Schedule Feb. 16 - 23, 2008 Construction & Teacher-to-Teacher April 19 - 26, 2008 Construction & Teacher-to-Teacher

For more information, contact: The Rev. Shantia Wright-Gray Mission Educator and WAYS Coordinator for the Worcester Area Mission Society, UCC shantiawg@gmail.com 978-422-6256 home/office 508-450-2001 Cell 48 Main St. Sterling, MA 01564

Upcoming Mission Trips

The Worcester Area Mission Society, UCC, is sponsoring work trips to New Orleans in cooperation with the Massachusetts Conference. See dates at right.

Age: Participants must be 16 years of age or older. We have meaningfully included folks from ages 16 to 76!

Cost: $900 (includes airfare, room, board, vehicle rentals & fuel, missionary accident insurance, leadership, $200 donation for materials)

Housing: We will stay in dormitories set up at the Good Shepherd UCC in the New Orleans area.

Work :
Construction trips: To date our work has been gutting out homes that were badly flooded and beginning to work on the reconstruction of homes. We are trying to organize skilled professional and amateur carpenters and folks of little or no carpentry skill levels to help.

Teacher-to-Teacher trips: We are looking for teachers, teacher's aids, and school librarians, who have introduced creative or interesting curriculum, programs or ideas into their classrooms. These educators would go in pairs to a Gulf Coast School for the week, living in the community, sharing their skills and being present to the staff and children. We are also looking for educators, dramatists, musicians, reenactors etc. to present a historical drama and classroom experience “roadshow.”

For more information, contact:

The Rev. Shantia Wright-Gray
Mission Educator and WAYS Coordinator for the Worcester Area Mission Society, UCC

shantiawg@gmail.com
978-422-6256 home/office
508-450-2001 Cell