{"id":10022,"date":"2007-08-31T12:14:15","date_gmt":"2007-08-31T17:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=10022"},"modified":"2011-08-08T12:15:01","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T17:15:01","slug":"5804","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2007\/08\/31\/5804\/","title":{"rendered":"Merge, Formation to Sponsor Mission Trips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MCCALLEN, TX (August 31, 2007) \u2013 Merge Ministries and the  Evangelical Covenant Church Department of Christian Formation are  cooperating in a first-time effort to offer mission trips so that groups  from around the country will have the opportunity to work together.  Merge is part of the Evangelical Covenant Church&#8217;s Department of World  Mission.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The projects scheduled for next summer will be in three locations:<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 June 21-29: Monterrey, Mexico<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 July 5-13: Rio Grande Valley, Texas<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 August 1-10: Tome, Chile<\/p>\n<p>The  Monterrey trip will accommodate a maximum of 120 individuals who will  stay in a local church and homes. Participants will minister in Covenant  and non-Covenant churches, a community outreach ministry, and the  Covenant Foundation. Cost, including airfare, will be around $1,000 per  person.<\/p>\n<p>Up to 120 people also will be able to participate in the  Rio Grande Valley project. Participants will either camp in Reynosa,  Mexico, or stay in churches in Texas. Trip members will help with  construction in Mexico, as well as children\u2019s ministry and outreach  events. Cost is estimated at $900 per person, including airfare.<\/p>\n<p>Sixty  openings are available for the trip to Chile, where people will stay in  churches. Participants will minister in three Covenant churches and at a  camp doing construction, school ministry, youth ministry and teaching  English classes.<\/p>\n<p>Dale Lusk, executive director of Merge, says the  trips will help individuals engage the broader denomination, providing  them the opportunity \u201cto see beyond their own neighborhood church.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Further details are being finalized. 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