ARMENIA
Projects for Armenia are
UMCOR/NGO (United Methodist
Committee on Relief Non-Governmental
Organizatio related
projects.
These are secularly oriented
humanitarian projects, working with
both Christian and non-Christian
faith based
communities.
#250225
– Armenia
Emergency - Emergency funds for
Post Communist Transitional society
development and economic renewal.
AA Program
Work with UMCOR Armenia staff
and local rehabilitation centers
using the AA model and resources is
needed in Armenia. An individual or
small group of UMVIM are sought to
work with UMCOR Armenia on this
program idea. pre-travel work will
be required (through email) to set
up the project concept and
implementation method including
research done with AA in the U.S.
Skills and experience required in
organizational development and
management in AA programs.
Reconstruction of Medical
Clinics
UMCOR Armenia’s Medical
Program requested UMVIM teams to
assist in this project. Teams would
work with local community volunteers
to help rehab deteriorated clinic
spaces.
Skills and experience required
include, masonry, spackling
(plastering), carpentry, painting,
electrical, and plumbing for an old
building in disrepair.
BOSNIA
AND HERZEGOVINA:
Three
Locations - Community
Interaction
Teams of UMVIM are needed to
work with the local community 3
locations by invitation of a local
organization in each area.
Project work includes
cultural exchange activities with
children and youth; mini courses in
English dialogue, art, drama, music,
ecology and volunteerism; community
assistance projects to vulnerable
families / organizations done in
partnership with youth participants
of one of the following
organizations:
Gornji Vakuf-Usokplje Youth
Center
Sanski Most Youth House
Sumejja (A women’s
organization in Mostar area)
Skills
required – general or professional
experience with youth / children /
community wide programming.
Skills for assistance to
vulnerable families or individuals
will be determined based on the
skill level of team members.
#333640
- Bosnia
Youth Houses - Places where
children can produce dramas, study
guitar, engage in sports and escape
the war.
BULGARIA
#00223A
–
Bulgaria
In
Mission
Together
Yambol
Construction work (small new church
building) with the members of the
local UM church
umber of participants: 10-12
Length of time: 7-10 days
Possible time: May to August 2008
Trasteikovo
Building of a new church (building
works)
Number of participants: 10-12
Length of time: 7-10 days
Possible time: May to August 2008
Veliko Tarnovo
Reconstruction of the old church
building (building works)
Number of participants: 10-12
Length of time: 10 days
Possible time: May to August 2008
CZECH REPUBLIC
#00399A
–
Czech
Republic
In
Mission
Together
•Bechyne -
Cleaning and painting of the church
house. Details to be discussed (the
Czech hosts are very flexible).
•
Brno
- Teaching English (conversation
with students/teenagers) at schools
in Blansko and Ostrov. Number of
participants: 1 or 2. Length of
time: 1 to 20 weeks. Possible time:
February to June 2007 / September to
December 2007. Repairing of the
sidewalk around the church house in
Blansko. Building of a small parking
place. Number of participants: 4 to
6. Possible time: to be discussed
(the Czech hosts are very flexible).
•Jablonne - Building a new fence
around the church property. Details
to be discussed (the Czech hosts are
very flexible).
•Jihlava - Building a room inside
an old church used for an outreach
to youth (facilities, heating,
installation of lights - blueprints
available). Number of participants:
Small team of experts. Possible
time: to be discussed (the Czech
hosts are very flexible).
•Mikulov - Cleaning,
reconstruction in the newly
purchased facility. Details to be
discussed (the Czech hosts are very
flexible). Construction of a new
plaster in the yard of the church
house and parsonage in Valtice.
Details to be discussed (the Czech
hosts are very flexible).
•
Plzen
- Various projects in the
Christian
Help
Center
for drug addicts. Details to be
discussed (the Czech hosts are very
flexible).
#14688A - Teen
Challenge -
Plzen
,
Czech Republic
- Outreach with persons coping with
drug addiction, abuse and violence.
•Poust (Retreat center of the
Church) - repairing a fence,
painting a wooden house, leveling
the ground and walkways, preparing
the place for a summer camp,
building tents. Time: April, Max,
June, September, October. Further
details to be discussed (the Czech
hosts are very flexible).
