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Highlighted Ministries:

TEAM LEADER TRAINING, Saturday, April 24, 2010.  Join Central Texas UMVIM for a special event to train dedicated misison team leaders. see attached for additional information and registraiton

PRIMETIMERS
Primetimers offer older adults opportunities for educational forums, cross-cultural exposure, faith-filled reflection, and greater exposure to the work of The United Methodist Church and the church universal. This is an educational and mission service experience for Older Adults and is a program of the General Board of Global Ministries of The United Methodist Church.  For information on the 2010-11 list of events click here.

Join the Central Texas Conference volunteers in a conference-wide Disaster Response/UMVIM trip to the Sager Brown Depot on May 2-7, 2010 see attached for information and registration.

Join a Central Texas Conference adult team this fall serving the Red Bird Missionary Conference - October 3-9, 2010.  The Red Bird Missionary Conference is nestled in the Appalachian mountains of southeaster Kentucky.  It is the most comprehensive misison effort of The United Methodist Church in the United States. see attached for information, cost and registration

Annual Volunteer Work Week at Mount Sequoyah, April 5-9, 2010
Each year Mount Sequoyah, our retreat center for the South Central Jurisdiction, hosts a volunteer work week during which volunteers from all of the 15 conferences that make up the SCJ come to give of their time to enhance the mission and beauty of Mount Sequoyah.  The retreat center is in the heart of Fayetteville, Arkansas, at the top of a large hill overlooking the city.  It is located in a gorgeous part of the Ozarks, and Mount Sequoyah is host to a number of workshops, meetings, retreats, and training opportunities for our jurisdiction.  With the large numbers of guests attending events, the center is in constant need of maintenance and upkeep.  The annual volunteer work week is a time to make sure that big projects get done.  For a brochure and registration form, visit http://www.mountsequoyah.org/www.mountsequoyah.org/Programs_Training_files/FINALWW%20Brochure%202010-reg.pdf

Ways to Support Zimbabwe & Liberia:
Assemble Birthing Kits to save babies and birth mother's lives in Zimbabwe, Liberia and other countries or give to Advance #901440 birthing kits; give to Old Matare UM Mission Hospital and Ganta UM Mission Advance #982168 with hospital designation; ZOE Ministry Advance #982023; Zimbabwe Emergency Advance #199456; Dr. Tendai Manyeza, Missionalry Doctor at Old Matare Advance #3019567.

UMVIM in Swaziland
Individual Volunteer in Mission, Chris McLain continues to work with the Methodist Church in Swaziland to care for AIDS orphans.  Find out more about Chris's ministry and how you can support her work by visiting her blog site at chrisinswaziland.blogspot.com

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 SINGLES MISSION TRIP TO DULAC, LOUISIANA

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Lake Charles Partnership
Due to a vast and ongoing need for volunteers in Lake Charles and other parts of southwest Louisiana, the CTC continues to support the partnership that we established with this area in October 2006.  Please consider joining the efforts of the Louisiana Conference Disaster Response Ministry by organizing a mission team to serve at the Lake Charles Station.  For more information, visit www.laumcstormrelief.com.

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Tell us about your mission projects!
 
In order to help us support your mission efforts, please let us know where your mission team will be working in 2009!  Click here to complete a survey about your mission trip dates and location.  This will also allow us to advertise your trip if you are seeking team members from outside of your congregation or group. 

Check out these official UMVIM project sites inside the CTC boundaries.  These sites are great projects for UMVIM teams from within and outside the Central Texas Conference.   

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 GRANTS AVAILABLE
The Central Texas Conference UMVIM program may have a grant available for you!  If your church or United Methodist institution (such as a Wesley Foundation) has not previously taken a mission trip, you may qualify for a one-time grant of up to $500 to help with the expenses of your first UMVIM project.  Click here for a first-time mission team grant application.

If you are a United Methodist individual Volunteer in Mission, or if you would like to be, you may also qualify for a one-time grant of up to $500 to help with expenses during your time of service.  Click here for an individual VIM grant application.