Mission Trips

Our Commitment To Youth In Mission

Since 1989 our Youth Group

has traveled from

British Columbia to Central California,

from the Oregon coast to Mississippi.

We have painted churches and houses,

inside and out; taught Vacation Bible School;

built a picket fence;

and whatever else they wanted us to do.

All the funds for these trips are raised by the youth through

washing cars, baking and selling cinnamon rolls,

holding a Game-a-thon and selling

Partners in Mission Shares.

Our Katrina Connection

Like people everywhere our hearts ached

when we saw the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

So our youth group stretched itself to go

much further than ever before on their annual mission trip .

By July 2006 they had raised almost $10,000

to send 15 people to the Mississippi Gulf coast for one week to help rebuild homes.

But that wasn’t enough. Overwhelmed by the devastation they saw and the

loving graciousness of the people they met, the kids came home and said

“We want to dosomething more!”

So we gathered “Gifts for Gautier.” The church in

Mississippi where our youth stayed and worked provided us with

the names of 23 people from five families. Because they had

lost everything we sent them “Christmas Celebration” packages

to help them restart celebrating the season.

On December 13, 2006 we shipped 10 boxes weighing over 180 pounds

to the 5 families in Mississippi.

But still it wasn't enough.

So in March of 2007 our first “All Church Mission Trip”

traveled back to Mississippi once again to spend

another week helping rebuild homes.

The group of 19 members and friends included members from

3 generations of one family. Individual church members

have also joined Katrina relief mission trips through the Presbytery of the Cascades and Habitat for Humanity.

PCL members continue looking for new ways to serve others