Appalachia Service Project High School Mission Trip 2019 

Who: Youth who will have completed 8th-12th grade (Rising 9th-12th graders and graduated seniors)

When: July 7-13, 2019

What: A transformational week of service to our neighbors in rural Appalachia helping to make their homes warmer, dryer and safer. ASP provides one of the most rewarding structured service opportunities in the nation — bringing thousands of volunteers from around the country to rural Central Appalachia to repair homes for low-income families. For 47 years, they’ve made homes “warmer, safer, and drier” for families and provided transformational service experiences for volunteers.   Our group will be split into work teams of 5 youth and 2 adults each. Each work team will work on a project at a home near our host site (we will likely be in TN somewhere). At the beginning and end of each day all of our youth (and any other churches present) enjoy recreation and free time as well as devotional and worship time. 

Learn more about ASP here: https://www.asphome.org

COST per youth: $400  (Confidential Scholarships available)

If you would like to request a scholarship, please download the form from our website. 

 Payment Schedule*

•  January 13th, 2019 $100 Deposit Due- Non-refundable unless your spot can be filled by another person.Sign ups after this point will involve a $10 increase each month
•  March 3, 2019 $100 Payment Due—After this point you will be responsible for the full amount and no refunds will be issued unless your spot can be filled by another youth. 
•  June 2, 2019 $200 Final Payment Due- Along with ASP Form Medical Form, Copy of Insurance Card and Updated DPC Youth 2019-20 Info/Medical Form

*If you need flexibility in the payment schedule please let Allysen know. 

 

Other important dates:

April 14th- Youth group required for all youth and adult chaperones attending a summer trip. Dinner, fun team building activities and bible study to help prepare us for our summer trips. 

 

May 5th- BBQ Fundraiser for Summer trips after church (set up in morning). All youth and their families going on trips should plan to help out. Our fundraising goal of $5,000 if met allows us to subsidize the costs for the trip (Actual cost per youth for summer trips: Montreat: $761.62; CROSS: $490.00; ASP: $715.00)

Pre-trip meeting: Tentative date May 19th or June 2nd @ 12pm

 

**Participate in DPC Youth Group events during Spring 2019. 

Ideally, a youth going to ASP will participate 1-2 times EACH MONTH in the spring to ensure that they have built relationships with their youth group peers and adult leaders. This becomes crucial when our entire group is spending a week together in rural Appalachia and trying to work well together while serving others. At a minimum we ask that youth participate in two youth group events (at least one being a service project) prior to our Summer Trip Prep Night on April 14. 

 We always hope that our summer trips create and enhance a youth’s long-lasting relationships with God and their church family (near and far). We also hope that our youth put their faith in action by gathering in community, worshipping, and serving others not just for one week in the summer but all year round. Thus, we encourage youth going on summer trips to join us throughout the year!  Please see the Spring calendar for dates. 

 If participation on Sunday mornings, Sunday evenings or Wednesday evenings will be difficult for your child, please be in touch with Allysen so that you all can brainstorm other ways to build relationships this spring. 

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