OC Ministries

What

OC Ministries is an ongoing ministry that sends mission teams to Jamaica, Liberia, and Sierra Leone several times a year. Members of these teams work to build classrooms, churches and clinics. You can support them through your prayers, donations, scholarships for students, or if you're feeling adventurous...take a trip!!

Jeff Beeman, a member of LHUMC has collected his thoughts about his time in Sierra Leone in a wonderful article. This can be found on the newly updated OC Ministries website. Check it out today!!

 http://ocministries.com/spreadtheword.htm

So, you're wondering what OC stands for:

  1. Operation Classroom
    • constructing or repairing classroom buildings and teacher's housing
    • sending and purchasing supplies
    • teacher subsidies
    • accounting seminars for school principals
  2. Operation Clinic
    • constructing or repairing clinics and medical staff housing
    • sending medical teams
    • sending and purchasing supplies
    • sponsoring local nurse training seminars
    • sending Feed My Starving Children food
  3. Operation Church
    • constructing or repairing churches and parsonages
    • sending Bibles, hymnals and Sunday School material
  4. Operation Connection
    • sponsoring children's school scholarships
    • sponsoring the Child Rescue Operation Project (CROP) orphanage in Sierra Leone by sending funds for building materials, food, staff, and children's schooling
    • letter writing between Minnesota and African children
  5. Operation Choir
    • touring Jamaica together with choir members and instrumentalists from Minnesota and Jamaica
You can help OC Ministries by:
  • donating money
  • joining a construction, medical, or music team
  • collecting supplies
  • letter writing

When & Where

Trips are generally 10 to 14 days and are scheduled throughout the year. Several teams are sent for each country.

Commitment

Team costs are generally $1,200 to $1,400 for Jamaica and $2,800 to $3,200 for Liberia and Sierra Leone. Partial scholarships are available.

For More Information

For more info: contact Karissa Ouren.

OC Ministries is a mission of the Minnesota United Methodist Conference and Lake Harriet United Methodist Church.