#11625A - Church
Camp Program –
Poust
,
Czech Republic
- "Camperships" for
children and youth.
•Praha - Horni Pocernice.
Construction work in the Christian
help center. Time: Fall 2006.
Further details to be discussed (the
Czech hosts are very flexible).
•Praha - Jecna. Youth work in the
Majak-Center for youth.
Participants: English teachers
and/or leaders of youth groups.
Details to be discussed (the Czech
hosts are very flexible).
•Protivin - Construction work.
Number of participants: 7. Further
details to be discussed (the Czech
hosts are very flexible).
•Trebon - Cleaning of the attic in
the church house / Preparing the
place for the construction of an
apartment. Details to be discussed
(the Czech hosts are very flexible).
•Veselka
(Small retreat center of the Church)
- leveling ground, planting trees,
fixing a playground, painting a
fence, fixing the fence and window,
repairing and painting walls of the
house. Details to be discussed (the
Czech hosts are very flexible).
#11625A - Church
Camp Program
•Vimperk - Children summer camp.
Participants: teachers or leaders.
Details to be discussed (the Czech
hosts are very flexible).
•Vrsovice - Painting an outer
metal staircase and low roofs,
gardening, removing an old plaster
and putting a new one on walls of a
church property. Details to be
discussed (the Czech hosts are very
flexible).
Churches generally express their
interest in hosting English teachers
as a way of outreach.
ESTONIA
Gulf of Finland - Camp Gideon
Located on the Gulf of
Finland, this camp serves Methodists
from Estonia, Finland and the
Baltics.
Renovation is needed for
dormitories.
Kuressaare - Kuressaare
Methodist Church
Roof needs to be cleaned
& rust-proofed; 3 inside rooms
need renovation, paint, etc.
Additional building nearby
needs work. No VBS – children
attend Camp Gideon.
Parnu - Agape Church
Finish rooms on the lower
floor.
Plastering, sheetrock,
painting, flooring and tile work
needed.
#14042A
-
Agape
Center
–
Parnu
,
Estonia
- A place for worship
and for cultural and educational
activities.
Tallinn - Tallinn Children
Center Lighthouse - Lighthouse.pdf
Completion of renovations to
house, to be used as children's
center;
needs include painting, plastering, light construction work, etc.
Dentists also needed.
Tallinn - Tallinn Christian
Care Center
a shelter for men, widows
& orphans; soup kitchen, clothes
distribution, ministry with children
& youth. Associated with
newly organized Tallinn Koidu
Methodist Church
FINLAND
Jumijarvi campsite - Jamsa: Repair of camp facilities.
This church camp is located in the center of Finland and is used for youth camps and adult camps. It is situated in a beautiful forest by a small lake. An old farm, purchased in 1962, it is cared for by the UM Youth Organization.
The kitchen/dining hall, dormitory, and bath house/sauna are 30-40 years old all in various stages of disrepair. Painting, replacement of weatherboard , painting window trim is needed. Tools are available on site. Materials are provided by the church in Finland. Teams can be housed on site. Translation is provided and a local supervisor will guide the work.
FRANCE
Entrepierres
- http://www.pierresvivantes.org/
Entrepierres is a center in
southeastern France that provides
rest, counseling, debriefing and
spiritual retreats for pastors and
missionaries.
Small, four person skilled teams are
sought for the 2006 to assist in
increasing the accommodation space
for missionary families for rest and
counseling. Also needed is
creation of space for a small
library, a prayer/counseling room
and storage space.
Landersen Methodist
Vacation/Conference Centre Vosges Mountains - http://www.landersen.com/
Prepare center for the opening of
the summer season - annually in the spring. Includes
removing storm windows,
painting, flowers, erect tents, clean
playground.
#14693A
- Landersen,
The Methodist Camp and
Retreat
Center
of
France
-
Funds to enable poor people to
attend camp; room and board for
volunteers.
Mont-de-Marsan
Repairing the roof, refurbishing of
a flat for future pastors,
refurbishing of the front of the
presbytery, reparing the bell and
en-trance door, making outside more
attractive (planting trees,
reshaping of the garden), freshing-up
the worship chapel
Participants: 10 people
Length of time: 10 days
Time: April to September
#14691A
- Evangelism
and Church Growth - Efforts with
children, youth and women to
strengthen mission and evangelism
GEORGIA, REPUBLIC OF
Programs at Youth Houses Tbilisi or
Zugdidi Youth
Houses - Organize a team to provide Recreational,
Cultural, and Peace Building programs over a 2 week
period at Tbilisi or Zugdidi Youth Houses.
