WHY VOLUNTEER WITH UMVIM?

WHY VOLUNTEER THROUGH UMVIM?

1.UMVIM is an approved United Methodist ministry.

2. The mission projects are vetted and screened.

3. Volunteer teams can continue their relationship with the project site they served at via The Advance and missionaries.

4. All are welcome to serve.

5. Training, forms, insurance, etc. available

6. It's simple. Contact umvimwj@hotmail.com to get started!

Faith in Action

Faith in Action

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

SERVE IN EL SALVADOR; FUTURE TEAMS; TEAMS NEEDING VOLUNTEERS



SALVADORE MISSION PROJECTS

Looking for a place to serve? Check out Salvadore Mission Projects (SMP). It is the perfect destination for your workteam. You can find all the information you need to schedule a team at our website, www.salvadoranmissionprojects.com. While you are their please sign up for our 12 for 12 sup-port program. Your help is needed and will be greatly appreciated.


FUTURE TEAMS


Davis UMC Educational Team to Turkey – March 24 – April 6 Linda Deos and James Cramer lead and serve with Helen Roland, Eva Brock, Rosa Washington-Olson, Marcus Clark, Margo Clark, Elaine Ginosar and Alice Lakin of Davis UMC.

California – Nevada Conference Team to Haiti – March 27 – April 7 Suellen Rowlison leads and serves with Sara Munday, Carol Olmstead, Robert Olmstead, LeRoy Peters, John Prock and John Roberts of Placerville - Federated Community UMC, Julie Hastings and William Coye of Fullerton – FUMC and Manoj Kumar.


Los Altos / Palo Alto UMC Team to Camp Lodestar in Wilseyville, CA. – April 1 - 3 Leslie Carmichael leads and serves with Megan Alvey, Christopher Arnesen, Jacquelyn Chang, Jarrett Fishpaw, Meredith Forney, Emily Grendon, Andrew Kittle, John Larson, Kaitlin Medeiros, Patricia Parfett, Jessica Prudence, Allen Sourvignier, Brent Taylor, Hal Taylor, Derek Webb and Samuel Yun of Los Altos -Los Altos UMC and David Carmen of Palo Alto - FUMC.


Central Delta Area Team to Haiti – April 6 - 15 Bruce Burr leads and serves with John Curry, John Gabby and Jacy Franceschi of Dixon UMC, Patti Bartlebaugh and Lisa Shay of Brentwood UMC, Bob Buckner of Montegue UMC, Hope Harvey of Davis UMC, Lavonda Williams Ristow of Woodland UMC and Larry Gilbert of Alamo - San Ramon Valley UMC.


Los Gatos UMC Team to Colonet, Mexico – April 8 - 15 Larry Loper leads and serves with Cynthia Loper, Julia Loper, Gregory Loper, Justine Kwan, Tom Waldrop, Linda Waldrop, Susanna Waldrop, Kenneth Kasper, Bryan Mekechuk, Nikolas Mekechuk, Ryan Reyna, Jacob Ley, John Lynch and Amy Loofbourow of Los Gatos UMC.


Multi-Church Team to Slidell, Louisiana – April 9 - 23 Joe Hoffman of Dutch Flat UMC leads and serves with David Orland of Rancho Cordova UMC, Beth Murphy of Colfax UMC. Barbara Smith, Frank Sweeney, Sherrill Sweeney, Pat Kaiser, Carl Swain, Barbie Swain, Haley Hobbs, Sally Flores, Joel Pineda, Sandra Lashly, Kelsey Bartolomei and Noelle Gauldin of Pioneer UMC of Auburn.


Livermore – Asbury Team to Slidell, Louisiana – April 10 - 16 Roger Everett leads and serves with Dick Crawford, Sharmyn Crawford, Bobbie Johnson, Coleman Johnson, Art Molvik, John Van Scyoc and Philip Woolworth of Livermore - Asbury UMC, Alex Coffing and Ruth Coffing of Minneapolis, MN.


Irvine, CA. – University UMC Youth Team to Florin UMC (Sacramento) – April 17 - 23 Sarah Heath and Bob Theemling co-lead and serve with Ted Watkins, Jack Lucas, Jason Jackson, Jeff Moretti, Trent Williams, Kim Sciutto, Brittany Abel, Brooke Abel, Kate Jensen, Kelsey Heflin, Alex Wong and Andrew Reyes of Irvine, CA - University UMC.


CARE-A-VANERS Team to S.L.C. Utah UMCOR Depot – April 30 – May 14 Rod Castor leads and serves with Gloria Castor of Sunnyvale - Trinity UMC, Ina Tanner, Marv Tanner, Elaine Hill and Gene Hill of Campbell - Campbell UMC, Susie Caudle and Lynn Caudle of Grass Valley - Sierra Pines UMC, Jeanne Murchie and Jim Murchie of Manteca - St. Paul's UMC.


TEAMS NEEDING VOLUNTEERS


Haiti – 5/8/2011 – 5/16/2011Leslie Carmichael (of Los Altos UMC) 650-941-0260 carm-lee@pacbell.net


Haiti – 6/5/2011 – 6/13/2011Hal Taylor (of Los Altos UMC) 650-967-5531 hitaylor@sbcglobal.net Haiti – 6/15/2011 – 6/24/2011Bruce Burr (of Dixon UMC) 530-383-3820 grumpyburr@sbcglobal.net


Bulembu, Swaziland -- 8/9/2011 – 8/24/2011Team Leader = Becky Perry (of Boulder Creek UMC) 831-338-4998 perry95006@yahoo.com More Info GO TO: http://www.cnumc.org/volunteeropportunities/detail/79



TO VIEW THE FULL LIST OF PLANNED TEAMS FROM THE CAL-NEV CONFERENCE AND TEAM LEADER CONTACT INFORMATION GO TO: http://www.cnumc.org/volunteeropportunities