CHURCH MISSIONS

Appalachia Service Project & Methodist Habitat

Appalachia Service Project for 2010

The Appalachia Service Project, more commonly referred to as ASP, is a Christian mission that focuses on the housing needs of low-income families in the Appalachian Mountains that began 41 years ago in 1969. Today, ASP sees a total of 15,000 volunteers each summer in its 24 centers spread throughout Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Virginia.

Every summer, a group of dedicated Senior High youth from Minooka UMC volunteers a week of their summer vacation to assist the less fortunate. This past June 12-18, 25 young adults and 10 chaperones participated in several ASP projects in Breathitt County near Jackson, Kentucky. With this year’s record breaking attendance of volunteers from Minooka UMC, Marlin Hartman has promoted this wonderful mission program in the 10 years as Minooka UMC’s ASP leader. It’s wonderful to see the impact he has had on all of these youths (and chaperones) lives with his continued leadership in Senior High Missions/Sunday School. Congratulations Marlin for jobs well done!!

Leaders and Adult chaperones are: Marlin Hartman, Lorain Clausen, Beth Froidcoeur, Meghan Sacarro-Culp, Kim Nave, Dean Geyer, Don Claybaugh, Brian Spencer, Les Dilday and Jody Moorman.

Senior High participants were: Taylor Hartman (5th Year), Warren Dailey (4th Year), Cameron Clausen (4th Year) Rachel Graff (4th Year), Andrew Moorman (3rd Year), Krissy Stewart (3rd Year), Jessica Froidcoeur (3rd Year), Sara Tredennick (3rd Year), Bayley Clausen (2nd Year), Matt Kasmer (2nd Year), Trevor Spencer (2nd Year), Kelsey Dilday (2nd Year), Aaron Graff (2nd Year), Alex Syzmanski (2nd Year), Noah Kasmer (1st Year), Logan Claybaugh (1st Year), Maverick Nave (1st Year), Dutch Nave (1st Year), Caleb Froidcoeur (1st Year), Jacob Glendenning (1st Year), Steve Syzmanski (1st Year), Anna Geyer (1st Year), Derek Dailey (1st Year), Emily Deeter (2nd Year-Grace UMC), Kristina Parro (2nd Year-Grace UMC)


The five “red” crews of 2 adult chaperones/5 youth participated in the following areas:

“Wagon” crew replaced the subflooring and installed carpeting for family that consist under one roof that resides the grandparents, their children and spouses, grandchildren and additional grandchildren from children who are not living there.

“Ladybug” crew built a temporary support of the outside walls, dug holes for piers in 2 rooms for an elderly man and his brother.

“Cardinals” crew built a large handicap ramp for a family consisting of a mother and her two children, one of whom is an 11 yr old wheelchair bound boy.

“Bricks” crew built a porch for a safe exit off the back of their home for a family of four—husband, wife and their 2 young daughters.

“Lobster” crew began digging the holes for a row of 8 piers to support floor system for a large family living in the small house: grandmother and grandfather, sons and daughters and their significant others plus their children.

Again many thanks to Claude and Karen Crawshaw for helping with arrangements; Dawn Nemitz and the Plant Sale crew; Gail Flatness, Maria Larabee and the Spring Brunch Crew, Men’s Prayer Breakfast, the Minooka UMC congregation and the Minooka Community for their continued support of this wonderful youth mission.

For more information on ASP (Appalachia Service Project) go to: www.asphome.org