Firehouse Summer Mission Trip 2024!

HINTON RURAL LIFE CENTER
Hayesville, North Carolina

2024 registration cost: $100 per participant
(Total cost apprx $600; Clay Church Youth will have most of their trip sponsored)

Hinton Rural Life Center’s 10-week Summer Mission Outreach program is a popular destination and service opportunity for youth mission teams! Open to students *12-18 years old (*by June 30), our summer program runs Sunday through Thursday and features three days of our Safe & Healthy Home Repair ministry, worship and devotional times, poverty awareness activity, Appalachian Culture Night, delicious meals, and fun Staff-Camper Challenges with our amazing crew of college-aged summer staffers. Groups stay in our Lodge or retreat house accommodations (with beds, linens, and bathroom for each room).

Rough Timeline:
- Sat, June 29, 6:00 PM | Dinner, sleep at Firehouse, depart for NC early morning.
- Sun, June 30, Dinner Time | Arrive at Hinton Center
- Mon, July 1 – Wed, July 3 | Mission Work and Programming
- Thu, July 4 | Fun day
- Fri, July 5 | Depart for home

More Information: Through Hinton Center’s Missions Outreach Program, teams serve for one week working on a variety of safe and healthy home repairs in the local, Appalachian community. Projects may include, but are not limitedto, handicap accessible ramps, porches, steps, underpinning mobile homes, painting, floor repair, and yard work. Why a safe and healthy homes focus? Did you know that your zip code is a better predictor of health than your genetics? Hinton Center is striving for a better quality of life for all in our community.
At Hinton, we emphasize not only the physical work, but even more, relationship building as we serve God and our neighbors. Additionally, teams have the opportunity to connect to unique ministries of gardening and firewood.
While your time at Hinton will include lots of physical labor, you’re also a guest at our comfortable retreat facilities. Enjoy afternoons jumpinginto the lake, playing disc golf, reading underneath a tree, taking a prayerful walk at the outdoor labyrinth, and enjoying delicious meals with fellowship. Our ultimate purpose is to serve our community, but we want you to have time to retreat, reflect, and renew.
It’s our prayer that you will grow personally, but also that we can grow together as communities of faith. One of our goals is that you will also grow in understanding of Appalachian culture, of poverty, and of being in ministry with our neighbors. We’ll provide intentional time and reflection to learn more about how God calls us to a life of servanthood. Our staff incorporate different learning techniques and reflection models into a mission week, and also give your group the opportunity to grow in relationship with one another.