Cleveland Mission Trip

In July of 2006, a team from Trace Creek Baptist Church went on a mission trip to Cleveland, Ohio . The trip was in connection with Cleveland Hope (which is a strategic focus city by the International Mission Board for two years). The team helped two churches with Vacation Bible School. The First Hispanic Baptist Church of Cleveland was helped in the mornings from 9:00a.m.-1:00p.m. The team helped in many ways; serving breakfast when the children first arrived, to teaching VBS classes, to helping with worship in song, to recreation time outside, and then helping serve lunch before being dismissed for the day. The team had a great time and will never forget the smiling faces of the children and the many thanks given by the adults of The First Hispanic Church of Cleveland. Praise God for all who gave their life to Christ that week.

 

Bay St.Louis Mission Trip

In October 2006, A team from Trace Creek joined a team of youth and adults from Grassland Heights Baptist Church in Franklin, TN for a trip to the Hurricane Katrina destroyed area of Bay St.Louis, Mississippi. The team stayed at First Baptist Church in Bay St.Louis. This church was hosting teams from all over the country to help rebuild the area. (Over 3,000 volunteers as of Oct. 2006) The amazing thing about this church is that up to this point the repairs that were needed for this church had not begun as they were more concerned for the community than themselves!!!! Some of team helped insulate and put up sheetrock at a family's home in the Waveland, Mississippi community.(See Photo) Some of the youth also entertained some of the children in the area as the work was being done. The other part of the team cleaned up yards that had been destroyed and littered with debris from the storm. It was an experience none of us will ever forget as the people of Bay St.Louis have an attitude of "We will get back to normal" and they are so thankful for the volunteers who come and help them. The team worshiped with two churches on Sunday and Praise God for the time together!  Bill Lowe, Tom Jehnzen and Todd Wertz install sheetrock in a home in Waveland, Mississippi  in photo at right hand of page                                                                                                  

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Arizona Mission Trip

In June of 2004 a group from TCBC traveled to the Arizona area to help Korean Joy Baptist Church with Vacation Bible School.  Below are some photos of their trip:

            

                    

Other mission trips over a 5 year period were:

                                        2003 Arizona Mission Trip

                                        2004 Sierra Vista, AZ VBS Team

                                        2004 New Johnsonville clean-up after straight line winds

                                        2004/2005 Brazil Medical and Evangelism Teams

                                        2006 Bakerville, TN Tornado clean-up

                                        2006 Cleveland, OH VBS team

                                        2006/2007 Bay St. Lousi and Gulfport, MS rebuilding after

                                                          Hurricane Katrina

                                        2006/2007 Ridgecrest, NC

                                        2007 Springfield, MO Disaster Relief Team

                                                 Ongoing Youth Volunteer Work Locally