During our trip, the Praying Pelican staff will be updating an online journal with pictures and stories from our trip so that people back home can follow along with our trip.
The URL below can be shared by email, posted on social media, blogs, etc. Just copy and paste it wherever you'd like to share it.
ppm.org/20274
Please bring passport to our final meeting. Have all your VBS supplies, etc ready to pack up into our checked bags. Remember, your personal stuff should mostly fit inside your carry-on bag.
Pray daily as we are planning out the steps to get there and that God will prepare our hearts for a life-changing experience. Pray too for our friends in Caledonia.
Serve God in sunny Belize!
Whether it's speaking Spanish, mixing cement, running games for VBS, dancing with preschoolers, scoring a goal off the assist from your new Belizean amigo, sharing your testimony, eating amazing Belizean food, delivering needed food to a local family, or singing in the local church service... you will have so many amazing opportunities in Belize. That's why we describe the trip as... un-Belizable!
Begin praying now for God to do a powerful work in your heart, to build our Team, and to bless Caledonia, Belize. It's going to be a Summer of "God at work"
(The Belize 2025 Mission Trip is for current 9-12th graders and for active participants in CMF Youth.)
Passport info: -16 or 17 years old: https://eforms.state.gov/Forms/ds11_pdf.PDF
-general passport page: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/need-passport.html
CDC Health Guidelines: Click here to read what the CDC suggests about travel to Belize.
Registration: -you will get a link from Jim once your "Application Form" is first approved by Jim.
Team meeting dates: January 26, February 23, March 23, April 27, June 1, July 16: 6pm
Belize Remind Class: please join this class by clicking this link: Belize 2025 Remind Class link
All future trip communications will be via this class.
Costs & deadlines: -$700 ($200 due at Online Registration + $500 in April).
((After January 11 this cost goes up $50 and there may be no spots left.))
Your $200 deposit is necessary when you register and commits you to the trip. (only in certain circumstances can this be refunded. Reservations and tickets are made on your behalf early on.) The remaining $500 can be paid anytime now but no later than April 27.
Prayer of Commissioning: CMF will be holding a special prayer of sending and blessing for us July 6th during the church service. Please be there if you are able and we will be invited to come up front as a team.
Times: We meet at CMF Friday 18t @230pm. We load up and plan to leave @3pm.
We stay overnight at the Holiday Inn Express Newark. Then we leave early Saturday morning to be dropped off at the Newark airport. Our flight is currently departing at 920am.
We return to Newark late on July 26th. We drive home and arrive in Milton sometime after midnight
It's Summer time! That means that weekly Wednesday Night Youth is on pause until the school year starts again.
There are many ways to stay involved over the Summer including Summer Trips, a Canoe trip, Campfires, and more.
Take time to reach out to friends. Initiate something fun with them. Show care. Breathe. Spend time with God.
the life book... BE CURIOUS... as we study Truth as it is written in the book of John.
Interact with scripture and determine what God's message to you really is!
... ask good questions, have good conversation, dive deeper into God's Word... be curious
kayaks and canoes on a trip down the river! camping out that night.
2 days, 1 night of river fun
Camping at the Landis River campsite!
Please find a kayak or canoe to bring for the event. A few extras are available through Jim for those who don't have any access.
Remember that each "boat" needs a whistle (i have extras if you don't), an oar per person, a life-vest per person.
We are using non-State launches. This means that boats will not have to be registered.
save the date. This is our tentative date for Fall Camp
save the date. This is our tentative date for Fall Camp
January Update: for now the problems have been addressed by the designers of this app. Hopefully, we will be trouble free for the year ahead. If problems arise again, we will replace this app with another plan.
A TECH UPDATE: BE AWARE: TECH ISSUES ARE SOMETIMES OCCURING WITH THIS CALENDAR APP. CONTINUE TO USE FOR NOW... We will continue to use as our main event information hub for as long as we can.