2008
2008 Worship Caravan was "Life is a Puzzle: Let God Fill in the Missing Pieces"
Description by Destination: Toronto, Canada
There were 44 youth and 11 sponsors.
( ) # of years in Worship Caravan
Youth:
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Amy Brown (2) |
Grace Brown (4) |
Shayla Cotman (2) |
|
Robin Dauster |
Maddie Driskill |
Greg Eno |
|
Blake Finger (6) |
Dalton Gibson (4) |
Kelci Glover |
|
Allison Gnefkow (5) |
Emily Gnefkow (6) |
Erin Gray (2) |
|
Valerie Gray (2) |
Miah Hamm |
Mitchel Hewitt |
|
Tyler Joe (4) |
Rachel Keith (7) |
Stephanie Keith (5) |
|
Garrett Krehbiel (2) |
Trent Meckenstock (5) |
Tyler Meckenstock (3) |
|
Natalie Meyer (4) |
Lauren Minter (2) |
Kyle Moore |
|
Darby Musslman |
Jacque Patton (6) |
Jenni Patton (4) |
|
Mandy Phillips (4) |
Rachel Phillips (4) |
Caroline Skidmore |
|
Meredith Skidmore |
Natalie Skidmore |
Kate Stoltz (2) |
|
Ryan Swayne |
Brian Taylor (2) |
Stephanie Taylor (3) |
|
Haley Valcoure (2) |
Adam Veenis (4) |
Nathan Veenis (4) |
|
Hannah Wagner |
Katy Weidner (5) |
Gabi Wiens |
|
Leslie Wyckoff (3) |
Paul Wyckoff (3) |
Sponsors:
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Chris Brown (5) |
Kelly Joe (4) |
Billie Keith (6) |
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Kris Meckenstock (8) |
Lora Patton (4) |
Barry Smith (15) |
|
Andrew Stover (2) |
Steve Taylor |
Mike Valcoure (2) |
|
Rev. Cindy Watson |
Deb Wiens |
They traveled 2865.9 miles, provided 13 worship services and traveled through Ontario -Canada and 8 states: Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Michigan.
They traveled to the following locations:
DAY
1
Snapshot:
Driving, sack lunches @ Graham Cave State Park MO.
Service:
x2 Green Park Senior Living Community & Cape Albeon - The
Village assisted Living Apartments, both in St Louis, Mo
Overnight:
First UMC, St Charles, MO
DAY
2
Snapshot:
Post Road Rec. Center go carts in Indy
Service:
Forum at the Crossing
Overnight:
St Luke's UMC, Indianapolis, IN
DAY
3
Snapshot:
Murder Mystery Lunch Train & Maumee Bay State Park - beach &
car show.
Service:
None today
Overnight:
Maumee UMC, Maumee, OH
DAY
4
Service:
All three morning services at Maumee UMC
Snapshot:
Cedar Point, OH (world record costers!)
Overnight:
Hotel Breakers, Cedar Point, OH
DAY
5
Snapshot:
Breakfast at the hotel & Niagara Falls
Service:
Shepherd Village Inc, Toronto, ON
Overnight:
Bayview Glen Alliance Church, Toronto, ON
DAY
6
Snapshot:
Big breakfast at Bayview Glen Alliance Church, CN Tower, Detroit
Tigers Baseball
Service:
Meadow Park London Retirement Lodge, London, ON
Overnight:
Park Wood Gospel Temple, Windsor, ON
DAY
7
Snapshot:
Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Munster pool
Service:
Flex Service Faith Church. (We did one song and one scripture
reading in their Wednesday night service.)
Overnight:
Faith Church, Dyer IN
DAY
8
Snapshot:
Picnic at Kankakee River State Park
Service:
x2 Evergreen Village Supportive Living & Evergreen Place
Residential Assisted Living, both in Normal, IL
Overnight:
Calvary UMC, Normal, IL - Talent Show!
DAY
9
Snapshot:
Meramec Caverns
Service:
Heisner Bluffs Jefferson City, MO
Overnight:
First UMC of Jefferson City, MO - Last Dance
DAY 10
Last
day driving home, Closing Communion along the way at a rest stop
with Pastor Cindy!
A CD of over 3200 digital photos was available.
A book for each Caravaner was produced with general instructions, daily devotions and schedules.
Talent time, up-slips, and the occasional storytelling were bus activities.
This was our first year back with Village Charters Bus Company. We had too many hours on duty for one driver and had to switch to a new one 2 days before we got back!
