Arvada Covenant Church

When: Mid-April for 9 days
Where: Canchias and our sister church in Los Globos
Approximate Cost: $1,600 (+/- depending on air fares)
Team Size: 6-10
Signup Deadline: End of January for sign-ups and partial payments. Full payment is due February 12th.

Requirements: Attend 5 to 6 team meetings. Passport valid at least 6 months after the trip is completed. Spanish speaking would be useful, but is not required.

Trip Description: Since 2001 Arvada Covenant has partnered with Heart To Honduras to assist with the development of churches in small villages. The ministry of HTH is to address the spiritual and material needs of the poor in Honduras, providing Hope, Healing, Housing, Food and Clothing. Our projects this trip will likely include building a 'ministry house' for a poor lady or family and doing a Vacation Bible School with the children. We meet and worship with the people of the village and the Latin-American students at the Canchias Discipleship School. We are also able to learn about Heart To Honduras' various ministries to the poor.

For the 2012 trip, we could include a small medical and/or dental team with the main team. The medical team would visit a number of remote villages to provide care to the poor. We need one or more dentists or doctors, plus support personnel, for this to happen, so if you are interested in joining a medical team, let the team leader know ASAP so we can plan for this. Medical assistance is so much needed in Honduras, so please prayerfully consider joining the team.

We stay at Canchias which is the location of HTH's School of Discipleship campus. Accommodations are comfortable but rustic, with bunk beds and cold running water. We eat most meals at the main dining hall on the campus. We will travel about 30 minutes each way to our sister church in Los Globos where we work. At the end of the mission trip, there will be a side trip to enjoy other parts of Honduras.

To view videos of previous trips, click here.
Click here to see Heart to Honduras' promotional video.

Click here for registration information

Registration Steps

If you are planning to go on the trip, contact the team leader Phil Clady as soon as possible before filling out any forms or sending any money. Then take the following steps: (Note, the 2012 HTH forms will be added here as soon as they are available)

• Print and complete the Arvada Covenant Church Trip Application Packet
• Print and complete the Heart To Honduras 2012 Agreement and Release (please note that this form must be notarized.)
• Include a $750 deposit with the application. This deposit will go towards paying for the airline flights. Make the check out to "Arvada Covenant Church". Include a note with the check that it is for the Honduras Trip. (The balance will be due February 12, 2012.)
• Include a copy of your passport. Make sure your photograph is clear.
• Once the forms are complete, either send them to Phil Clady or drop them off at the church office.

More Information: Visit Heart to Honduras website at www.hth.org . You can also email Gary Palmer at canyondesigns@hotmail.com or call him at 303-642-3394.

When: Early to mid-summer. Contact trip leader for exact dates.
Where: Alaska Christian College, Soldotna
Approximate Cost: $1,300 - $1,500
Team Size: 15-20
Requirements: Attend several team meetings.
Prerequisite: 40 hours of experience with a local mission

Trip Description: On this trip you will stay and work at Alaska Christian College which is located in Soldotna, Alaska on the Kenai Peninsula. The college is located approximately three hours by van from Anchorage. While classes are usually not in session during the summer, there will probably be some students on campus. The teams participate in the various needs of the college campus. This could include cooking, construction, library needs, data entry, landscaping, etc. Specific projects for this year's trip are currently being developed.

To view videos of previous trips, click here.
Click here to watch a video on Alaska Christian College or visit our section on Alaska Christian College.

Click here for registration information

Registration Steps

If you are planning to go on the trip, contact the team leader Arlyn Mund as soon as possible before filling out any forms or sending any money. Then take the following steps:

• Print and complete the Arvada Covenant Trip Application Packet.
• Include a $300 deposit with the application. Make the check out to "Arvada Covenant Church". Include a note with the check that it is for the Alaska Trip.
• Once the forms are complete, either send them to Arlyn Mund or drop them off at the church office.

More Information: Call Arlyn Mund at (303) 420-0252 or e-mail Arlyn at argmund@gmail.com.

When: Mid to late summer - Contact trip leader for exact dates.
Where: San Cristobal, Totonicapan, Guatemala
Approximate Cost: Approximately $1,600
Team Size: 5-15
Requirements: Attend several team meetings. Passport valid at least 6 months after the trip is completed. Spanish speaking would be useful, but is not required.

Trip Description: This trip is to work at one or two Christian schools. One of the schools, Juan Wesley, has been open since 2009 and is in the process of adding new buildings. There are currently 400 students attending the school with plans to reach 1,500. The other school which is located in Chuixchimal is just beginning construction and will accommodate 300 children. This ministry is run by the entire Loren Anderson family and works under the name Eduguate and is a Vision Partner/Chapter of Worldwide Christian Schools. All ages are welcome

More Information: Visit the Eduguate website at www.eduguate.org or contact Ken Anderson at (303) 594-6817 or ken@eduguate.org.

