Can you imagine holding your front door closed for hours as violent winds try to pry it open out of your hands? We heard that story today from Jose Medina, director of Campamento Morton (our home for the week), as he recalled the nearly 38 hours straight of Hurricane rains and winds.
We planned on being at Morton Camp yesterday evening. I received a phone call Friday afternoon from our Ft. Lauderdale contact. An independent flight tracker site confirmed our fears - the flight was cancelled. Not the way we saw our Mission Trip beginning with a delay of travel plans. So, we did what you have to do: research, rebook, adapt!
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As many of you know, my title at the church is Scholar in Residence and Minister of Spiritual Formation, a title with “and” in there. But that’s not the “and” I mean to reference in the title of this article. When I think about spiritual formation, I think naturally about how persons mature in their faith, which for me implies “and” in the process. Specifically: learning and doing.
Day 6 & 7 We left our hotel in the morning and drove to Granada, a tourist town, on lake Nicaragua. There are small islands, the “isletas de Granada,” that have been built up with summer homes of various wealthy Nicaraguan, European and North American families. The islands were created when the Read More...
The 2018 Nicaragua mission trip team will share stories and photos from its recent trip at Pathways to Learning on Sun., Mar. 18 at 10:00 a.m. in the Social Hall. Join us that morning to learn about our mission partners in Nicaragua and the people of the small rural village of Brasil. Read More...
Day 5 Today was our last day in the community. We finished filling the little planting baggies after another two hours or so, working alongside many members of the community. We filled a total of around 1000 baggies over the last two days! They will be planted with mango and orange tree Read More...
Day 4 Today we headed out bright and early to the community. After some quick instructions, we split up among two sites that we would be digging water reservoirs for. (I say we, but yours truly sat out on the digging fun after coming down with a short-lived GI bug). The reservoirs Read More...
Day 3 Our day began by heading out to the community of Brasil, where we were going to be doing our water filter project. The people there welcomed us and we began the assembly process. Several groups formed and worked on the various parts of the filters. Some assembled the stem that Read More...
Day 2 Today we started out to Jinotepe after breakfast and went to the CEPAD office there. The director of the center gave us a short presentation on the people the Jinotepe office serves, a total of 240 families spread across six communities. As we were leaving the office, we were admiring Read More...
Day 1 began at the Nehemiah Center, CEPAD’s central headquarter in Managua. After a delicious breakfast (muy rico!), we gathered for an informal service, led by Rev. Sam. We started by sharing thoughts and anxieties about our week here, meaningful scripture and spent time praying for ourselves and one another. Toward the Read More...
The Personnel Committee announces the appointment of Rev. Corey Meyer as the church’s new Director of Mission Partnerships.
Are you looking for an inspiring and affordable mission opportunity in a country where we have an established and successful local partner? If so, start saving your spare change and vacation days and plan to join us on our Nicaragua Mission in February 2018. We will focus on health and medical needs Read More...
In early 2018, two teams from Country Club Christian Church will head to Mungeli, India to serve at Christian Hospital Mungeli and the Rambo Memorial English Medium School. There will be an informational meeting on Sun., June 11 in Room 201 after the 11:00 a.m. service for anyone interested.
January 26 is Republic Day in India, which celebrates the anniversary of the date the Indian Constitution became effective. The celebration here began in the morning with flag raising, speeches, singing and dancing at both the hospital and the school. In the afternoon and evening there were games and friendly competitions Read More...
