32 Hope Youth and 8 Hope adults will be serving at Camp Concordia near Grand Rapids, Michigan, from Sunday, July 28, to Friday, August 2.  The trip is now closed -- the application deadline for active Hope Youth in grades 9 to 12 was November 20.

From Camp Concordia's website:  "Together we will continue to revitalize Camp Concordia through construction, service and repair.  Servants will train in skills & techniques to take on the challenge of revitalizing Camp Concordia's buildings and program areas.  This could include painting, construction, building repair, building bunks, roofing, etc.  Larger groups (20+) may have the opportunity to plan/run a 1-Day Camp experience for children of migrant workers and/or inner city children.  Servants will experience intensive team building during this Sunday through Friday servant event."  Please click here for a tentative schedule for the week and more pictures.

Costs and Fundraising:
All team members will participate in the following fundraisers:

• “Souper” Bowl soup fundraiser:  February 2 & 3
• Cinnamon roll fundraiser:  March 30 & 31 *CANCELED due to the success of the Souper Bowl fundraiser

Dates to Know:

• November 20: due date for the Hope Youth mission team online application, Camp Concordia's paper registration, and the $100 trip deposit
• March 17:  second $100 payment due
• July 14 & 21:  Adopt-a-Servant (members of Hope each adopt one team member for $100)
• Saturday, July 27:  Team Commissioning at the 5:00 service
• To be determined:  team meeting dates -- starting in March we will begin meeting one Sunday a month.  Our first meeting is March 10 at 5pm.  Edit:  our other dates are April 7, May 19, June 23, and July 21.