Latreia: Serving God-Serving Others
 

3-Day and 5-Day Urban Plunge: Twin Cities

We would like to invite your congregation to join us for a three or five day mission trip in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area!

An Urban Plunge mission trip provides :

  • Housing with showers (you will need to bring sleeping bags)
  • A service itinerary which provides you with a minimum of three different types of volunteer opportunities
  • Ethnic food for dinner each night at local ethnic restaurants (continental breakfast and sack lunches also included)
  • Reflection and journal questions for on-site education and also for post-trip reintegration into your home community
  • Local experts who will speak to your group on a variety of different issues: homelessness, poverty, aids, prostitution, etc.
  • An on-site team of young adults who will help facilitate nightly discussion with your group (if desired by the trip leader)

 

*2009 Cost/Person:

  • One Day: $60
  • Weekend : $115    
  • 3 Day Service Trip: $155  
  • 5 Day Service Trip: $225   
    • *Prices based on a 15-person group minimum
    • Groups smaller than 15 click here for pricing

 

What Others are Saying:

Click here for photos and comments past groups have made about their Urban Plunge experience

 

2008-09 Urban Plunge Summer Dates*:

  • June 7th -10th : Junior High or Senior High
  • June 10 th -13th : Junior High or Senior High
  • June 14th- 19th: Senior High
  • June 21st -24th Senior High
  • June 24th -June 27th: Junior High, Senior High, or Family/Adult
  • June 27th -July 1st : Junior High, Senior High, or Family/Adult
  • July 5th -10th : Senior High
  • July 12th -17th : Junior High or Senior High
  • July 19th -July 22nd: Junior High or Senior High
  • July 22nd - July 25th: Senior High
  • July 26th - July 31st: Senior High
*Ages are subject to change based on demand

 

How do I sign up?

1. Click here to complete the online application to reserve your spot for up to 3 weeks (deposits must be received within 3 weeks of registration to hold your spot).

2. Pay your deposit online through Paypal. You do not need an account with paypal to use it.

or mail in your $50/per person deposit to this address:

Latreia (Urban Plunge)
3490 Lexington Ave N Suite 300
St. Paul, MN 55126

3. An information packet, health forms, and a leader's packet will be emailed to you within two business weeks.

How do I get more information?

You can call our office at 651-287-8497, email us at info@latreia.org, or fill out the online form for Urban Plunge mission trips and request specific information in the comments box!

How long do I have to sign up?

We have limited availability. Urban Plunge missions is filled on a first-come, first-served basis.

 

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In the face of the oppressed I recognize my own face, and in the hands of the oppressor I recognize my own hands. Their flesh is my flesh, their blood is my blood, their pain is my pain, their smile is my smile.

Henri Nouwen .