Date: 11-17 May, 2024
Cost of trip:
$150 per person or $250 for a family (scholarships are available).
Schedule:
24 April: Meeting in the 3rd Space (lobby of our worship center) to go over last minute details at 6:00 pm. Also the last day to sign up.
11 May: Leave VMBC at 0900, drive up to First Baptist Church Springerville. We will be stopping at Taylor Freeze for lunch and ice cream!
12 May: Worship with the folks at First Baptist Springerville.
13-16 May: Cutting/hauling wood and/or working at First Baptist Springerville. Dinner in Springerville on the 16th.
17 May: Travel home
Job description:
Cutting, hauling, loading and unloading wood, there may be a few light maintenance jobs to do around the church as well. You need to be flexible for any other needs that might arise (and they usually do). You will be fellowshipping with and encouraging each other and anyone that we encounter.
Lodging:
Once again, First Southern Baptist Church, Springerville has graciously given us permission to use their facilities again for this trip. There are bathrooms and showers available but limited (only 2 showers for men and 2 for women). We will be sleeping in their Sunday school rooms. We will probably have to move everything to the outside of the rooms on Sunday morning and Wednesday night as well.
We will be eating breakfast and dinner at the church as a group with plenty of fellowship time.
We will be eating lunch out at the worksite, cooked over an open fire and plenty of Cowboy coffee (unless there are fire restrictions). We will also be enjoying a devotional around the fire every morning with our brothers and sisters in Christ from all the different churches represented.
Emergency medical services are located directly behind the church in case of emergency and there is a very cool hardware store within walking distance for any forgotten items.
The address is:
First Baptist Church Springerville
142 S Mountain Ave
Springerville, AZ 85938
Items to pack:
Bible/journal Toiletries Spending money
Sleeping bag/blankets/pillows Work clothes Camera
Air mattress or cot Casual clothes/sweats Healthy sense of humor
Prescription meds Jacket/hoodie A good attitude
Work gloves Flashlight Hat
Towels/wash clothes Snacks
I generally wear the same work clothes for the entire week, no need to ruin multiple sets of clothes with the pine pitch and bar oil. We aren’t there to win any beauty contests.
If you have an axe, splitting maul, or chainsaw and would like to bring it please feel free, I also recommend a good set of hearing protection. We have the little foamies but they can be a pain.
Thank you for being willing to serve!
For more information or to sign up contact:
VMBC office at 520-458-4500 or
Brian Claassen
520-227-0750