RAFTING!
We will now be rafting with White Water Express, out of Copperhill, TN. As a result, you may have filled out a different rafting release form. We’ve changed the links on our website.
We will have extra release forms to till out on Sunday morning, if you have any issues (no notary needed for this one 🙂
THE TRIP
This year, we’re traveling to the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee, just outside of Gatlinburg. Our lodging, chapel services, and meals will mostly take place at Tennessee Wesleyan University, TWU. We will be doing service projects and evangelism in the Athens, TN area. Check out the Team Effort site for more details on what the week will look like!
Great news! We now have all of the notarized TeamEffort Permission/Release forms! (hooray!)
We’ve asked you to fill out a Whitewater Express Form, a Rafting Questionaire, and an electronic contact form. We’re adding one more to the list, to ensure that everything is covered on our trip.
We’re asking a parent/guardian to sign a Permission/Release from for First Baptist Sweetwater as well. We’ll have these forms available to be signed when you arrive to load up on Sunday morning. As a result, we need at least one parent/legal guardian available to sign paperwork before we depart.
Don’t worry, we’ll walk you through everything. Stop by our document station in the Student Center game room when you arrive on Sunday, to make sure we have everything we need from you.
BREAKFAST ON SUNDAY!
Coffee, OJ, cereal, McDonalds Breakfast Burritos, and an assortment of pastries.
TRAVEL
We hope to stop for a bathroom break, lunch, and another break for fuel and essentials before arriving.
We hope to check in at Tennessee Wesleyan University around 5pm, and we’ll get a quick bite to eat before worship on Sunday night.
RELATIONAL MISSION WORK
We’ve received word from our partners at Team Effort that they’re setting up a special day for our group to serve people, engage in real conversations, pray with those we serve, and share the love of Jesus one-on-one. This may be a little intimidating for most of our students. No one will be forced to participate, and everyone can find simple ways to serve. That said, we hope that many of our older students will rise to the challenge. Please be praying about this opportunity.
Team Effort is an established organization, based in Jacksonville, FL, that specializes in student
mission trips all over the country. They provide a quality program that includes:
LODGING & FOOD (dorm style at Tennessee Wesleyan University)
SERVICE PROJECTS (site selection, planning, direction, & materials)
THEMED CHAPEL SERVICES (worship & messages)
THEMED DEVOTIONAL MATERIAL (for personal reflection)
Our team is responsible for Free Day activities on Thursday & Friday and 2 meals, in addition to
travel, discipleship conversations, and general oversight of our students.
Electronic payments may be made here, by selecting the “STUDENT MINISTRY” fund.
Or you may pay with a check to FIRST BAPTIST SWEETWATER, designating “STUDENT MINISTRY” in the memo line.
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Departure is 7:00am. Be at the South Campus by 6:30am to allow for loading.
Students are assigned to specific vehicles—we think you’ll like the arrangements.
We will check to make sure you have the following before being allowed to get on the vans:
o TeamEffort Release Form
o Whitewater Express Release Form
o Electronic Rafting Questionnaire
o Travel Funds (or prior arrangements)
1Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his
love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy
complete by being like–minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do
nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above
yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
– Philippians 2:1–4 (NIV)
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