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Montreat Mission Experience Spring 2010
For Youth & College Students
“Seeking Justice, Loving Kindness, Walking Humbly with God”
Come stay in Montreat and spend your Spring Break making a difference in Western North Carolina, as well as enjoying the mountains!
Asheville Youth Mission and Montreat Conference Center are partnering to customize a mission trip for your group. We will work with you to match you with service sites in the area, as well as lead your group in intentional mission interpretation and debriefing experiences. Through discussion, Bible Study, the use of the arts, and worship, we will help you identify how God is shaping and forming you through mission.
Spring 2010 Mission Weeks
- February 28-March 5
- March 7-12
- March 14-19
- March 21-26
- March 28-April 2
- April 4-9
Typical Week:*
- Arrive Sunday Night After Dinner
- Monday-Wednesday—Work Days (with morning devotions and Mon/Wed night programs)
- Thursday—Free Day
- Friday Morning—Depart
*Asheville Youth Mission will customize each week’s schedule to the needs of your group.
Possible Work Projects
(including both manual labor and relational ministries)
- Crisis Ministries
- Steadfast House—Women and Children’s Shelter
- Manna Food Bank
- Veteran’s Restoration Quarters
- Irene Wortham Center
- Much, much more
Coordinator, Aimee Wallis Buchanan
Aimee is the director of Asheville Youth Mission, where mission, creativity, and transformation are happening with young people. Aimee has been in youth ministry for 21 years. She also directs Girls I.D. (a program on naming and claiming identity for younger youth). An author, preacher, and teacher, she loves living in Asheville and working to make a difference for the people of Western North Carolina.
For more information about Asheville Youth Mission, visit creativecrossroadsasheville.com and check out Asheville Youth Mission on Facebook!
Accommodations/Meals
Housing at a Montreat lodge is provided as a part of your Program Fee. A week’s worth of groceries for the group will also be provided. Each group will make their own meals at their lodge (including sack lunches to take on the road). Each group will provide a meal out for themselves on their Free Day.
Program Fee
Montreat Mission Experience Fee: $225 per person
This fee includes lodging, meals (except your meal out on free day), and program costs. Deposit of $100/person is due to lock in your week. Payment in full must be made 30 days in advance of your week.
Depending on the mission work for any given group, you may need to bring tools, work gloves, etc. or you may want to raise some in-kind donations at home before you come. Aimee will be in touch with you about these opportunities as your week is created.
Registration Information
Please contact Aimee Wallis Buchanan to register and discuss your week. She can be reached at aimeewallisbuchanan@gmail.com or 828.231.4635.
Each week must have a minimum of 12 people attending, however each week can be made up of more than one group attending (max # for each week = 32).
Contact Aimee and sign up TODAY!
OFFERED AGAIN THIS SUMMER! Add a Montreat Summer Mission Experience to your Youth Conference week. Build in a meaningful community helping project for a fraction of what a separate mission trip would cost. Your youth group can make a real difference in the world – while the Youth Conference is making a difference for them!