the OPC church plant in Neon, KY...
Churches Helping Churches: No Experience Required
TEAM UTAH 2017: This trip was something I was nervous about because I felt like I didn't have enough experience, but I was blessed with an amazing team who patiently taught me everything I needed to know . . .
Churches Helping Churches: Team Work in Key West!
Pete Onink and his daughter Jessica drove down from Illinois...Mark and Patti Palmer from Alabama joined them...David and Donna Taylor from Bradenton were vacationing nearby and came to pitch in...
San Antonio 2016: Generosity, Sacrifice, Love, Work, and Service
It is both humbling and encouraging to experience the love and unity of the body of Christ in this way. Our church family loves this team dearly and feels a strong kinship for the saints at Trinity...
Churches Helping Churches: Church Refurbishment Project in Mormon Country
TEAM UTAH 2015: Our team was honored to be able to serve our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by helping Christ Presbyterian Church (OPC) in Magna, Utah. They are truly a light in a very dark corner of our country . . .
Churches Helping Churches: Church Plant Receives Volunteers from Around the Country
An OPC church plant in New Hampshire put out a call for help with building refurbishment and received volunteers from California, Ohio, Maine, Vermont, and Massachusetts...
Churches Helping Churches: Successful July 4th Outreach
KENTWOOD, MI (2014): With the help of 3 other OP churches in Michigan, Meadow Springs Community Church (OPC) reached out to their community with a "Dragon Master" theme during the Annual July 4th Carnival in Kentwood, Michigan . . .
San Antonio 2013: Mission Tejas
We thank the Lord that we have grown closer to our sister church through mutual service and encouragement in the Lord. We are so grateful for their generosity. They have given of their resources to build up the body of Christ in northeast San Antonio . . .
Churches Helping Churches: Extreme Makeover: OPC Edition
NEW HORIZONS, October 2012: On July 9, 2012, a group of more than thirty people came from nine churches across the country to transform the inside, outside, and grounds of New Covenant OPC in South San Francisco, California . . .