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GCN planned a mission trip to Honduras for July 10-18, 2009. However, due to the political situation in Honduras, the trip was postponed. GCN has planned the next trip for 2010.
Read more about the 2010 trip...

Vision Statement | Mission Statement | Planned Activities | Team Scriptures
Important Dates | Mission Trip Needs -- Thank you for the donations!

GCN is committed to sending several members from our congregation plus additional brothers and sisters in Christ from other churches, including teens and adults, on a mission trip to Honduras in July 2009. Click here to see some photos from our 2008 mission to Honduras.

Vision Statement

Our desire is to go to Honduras and serve humbly with a passionate love that can only come from Christ. We understand that we will be uncomfortable and stretched beyond what we think we can handle, but may we come to know and recognize that with God, all things are possible. We want our team to grasp the reality that when we serve ‘the least of these’ we not only look directly into the face of God himself, but we are participating in the fellowship of sharing in Christ’s sufferings. We pray that our faith in Jesus will grow like never before and we’ll be able to claim that faith without action is dead.
Join our prayer vigil for the mission team. Click here for more information.

Mission Statement

Click for La Mesa, Honduras Forecast

The mission is to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength and to love the people we will serve as ourselves. Our desire is to imitate Jesus’ behavior knowing that he did not come to be served, but to serve and to save the lost. We want to acknowledge that we have been freely given so much and we would like to freely give to others. Our goal is to care for orphans and widows, feed the hungry, give water to the thirsty, give a stranger a ride, clothe people who need clothing, and care for the sick.

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Planned Activities

As part of the overall mission, there will be several teams formed to pray over particular ministry areas, including children’s ministry, medical, family, and construction teams. (More details will be provided as our plans develop.) There will be planning done through these groups. It will be extremely important for team members to desire to really work together to accomplish the goals set before them.

Packing List One of the most important qualities a team member must possess is flexibility. Not everything will go according to plan or the way you thought it would. But, we have to be flexible and open to where the Holy Spirit might be leading us.

For those who are signed up to travel on the mission, you may download a copy of the packing list.

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Team Scriptures:

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Important Dates:

Mark your Calendars! Team Members are expected to attend all the scheduled dates below and meet deadlines as specified. It is the responsibility of the Team Member to stay tuned to any changes in the schedule.

Nov 23: Initial meeting & hand out applications
Dec 8: Get the first of the three HEP Shots
Dec 14: Deadline for applications & deposit of $200.00 due
Jan 8: Pre-Trip Leadership meeting
Jan 9: 2nd HEP shot due
Jan 1: First payment of $400 due
Jan 16-22: Planning trip to Honduras
Feb 5: First Leadership Meeting
Feb 7: Team Orientation & Second payment $400 due
 Mar 1: Silent Auction and Fundraiser. See photos.
Mar 12: Leadership Meeting (2nd Thursday of each month)
Mar 14: All Day Humility Retreat @ GCN.

Apr 9: Leadership Meeting
Apr 19: Third payment due for trip $400

May 3: Final payment due (See Angie ASAP if you have not made final payment.)
May 9: Last of the 3 HEP Shots
May 14: Leadership Meeting at the Dunlevy's
May 23: Car Wash (fundraiser) at GCN: 9:00 am until noon
May 24: Donations due for new or gently used clothing.
May 30: Packing Party & Deadline for Passport copies & vaccination
           Packing Party 8am-1pm at Dunlevy's (breakfast & lunch provided)

June 11: ALL TEAM GET TOGETHER ~ TEAM BUILDING NIGHT! 5:30-9:00 pm at Dunlevy's
June 20: Final Orientation: 9 am -12pm at GCN
June 28: MISSION DEDICATION/SENDING During morning worship service at GCN

July 10-18: Mission Trip Honduras ‘09

July 26: Team to share experience with GCN congregation

August 8: REUNION GATHERING Pool party pot luck at the Dunlevy's

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Mission Trip Needs:

We thank everyone who has donated to support the mission trip! With the help from many of you, we have received donations of new clothing, medical supplies, newborn baby kits, sewing kits, and new shoes! We will be taking and distributing these items among the Santa Barbara & El Sauce communities during our mission trip in July.

We offer a special thanks to three organizations -- Brenta LLC, Soles 4 Soles, and Brother's Brother Foundation -- who donated 2,230 pairs of shoes. Thank you!

The owners and manufacturer company, Brenta LLC. Special thanks to Jenifer Wynne with SMD Wynne.

Soles4Souls™, based in Nashville, Tennessee, facilitates donations of new and used shoes, which are used to aid the hurting worldwide. Soles4Souls™ has distributed more than 4.3 million pairs (currently donating one pair every 17 seconds) to people in over 125 countries, including Honduras, Uganda, Romania, and the United States.

Brother's Brother Foundation has distributed more than one million pairs of new shoes to persons in need around the globe. As a main partner of SolesUnited™, a first-of-its-kind recycled footwear donation program by Crocs Inc., Brother's Brother Foundation (BBF) will be working with non-profit organizations in nations around the globe to deliver new pairs of shoes to people in need. BBF started its collaboration with SolesUnited™ in 2006 and has already distributed more than 675,000 pairs of shoes to more than 40 countries.

Dios Le Bendiga!

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