Art, Drama, Music, English Dialogue, Story
Telling and Peace Building activities are excellent
mission project work
with the children and youth of Georgia at the Tbilisi
or Zugdidi Youth Houses.
Skills Required: Youth Workers, Sunday School
Teachers, Music and Drama experience (including
puppets), Art and Arts & Crafts experience, People
who love youth. A good opportunity to include UM Youth in a Mission
Trip. Time Frame:
Summer (June - August)
Hungary
#00175A
–
Hungary
In
Mission
Together
Alsozsolca -
Construction works in the Gypsy
congregation
#13538N - Ministry
Among Gypsies,
New
Church
Building
-
Alsozsolca
,
Hungary
- A church to minister to Gypsies'
needs.
#13539A
- Ministry
Among Gypsies, Programs And Social
Care –
Alsozsolca
,
Hungary
- Spiritual courses, evangelization
weekends, and sewing and gardening
instruction.
Budapest-Pest
Renovation of the basement for the
purpose of fellowship activities
mainly for youth, covering the small
land behind the church with
concrete, children's program as an
outreach in the neighborhood of the
church
Number
of Participants: 10-12
Accomodation
in a nearby hotel/pension or in the
church headquarters in Obuda
Pecs
Renovation of the outside of the
church (plastering, painting),
children's program
Number of participants:10-12
Length of time and time: to be
discussed
Remarks: Accommodation in a nearby
pension
Szeged
Renovation of the small house in the
backyard for fellowship purposes,
especially for children and youth
Number of participants: 8-10
Remarks:
Accommodation in a nearby
pension/hotel
#14696N
- Methodist
Chapel for the Elderly Home –
Budakeszi
,
Hungary
- A facility for
worship, Bible study and community
activities.
#13540N
- New
Mission Center -
Miskolc
,
Hungary
- A
new mission center, crucial for the
future of The United Methodist
Church in
Miskolc
.
#14695T
- Communty
House for Gypsies –
Kisvaszar
,
Hungary
- A
site for worship and community
activities amid unemployment and
poverty.
In most of the
cases financial support would be
needed to do these works. New
partnership would be a great help.
LATVIA
#00235A
–
Latvia
Mission Initiative
•
Camp
Wesley
- assist in the construction of a
new camp facility for the
Latvia
United
Methodist
Church
. The camp is located near the
Baltic Sea
not far from Leipaja. Work teams are
needed for the next several years.
The construction season is May
through September. High School and
older teams can be accommodated.
#15160N -
Wesley
Camp
& Retreat
Center
- The mission of Wesley Camp and
Retreat
Center
is to offer these congregations and
other Christians a place for winter
retreats and summer events in an
outdoor setting to build up the
connection and spiritual life of the
church.
• Matras - painting and exterior
work on the
United
Methodist
Church
. Materials need to be provided by
the team but can be purchased in
Latvia
. Teams are also needed to do
interior work on rooms being
utilized by the
Tasi
United
Methodist
Church
.
• Liepa - Construction teams are
needed for renovation of an old
building to provide space for church
and youth center.
For more information on these
projects contact Gary Fowler, Latvia
VIM Coordinator,
2021 Chesterfield Dr.
Maryville
,
TN
37803
phone 865-681-2594 e-mail: gsfowler@chartertn.net.
#12009N - Renovation
of Church Buildings - Renovation
of formerly confiscated church
buildings.
LITHUANIA
#12168A
–
Lithuania
Mission Initiative
•Birzai
church - Renovation of an old
building, which used to be a
recruiting center for the Soviet
Army, into the Birzai (pronounced
"Beer-shay")
United
Methodist
Church
in
Lithuania
. Work has begun and progresses
well! Church will also provide room
for humanitarian ministries, a
daycare, Sunday school classrooms,
soup kitchen and ministries related
to alcohol and drug addictions. More
teams are needed.
#13545A - Church's
Rehabilitation Center - Birzai,
Lituania - A center with a safe
atmosphere where formerly chemically
dependent people can work toward
wholeness.
