Service and Outreach Opportunities

There are many opportunities within the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for an individual person, church or group to reach out to others with the love of Christ. If you would like to organize a work trip for your own church and aren't quite sure where or how, then click on the graphic to the left for assistance. The 2008 Christian Service Ministry Opportunities booklet is full of contact information for many different service opportunities within the U.S. and outside the States.

Volunteers in Mission (VIA) provides coordinating leadership for a voluntary service program with both overseas and stateside mission fields. Take the time to view the PowerPoint of this program (VIA PowerPoint)

If you do not have the PowerPoint program on your computer, you can download a PowerPoint Viewer to open the document. It is a free and easy download from Microsoft. Just click on the link to go to the download page. If the link doesn't work for you, go to
www.microsoft.com home page. From there follow the links to the PowerPoint Viewer 2007 download page.

Listed on this page is just some of the upcoming work trips within the denomination.

Katrina/Rita Work Trips/Sites to the Gulf Coast —

1) Presbyterian Volunteer Village
A practical resource to help work teams assisting in rebuilding the Gulf Coast and offering the gift of hospitality. More>>>

Other Trips Planned:

2) May 24-31 and/or May 31-June 7 — Work Trip to Casa Shalom, Guatemala. Needing medical personnel and folks who know how to set up a clinic. Coordinator: Sam Suddarth at sam@thegraceteam.org

3) July 8-28, 2008 — Youth Mission Trip to Colombia, SA. Coordinator: Lynn Thomas at lynndont@bellsouth.net and/or Sam Suddarth at sam@thegraceteam.org

4) July 13-19, 2008 —Labor of Love Women's Work Trip to Mt. Vernon, KY. Coordinator: Vicki Daniels at womensworktrip@hotmail.com

5) August 2008 — Mission Trip to Mongolia. Coordinator: Robert Watkins at watkr@mac.com, Keith Rice and Ernest Gillis

6) Fall 2008 — Possible trip to work on the Popayan Church in Colombia. Contact Sam Suddarth is you are interested (sam@thegraceteam.org)

7) July 11-20, 2009 - Women's International Work Trip; Colombia, SA (contact person - Pam Phillips-Burk

If your church or presybery is planning a mission work trip and you are interested in including others, let us know and we'll post it here!