Mexico Mission — April 9-16, 2011
For many years, Los Altos United Methodist Church has sent teams of volunteers down to Mexico to build homes for families in need. The trip is usually held in April, and sign-ups begin early in the year. Check out the Mexico Mission Trip page for more details about this family-friendly mission trip.
Mississippi Hurricane Relief Trip — January 30–February 5, 2011
LAUMC sent three teams to the Mississippi Gulf Coast in early 2006 to repair and work on houses damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Four more trips to Mississippi followed in February 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, this time the work focused on rebuilding, including sheetrock, wiring, painting, etc. Our latest trip was in February 2010. Stayed tuned later in the year for information about our next Mississippi trip, and learn more here.
Haiti Trip — Late 2010–2011
LAUMC plans to schedule teams to help with rebuilding following the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. You can read news from Hal Taylor on his work in Haiti here. You can read about the United Methodist response to the Haiti earthquake here.
Haiti – First hand
Wednesday, July 28, 6:00pm Dinner, 7:00pm Presentation, Creekside
Come and hear Hal Taylor and Terri Sachs speak about their recent experiences in Haiti. Hal spent a month working with the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) to help plan their projects and Terri spent a week doing physical therapy with a medical group, Healing Hands for Haiti. A delicious dinner will precede the presentation (no charge).
LAUMC will send its first team to Haiti in early 2011. Each team going to Haiti must pay a $3,500 project fee to UMVIM (United Methodist Volunteers in Mission). This mandatory project fee is in addition to their own travel expenses. We will collect a free-will offering this evening to help towards payment of the project fee for our first team. Questions? Contact Leslie Carmichael (carm-lee@pacbell.net or 650-468-7890).
Learn about local mission and volunteer opportunities HERE.
LAUMC Mission Accomplished
Los Altos United Methodist Church sponsors a variety of missions that take church members, friends and guests all over the world to follow in Jesus' footsteps, bringing the message of love with open arms to others.
Often in the course of a mission trip, not only are the people to whom the mission is directed moved by the love of Christ seen in the eyes of the participants, but the participants themselves are awakened to the power of faith in action.
As the blessing says, "Thank you Lord for this day, to work and to play, and to do good deeds." Amen.