•Saiuliai
church - construction of a new
sanctuary in 2007-2008 for a growing
congregation. A contract is being
let for the foundation, walls and
roof; it will be up to VIM teams to
install windows and finish off the
interior. Join the team going on
September 4, 2007
for two weeks or form a team(s) to
keep the work moving forward. Join
and support this work begun by
Davidson (NC) UMC and Centreville
(VA) UMC. In addition to entry
requirements as described for Birzai
Lithuania
, passports must be valid for three
months beyond the duration of the
visit.
In order to
enter
Lithuania
all non-EU persons must possess a
medical insurance policy contracted
for payment of all costs of
hospitalization and medical
treatment in
Lithuania
. Currently, border officials are
accepting a simple ID card from a
US
insurer as proof of the necessary
insurance, although according to the
law, they can require additional
information regarding the policy.
Travelers unable to prove that they
carry the requisite insurance will
have to purchase a short-term policy
at the border. This costs about
$1.00 US per day.
Additional information can be
found at: http://www.ltembassyus.org.
MACEDONIA
#00220A
–
Macedonia
In
Mission
Together
Monospitovo
Repairs to the parsonage (plumbing,
sealing walls, painting)
Participants: up to 6 persons
Length of time: 7 to 10 days
Strumica
Help
with meals on wheels program (food
preparation/delivery, clean-up,
dishwashing)
Participants: 1-3
Length of time: 5 to 10 days
Kochani
Making a garden/yard at the church
in the city of Kochani
Participants: up to 6 persons
Length of time: 7 to 14 days
Children camps / youth camps /
Vacation Bible School
Present a leadership seminar for
youth
Participants: 1 or 2 persons
Length of time: 4 to 6 days
Time: after July 1 and before
September 1, 2008
Vacation Bible School
(work with children from age 3 to
14: games, songs, crafts, sports,
drama, pantomime)
Participants: 1 to 6 persons
Length of time: 7 days
Time: early July 2008
Present English workshops in
villages for children to improve
their English skills
(games, songs, fun activities,
dialogue practice)
Participants: 1 to 8 persons
Length of time: 7 to 10 days
Time: between June 10 and September
1, 2008
#14047A
- Christian Education Resources And Supplies
POLAND
#00408A
–
Poland
In
Mission
Together
Chodiez
Construction work
Gliwice
Camp
for children from 9 to 12 years from
alcoholic families
Participants:
10
Time:
First part of July 2008
Costs:
$4,500.00
Ilawa
Vacation Bible School for children
Time: Summer 2008
Construction work /Installing a
playground for children
Participants: at least 5 people
Time: Summer 2008
Katowice
English
language camp
Participants
and time: to be discussed
Kielce
Drama/Pantomime for Polish Methodist
Youth
Time: Fall 2008
Project cost: USD 4,500.00
Worship/Gospel Workshop for Polish
Methodist Youth
Time: Spring 2005
Project cost: USD 4,500.00
Kielce and Chalupki
Construction work, improving
homeless shelter in two locations
Participants: at least 5 people
Time: Spring or Fall 2008
Project cost: USD 5,000.00—15,000.00
Wroclaw
Construction work (new sidewalk in
front of the church)
Participants: up to 10
Time: May to October 2008
Project cost: $3,500 for material,
$2,000 for labor and accomdations/food
Zaborze and Wola Morwicka
VBS / Olympics for about 150
children from 8 to 14
Participants: 12 to 14 people, 2
team leaders
Time: Second half of June 2008
Project cost: USD 4,500.00
ROMANIA
The Romanian Methodist
Council - Ploesti - Methodist
Mission in Romania
Construction of a local
church building in Ploesti.
Also opportunities exist for
VBS with local street children.
A parallel medical mission
could be held for the local poor and
the gypsy population.
The local church members will
work alongside the teams in the
construction.
Global Hope Orphanage
http://www.globalhope.org/
- The projects work directly with
children in the orphanage system,
repair and painting projects, minor
or major construction projects, work
at a Christian Youth Camp, or work
at the Recuperation Center for
children. Teams have also traveled
to Arad to provide training for
Sunday School teachers and to
support the work of the Protestant
churches in the area. When pastors
travel with a mission team, they
will often preach at area churches,
with translation support. A typical
team will be made up of 5-12 workers
depending on the project.
