Come to Appalachia to: Raise roofs, fix floors, and build a whole new you!

 Welcome  Opening prayer  History of the teen mission trip at St. Joe’s  Slideshow of the 2015 trip  Teen / Adult comments  Overview of 2016 Program & Application Process  Q&A  Next Steps

 History of St. Joe’s summer teen mission trip…  Since 2010 our Youth Ministry has organized a teen mission trip to the Appalachia region through Appalachia Service Project ( ) and Catholic Mission Trips (2015).  : We started with two adults & 3 teens (2010) and got as big as 74 teens and 32 adults on a trip. We went to Kentucky, West Virginia, and Tennessee with Appalachian Service Trip (ASP).  In 2015, 55 teens & 24 adults went to Harlan, KY with Catholic Mission Trips.  For the 2016 trip, we will again go to Harlan, KY and we are doing it on our own this year!

 Slideshow of 2015 CMT trip.

 Teen and adult panel

 2016 St. Joe’s Summer Teen Mission trip:  Appalachian Mission Trip (AMT)  Instead of using an organization such as ASP or CMT we will be running the trip on our own!  The mission of this trip:  1. Building a stronger relationship with God  2. Building a community with each other and the Appalachian people.  3. Repairing Appalachian homes. Before we go:  Required monthly meetings for formation, team building, and basic construction training for everyone.  All adult leaders will go through the archdiocesan background check process and will be required to attend additional monthly planning meetings.

On the trip:  We will go back to Harlan, KY and stay at the same church we stayed at with CMT in 2015, Holy Trinity.  Transportation: will rent 12-passenger vans & 8- passenger SUVs. Only adult leaders will be allowed to drive the vehicles.  We will sleep in classrooms and have shower facilities there.  The church will coordinate finding the jobs for us.  We will have the same cooks we had in  There will be daily morning mass and evening formation.  We plan to have college age young adults play an instrumental part in the formation on the trip.

 Serve for one week in the summer  Trip next summer is from 7/23 – 30  2 adult group leaders for every 5 to 6 teens  Minimum age: 14 by 7/23/16  We can take up to 70 teens & 28 adults/young adults (14 teams)

 Cost of the program  Cost per teen will be a minimum of $750  This money can be obtained through stock donations or teen payment (this is NEW!)  Prizes will be awarded for those who raise the most over the $750.  What is AMT Stock?  An opportunity for family and friends to help support you on your mission trip.  This year, we will not have online payment availability. Payments must be made by check.

 Next Steps:  Registration packets for teens, adults & young adults need to be completed and turned in to the parish office by December 31,  We will consider when applications are submitted as one of the factors when filling spots on the trip, so get these in early!  Decisions will be made by January 11 on trip participation.  Monthly meetings for formation, team building and training begin with a formation meeting on January 24 (all dates can be found on the application).

 Contacts: Ron or Megan or