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Two World Mission Projects to Aid Camps, VBS Ministry
CHICAGO, IL (May 10, 2002) - The Evangelical Covenant Church (ECC) Department of
World Mission has announced two new projects that will aid camps in
Thailand and a Vacation Bible School ministry in Mexico.
The 2002 Vacation Bible School (VBS) project through World Mission will
raise funds from various North American Covenant congregations to aid a
ministry at the Atizapan Landfill located near Mexico City. The
poverty-stricken area is the site of a former garbage dump.
Local Covenant churches are helping provide Bible training and raising
school scholarship funds through an organization called Union Biblica de
Mexico (Scripture Union of Mexico) to assist some of the children who live
in the area. El Dorado Covenant Church member Beto Sotres is
currently the director of Union Biblica de Mexico, which is responsible for
the landfill ministry.
In 2001, funds from the 2002 VBS project aided VBS work with children
living in and around a Puebla, Mexico, apartment complex.
Camp Project 2002, will raise funds from North American Covenant camps this
summer to help two Thailand-based camps in the northeast part of that
country - Shade of Grace Camp in Roi Et and God's Forest Camp in Udon
Thani. Funds will help workers provide earthwork and access road
improvements and will help provide electricity, a water system and sports
areas for volleyball, basketball, soccer and other activities.
The camps will be used first by churches and groups affiliated with the
Thailand Covenant Church and then by other area Christian and community
groups. Campers and staff members at various Covenant camps raised $86,000
last year for a new camp in Chile.
Packets have been assembled to help educate churches about the 2002 VBS
project and Camp Project 2002, said Patty Retamal Shepherd of the
Department of World Mission. Materials include information about the
project, a history of mission work in Mexico and Thailand and various
games, songs and art projects for educating children about mission
programs.
To receive educational packets or to learn more about the two Department of
World Mission projects, call Retamal Shepherd at 773-907-3321 or email the
department at world.mission@covchurch.org. More information can be obtained
by checking the Covenant website at www.covchurch.org, opening the Covenant
World Mission link and selecting the country of interest to you.
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