#15087A
- Global
Hope, Inc. - To provide a family
atmosphere, security, education, and
nutrition in a Christian
environment, to abandoned children
who might be put into institutions,
and not benefit from this type of
healthy child development.
Deborah House Center, Villiage
of Giarmata
Christian homes for girls who
are orphaned or abandoned, and/or
rescued from abusive circumstances
Activities during week include:
Work projects at Deborah House and
for the Village of Giarmata,
crafts/Bible stories/Christian
witness/fellowship with Deborah
girls & staff, spending day at
Recas public orphanage/school for
special needs children - witnessing,
fellowship and singing with the
children
Participants: Up to 10 persons
Length of time: 10 days
Time: Summer 2008
RUSSIA
#11510A
-
Russia
Mission Initiative –
Russia
and
Belarus
The
Russia Initiative
The
Russia Initiative began in the
winter of 1991-92 under the
leadership of the General Board of
Global Ministries. Its primary
purpose was to deliver food to
Russia’s Moscow Region. Following
that project the GBGM established a
Russia Initiative that expanded
beyond aid programs to include the
re-establishment of Methodism in the
former Soviet Union. The Eurasia
Annual Conference was established in
1997, with expansion to four annual
conferences in 2003.
Many
American United Methodist
congregations have participated in
Supportive Congregations (Salary and
Program Support) and Partner
Churches (Development of programs
where no Methodist presence exists)
programs. UMVIM teams have also been
an essential part of the Russia
Initiative. Many teams have worked
in Russian orphanages, homes for the
elderly, hospitals, etc., and
successfully realized many other
helpful projects.
More
than 6000 American Methodists have
visited the former Soviet Union
since 1991. As a result,
participants have seen new visions
for mission and found renewal in
their spiritual journeys.
visit
the website of the Russian UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH at
CURRENT PROJECTS
RUSSIA
- South Russia Annual Conference
Black soil district -
VORONEZH AREA - REVIVAL UMC
The goal: Building of the
fence along the borders of the
church’s land.
The
length is 206.5 meters (678 feet).
Metal door and metal gates are
planned in the front side. Their
length is 6.5 meters (21 feet). For
the rest 200 meters (656 feet) metal
gates will be installed.
The
total cost of the project, including
purchase of materials is $6,800
Moscow - UM Theological
seminary
Necessary work:
1.
Painting and wallpapering approx. 500sguare meters dormitory corridors and
staircases.
Material and supplies cost $
1,500
2.
Carpenter work
Adjustment and installation
of door
Installation of built-in
closest
Material and supplies
cost $ 1,200
3.
Plumbing
Installation of sanitary pump
units in 4 student bathrooms.
Material and supplies cost
$ 4,000
4.
Different outdoor façade work painting.
Material and supplies cost
$600
RUSSIA
- Eastern Russia and Central Asia
Annual Conference,
Ural district - FIRST UMC IN
EKATERINBURG
The purpose of this project
is to create a child care in the
church for children from 1,5 years
old. The church has rooms for that
– eating room, sleeping room, play
room, restrooms, and others.
There
is a need to repair the eating room:
1.
repair of the ceiling
(plastering, primer, painting)
2.
repair of walls (tile,
plastering, painting)
3.
repair of the floor
(leveling, putting on linoleum)
Cleaning
and painting of airways.
The
cost of materials: $2,000
#11894N
- New
Churches For Russia's Methodists
-
Yekaterinburg
,
Russia
- A building for worship, Bible study and community service.
#11895A
- Church
Development, Program -
Yekaterinburg
,
Russia
- An outpatient clinic, a school and food distribution.
RUSSIA
- Eurasia Annual Conference
Voronezh - Conference Camp
-
Several local Russia United
Methodist congregations, with
assistance from their American
Supportive Congregations, have
secured facilities and most are in
need of repair. In addition, the
Eurasia Annual Conference recently
purchased a former sanatorium
(health resort) in Voronezh, Russia.
The property, needing much
repair, is to be developed as a
Conference Camp and Leadership
Training Center. UMVIM teams are
needed in both programs and are
invited to contact the RI office for
information about ministry sites and
logistical assistance.
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