Teen Mission Notes (April & May, 2009)

It’s been a busy, but productive spring.
While it’s not summer yet officially, the end of May and the Memorial Day weekend signals that summer is right around the corner.
Here’s some of what’s been going on with Teen Mission over the past few months:

Finances/Development Projects: So far, we’ve had a nice response to our spring Twice Annual mailing with nearly $7,000 raised. This has given some much-needed relief during the spring.
We raised the suggested Twice Annual contribution from $35 to $50. It was phrased, however, in a very low key way.
Our Fundraising/Development team has decided to pursue a concert and meal here in Lexington at Gardenside Christian Church for our fall banquet. The tentative date of Thursday, October 15th has been set.

2009 Mission Journeys: Things are moving into high gear with the 2009 Mission Journeys. In fact, we’ve already sent four teams out this year with many more to follow. Due to the current economic climate, many would-be Mission Journey volunteers have been hesitant in committing to going on a short-term mission trip this year. Despite that, it looks like we’ll have a very respectable number of participants (525) and trips (32).

VBS/Camp Mission Project: Our VBS/Camp mission program is underway and we several Vacation Bible Schools (6) and weeks of church camp (11) using us as their mission this summer.
We have a new theme and a DVD featuring 5 (one each day) of the locations/countries TM, USA, ministers in. These places will be:

Day 01 - Appalachia (Eastern KY/West VA)
Day 02 - Gulf South/Hurricane Relief (Louisiana/Mississippi/Texas)
Day 03 - Native American Indian Reservations (Arizona/South Dakota/Washington)
Day 04 – Central America (Mexico & Honduras)
Day 05 - Africa (Tanzania)

Sam Bowles & Cameron Andry (Marengo, IN) helped us with production of the DVD. Ken H designed the passport books and stamps that the children receive for attending.

Summer Interns: We have two really fine young people working with us this summer through the Joshua Teegarden Internship program. They are: Andrew Eells (Rossville, IL) and Clare McGill (Lexington, KY). A third intern, Sarah Cross (Nicholasville, KY), will not able to join us this summer.

TEEN MISSION, USA, BOARD MEETING (06.01.09)
The Teen Mission, USA, quarterly board meeting will be on Monday, June 1st, 11:30 am @ Gardenside Christian Church (940 Holly Springs Dr; Lexington KY 40504).

In Him,
Greg Herriford (Teen Mission, USA)