Missions

Mission Trip to Cleveland
August 10 - 17, 2008

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This is a district-sponsored trip for individual churches to participate in. Each individual church is responsible for its own transportation and supervision of their students. If individual students want to go without their youth group, they can join with a group that is going.

Please see the following updated information regarding the District Cleveland Trip this summer.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Keith Yeager at Parkview Church of the Nazarene at keith@parviewnaz.org or 937-435-1428 or contact Santo Landerer for more details.

30-Hour Famine -- Dear Nazarene Youth

Leader,

Of all the questions we get here at the Nazarene 30 Hour Famine, the one we probably hear the most goes something like this: "How do I get my students started on fundraising?"

It's no secret that teens are asked to raise money by schools and clubs and various activities in which they're involved. And while most people ideally should have a much easier time asking others for money to feed starving children than, say, for baseball uniforms, it's still hard to approach strangers and ask them to part with their cash. But we've tried to do two things to make it easier for students to raise funds and for you to help give them additional motivation.

Rewards. We are often asked why we offer rewards for fundraising when we're trying to help provide food and care for vulnerable children. While it may seem contradictory, the fact is that most teens have been taught that rewards are a part of fundraising. And Famine history bears this out. When we've cut back on some rewards, our fundraising has immediately suffered. More children are helped when we offer rewards than when we don't.

Beyond that, it gives students a tangible reminder of what they've done to help make the world a better place. Each reward level is based on how many months they've helped feed and care for a child, so the rewards can act as a powerful motivator for teens' fundraising efforts.

Visit the Web site to review what rewards are available, or see page 32 in the Leaders Guide.

The Nazarene Study Tour. It's one experience to raise money and know you're helping to feed children. It's another experience entirely to meet some of those children face-to-face, especially when you're meeting them in Malawi, Africa. That's the opportunity you and a few of your students have through the Nazarene 30 Hour Famine Study Tour. The full details of how to qualify are on our Web site, but the biggest goal is for one or more of the students in your groups to raise at least $360 — enough to help feed and care for a child for a year. When they do, they are eligible to apply for the trip, and so are you.

Get more information about the Nazarene Study Tour on the Web site.

Hopefully these incentives will act as additional motivators for your teens' fundraising efforts. As the teens themselves have told us many times, the Famine is a fun experience, but ultimately, the biggest impact is knowing that they have literally saved lives through the funds they raised.

Mission Trip to Cleveland August 10 - 17, 2008

Mission Trip to Cleveland
August 10 - 17, 2008