Mission Trips
Upcoming Opportunities for 2008

There will be several opportunities this year to participate in mission trips with First Church members and friends. Details are outlined below. The focus of each trip will be to improve housing conditions. In Nicaragua, it means helping to build cinderblock houses. In Mississippi and West Virginia, it may involve removing debris, demolition, painting, simple carpentry and the like.

No special skills are required...just a willingness to work!

Previous Mission Trips:

Ghost Ranch, New Mexico
May 17-25, 2008

Click here for a link to our New Mexico Mission Trip Blog

West Virginia (Appalachia)
July 7-14, 2007

Duration: 8 Days (Saturday thru Saturday)
Age Range: Middle school and above
Cost per Person: $190 (building materials and accommodations) + transportation + food.
Sponsor: West Virginia Ministry of Advocacy & Workcamps
FPC Coordinators: Rich Korchak

Katrina Relief: Gulfport, Mississippi
January 13-20, 2007
Duration: 8 Days (Saturday thru Saturday)
Age Range: 18 years +
Cost per Person: $140 (room and board) + transportation
Sponsor: Presbyterian Disaster Relief

Click here for a link to our Gulfport Mission Trip Blog

Nicaragua
March 17-25, 2007
Duration: 9 Days (Saturday thru Sunday)
Age Range: 14 years +
Cost per Person: $1,075 (room and board, salaries for local masons & cooks, building materials) + transportation + innoculation. Approximate total cost = $1,900
Sponsor: Bridges to Community
FPC Coordinators: Dick & Georgia Pease (212) 477-1693 georgiap@coqui.net

For additional information on upcoming events and programs,
check this month's calendar of our monthly publication, First Notes,
which can be seen by clicking here