MISSIONARIES & MINISTRIES SUPPORTED BY
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Guatemala
Jaime & Melissa Garcia:
The Garcia Family includes: Rebeka; Elizabeth; Sarah; Jaime; Melissa; Melissa is the daughter of Sally & Dean Fazenbaker and grew up at Trinity. See page 12 of "2012 Missions Manual" for more information. <CLICK HERE> to see the Garcia's 2011 Update.
April 21-28, 2012, the Missions Committee has planned a mission trip to Antigua, Guatemala in support of these mission efforts. <CLICK HERE> to find out more about this mission trip.
To learn how you can support and contribute to this effort, <CLICK HERE> to find out more.
Trinity UMC Adult Mission Trips
The Trinity Missions Committee sponsors an (adult) mission trip to the missions of Guatemala led by Jaime and Melissa Garcia, April 21-28, 2012. Interested adults should contact Phil & Merrie Ed Omsberg, 561-630-0258 for more information. This year, the trip is undertaking the construction of a covered walkway between the administration building and the central classroom area, the construction of a fence for the soccer field, and various education projects. For those who can not make the trip what ever the reason, there is the opportunity to share vicariously in this trip by donating money for supplies and/or to hire locals for the physical labor that is involved in the construction program being undertaken. Please consider this mission project in your prayers and in your giving. <Click here> for more information regarding the needs of this project.
Ghana, West Africa
Dr. Cameron & Anne Gongwer
The Gongwer family includes: Dr. Cameron Gongwer, his wife Anne Gongwer and daughter Caylor. The Gongwers serve in Ghana, West Africa. Cameron served as the first full time doctor and medical superintendent of the Ankasse hospital as it grew from a health center to a district hospital. Now the hospital is headed by a Ghanaian management team. Cameron is also training Ghanaian doctors in Family Medicine, planting churches with Ghanaian christians through medical evangelism outreaches, and other medical endeavors among the poor. Anne has coordinated the development of the Ankaase Literacy Program which resulted in Ghanaian volunteers teaching over 80 people to read the Bible in their mother tongue. More information is available on page 11 of the "Trinity Mission Manual". www link: www.themissionsociety.org/missionaries/gongwer
Trinity UMC Student Mission Trips
In summer of 2012, Trinity's high school students will have the opportunity to participate in a mission program in New Orleans. For more information on how you can participate in this endeavor, contact Andrew Springman, Dir-Youth Ministries, Trinity UMC. (aspringman@trinitypbg.org or 561-622-5278 xtn 120)