When: Mid-summer. Contact trip leader for exact dates.
Where: Casa Hogar Palabra de Vida Orphanage, Chihuahua, Mexico
Requirements: Attend team meetings. Passport valid at least 6 months after the trip is completed. Spanish speaking would be useful, but is not required.

Trip Description: The orphanage is located in Chihuahua and is operated by a local church. Approximately 45 kids, ages 4 to 18 live at the orphanage. Depending on the situation at the time, some of the possible team activities could be participating in vacation Bible school, construction projects at the orphanage, sports/outings with the children, assist with the cooking, worship with the children and street evangelism.

Transportation is either by church van, car or plane. Driving takes about 1 ½ days each way. If you choose to fly, there is a modern airport in Chihuahua, Mexico.

We will stay in modern motels in Chihuahua and most meals will be in restaurants.

To view videos of previous trips, click here.

More Information: Visit their webpage or call Gary Nickerson at (303) 425-0957.

Are you willing and able to help people recover from natural disasters? Do you care enough to give of your time and resources to help those who have overwhelming needs that happened without warning? There are individuals at Arvada Covenant that frequently assist with cleanup and other relief from natural disasters, such as hurricanes, the tornados in Windsor, CO or the flooding in Iowa, and other states.

A typical trip is for a week at the disaster site. The "team" is formed on short notice, and provides their own transportation to the work site. Housing (maybe in a church basement) and meals are usually furnished. Work often consists of cleanup of mud and debris in a home of a deserving family, but may include other types of assistance. Many of the projects we work with are organized by Samaritan's Purse but some, like the Windsor projects, are organized by a local church.

If you are interested in participating in future projects like these, let Ben Flaim know and he'll put you in touch with Cathy Wilson who organizes and leads the teams. She can answer your questions and put you on the list to be contacted when a need arises.

If you are interested, email our Missions Outreach Chairman at .

When: Spring. Contact trip leader for exact dates.
Where: Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mexico
Approximate Cost: $300
Team Size: 10-15
Requirements: Attend team meetings. Passport valid at least 6 months after the trip is completed. Spanish speaking would be useful, but is not required.

Trip Description: This trip is run in conjunction with Amor Ministries which has been in ministry for more than twenty years. Transportation is by church van and takes 2 days with the travel night probably spent in northern Arizona. There will be a construction project to build a home for a poor family and also have a time for relational work as well.

We have worked with Amor Ministries on several of our Student Ministry trips in the past. Amor has been leading teams in Puerto Penasco for over 15 years and know the area, culture and people very well. To learn more about Amor Ministries, go to www.amor.org.

More Information:For more information, contact Kurt at or Joel at , or call (303) 422-1235, ext.221.

When: Summer, - Contact trip leaders for exact dates
Where: Cortez, Colorado
Approximate Cost: $300
Team Size: 10-15
Requirements: Attend team meetings. Passport valid at least 6 months after the trip is completed. Spanish speaking would be useful, but is not required.

Trip Description: To be determined. The trip will be with Youthworks

More Information: For more information, contact Kurt at or Joel at , or call (303) 422-1235, ext.221.

When: Summer - Contact trip leader for exact dates
Where: Chicago, Illinois
Approximate Cost: $350 (Does not include money for food on travel days or spending money.)
Team Size: 10-15
Requirements: Attend team meetings.

Trip Description: To be determined.

For more information, contact Kurt at kgewinner@arvadacovenant.org, or Joel at jadams@arvadacovenant.org or call their office at (303)422-1235 ext.221.

When: Probably July
Where: Mountain Village, a village in the bush of Alaska
Approximate Cost: TBD
Team Size: 1-6
Requirements: Attend several team meetings.
Prerequisite: 40 hours of experience with a local mission

Trip Description: On this trip you travel into the bush of Alaska to Mountain Village which is on the Yukon River in northwest Alaska. The town of Mountain Village has about 800 people and was a former fishing village several years ago. The team will travel in a small plane and stay in the parsonage. The work will be relational and/or construction, depending on the team. The current missionary family will retire this summer, so construction work on the parsonage, which is above the church, will be to remodel it before the new missionaries arrive. The building also has to be leveled.

Mountain Village is the Alaskan village that was assigned to the Midwest Conference by Covenant headquarters in Chicago. The trip team may consist of people from other churches within the Midwest Conference, which includes Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Colorado. This trip will be coordinated and planned through groups associated with the Covenant.

Click Here to see a video on Mountain Village.

More Information: Call David House at (303) 421-0606 or e-mail him at dahouse4u@comcast.net. Gary Carlson of Clyde Kansas is the trip coordinator for the Midwest Conference. For additional information, you can e-mail him at garycarl_50@yahoo.com.