Youth Mission Trips
Youth and adults (chaperones) interested in participating in any of the summer mission trips listed below must email the Church Office to request a registration packet and to reserve a spot.
Contact Mo. Siobhán for more information oh how you can get involved in youth mission trips.
Beach Towel Mission
St. James' Senior High youth may participate in Beach Towel Saturday, July 20-Saturday, July 27, 2013. Beach Towel, in Swansboro, NC, is an offering within the Towel ministry mission efforts. St. James' youth and adults engage in home repair and relationship building with the people who live in the homes.
Foothills Towel Mission
Unfortunately, this trip will not be offered for Summer 2013. Towel Ministries has decided to combine this mission with Beach Towel in July.
Heifer Project Mission
Middle School and Senior High youth (college students and adults are welcome, too!) will travel to Rutland, MA, Sunday, August 4-Thursday, August 8, to take care of the ranch animals, learn about environmental sustainability, and spend a night in the Global Village, where they take on the identity of a person living in a developing nation.
This mission trip is open to youth ages 6th grade and up. The cost is $275, and completed registration packet and checks are due to St. James' by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 14. We need a minimum of 12 participants (youth and adult chaperones) to go on this trip.
Please contact Mo. Siobhán with any questions.
2013 Heifer Mission Registration Packet
2013 Heifer Mission Program Catalog
2013 Heifer Mission Program Leaders' Handbook
Click here to see "A Night in the Global Village"
Jackson-Field Home
The Jackson-Field home in Jarratt, VA, is a residential community for at-risk teenage girls, started in 1855 by Episcopal churches in Virginia. The dates for this mission trip for Senior High and Middle School youth have not yet been set.
Click here to read Kaitlyn Ahrweiler's reflections on this youth mission trip.
Middle School Outreach Camp
Middle School Outreach Camp for rising 6th graders-rising 8th graders is a day camp, planned for Monday, August 19-Thursday, August 22, 2013, in which youth participate in various activities, serving the needs of the local community. In the past, we have picked veggies for the Volunteer Farm, led a project at the Aurora School, worshiped with and served meals to persons who are homeless in DC, and did a project for Loudoun Hospital, among other activities.
