Mission Jamaica

In 2011, members of Zion Lutheran Church will have the opportunity to join Pastor Ted on a short term mission trip to Jamaica where they can put their faith into action. The tentative scheduled dates are February 26 to March 5, 2011.

Mission Jamaica (MJ) is a mission experience best described as “a vacation with a purpose.” Each year members of over 60 congregations from around the United States travel to this mission field, from January through April, to serve God using their varied and unique skills and talents. The trip combines a service project with time for reflection and spiritual rest. It allows a person to experience an international mission field that is close to home yet far enough away to immerse into another culture for a week.

The program began in 1990 when St. Andrew‘s Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi, MN sent 19 missionaries to Hope Valley Experimental School in Kingston. Since then it has grown to include several mission sites in the capital of Kingston and around the Montego Bay area. The work ranges from pouring cement to working in medical or dental clinics using professional skills and knowledge to simply holding an orphaned child. Whatever your gifts or talents are, you can use them to serve the Jamaican community. Mission Jamaica provides a way for anyone to love and serve our neighbors just as Jesus taught us through his love and service to others.

Please join Pastor Ted at for a short informational meeting to learn how you can be a part of this life changing experience at 5:45pm on Wednesday, August 11 or 11:45am on Sunday, August 15.