MEXICOOUTREACH April 7th -15th, 2017

High School Student, College Student and Adult Mission Trip

WHY MEXICO?

Photo: Spring 1996, Bayside’s 1st Mexico Outreach

THE BIG PICTURE

Bayside has been crossing the border and changing the lives of students, adults, and niños for 20+ years. During Easter week Bayside students and adults come together to serve as God’s hands and feet in Mexicali, Mexico. Mexico started in 1996 with just a small group of 26, pictured below, and has grown to over 1000+ because of the positive and lasting impact on the Mexican community and on the Americans that go. Recognize anyone from the first team? Pastor Ray?

The large group divides into smaller teams that serve all over the Mexicali valley supporting and encouraging the churches and organizations we partner with. The week is packed with amazing sermons, a close community, piggy back rides, servant hearts, fantastic food, and powerful experiences. For our Spring Break week, “Camp Bayside” (our very own camp site est. 2009) is transformed from an average alfalfa field in a rural farming town into a small city of green army tents and baños, surrounded by beautiful sunrises and sunsets and 1,000 of your closest friends and God meets everyone. If you want to be part of something bigger than the average spring break trip, join us in Mexico!

Photo: Spring 2016

A TYPICAL DAY 7:00am

Breakfast

7:10am

Leader Meeting

8:00am

Morning Chapel & Devotions

8:45am

Team Meeting/Prayer

9:00am

Teams Depart for Ministry Sites

12:00pm

Lunch at Ministry Sites

5:30pm

Teams Return to Base camp

6:00pm

Dinner

7:30pm

Pre-Chapel Program

8:00pm

Evening Chapel

9:30pm

Tent Time

10:30pm

Lights Out

-Passport or Passport Card -Personal Medication -Appropriate/Modest Clothes For 5 – 8 days of Ministry -Warm Jacket – It Gets Cold! -Inexpensive Sunglasses -Bible, Journal/Notebook, Pen/Pencil -Twin Sized Cot, Pillow & Warm Sleeping Bag -Hands-free Flashlight -Toiletries -Flip Flops for Your 1 Shower -Bug Repellent -Water Bottle -Nothing that needs to be plugged in *For a More Detailed Packing List Visit Our Website

PACKING LIST

TEAMS Construction

Impact HS

HS

C

C

A

A

Bayside’s Breakaway Kids Camp goes to Mexico! This team partners with the local churches in Mexico to minister to the kids in the community sharing the Gospel message. Key components to impact teams are games, Bible stories, arts & crafts, worship & giving lots of piggyback rides.

Our construction teams build homes for families in need that are connected to the churches & communities where we work. These teams spend the entire week constructing a 2-bedroom home in one week. Construction leads need students who are focused, committed and not afraid of hard work.

Festival

Sports HS

HS

C

C

A

A

This traveling team brings some extra fun to our Impact Teams. Throughout the week, festival teams bring a mini carnival to the churches with bounce houses, face painting, balloon animals & games.

Soccer clinics and camps are a great draw for kids in the communities we work with. Our sports teams will combine the fundamentals of soccer & key Biblical themes to reach kids from ages 5-17. Sports team members have to love kids & should have some soccer experience & a love for the game.

Team Requirements A

= Adult

HS

= High School

Community Serve

C

= College

V

= Mexico Veteran

Cycles for Hope C

HS

A

A

V

V

This team is a flexible one! Comm Serve might do many things that range from painting projects, ministering to the homeless, building play structures, city projects, park clean ups & more, depending on the needs of the community. This team requires a “can do” attitude!

We are taking Cycles 4 Hope to Mexico to help meet the basic transportation needs of local pastors, families & individuals by providing refurbished bicycles, repair services & training. Team members should have a love for bicycles & serving others & basic knowledge & experience with bicycle repair.

Photo

Barnabas C

HS

A

A V

Many families don’t have the means to take or print pictures of their families. Be a part of the team that takes family & individual portraits & then provides them with a printed copy.

Have you been to Mexico before? Do you love to encouraging people? Then Barnabas is the team for you. Barnabas is a traveling team that goes from site to site encouraging the Bayside students & adults as they serve the community.

Security

First Aid C

A

A

We depend on our team to keep the camp safe, assist in camp logistics, & make sure all of us our having a blast!

Doctors, nurses and other health care professionals serve our camp keeping us healthy & assisting in any first aid needs.

Food

Hospitality C

C

A

A

Everybody’s gotta eat and at “Camp Bayside” we eat well. This team has a blast feeding the masses & fueling the ministry.

Help us take care of our own people at camp! The Hospitality team creates a fun environment at base camp for all participants including running our camp store, adult leader areas & more.

Home Team HS C A

Email us at: MexicoOutreach

@baysideonline.com

SPECIAL TEAMS

Not able to go with us, but want to serve? A parent of a student & want to support the trip? We have a big need for volunteers to help before, during & after the trip. Office help, assisting us in fundraising events, registration team, transportation, logistics, weekend promotion & more… there’s ALWAYS a need.

Spartans HS C A

Apply Online!

This team is for those who are willing to go above & beyond. Spartans arrive at camp to an empty field & are responsible for setting up tents, preparing base camp & having a fully functional facility ready for the main group. Apply at: www.baysideonline.com/mexico Note: All Spartans are also a part of another ministry team & will serve with that team throughout the week of the trip.

COST BREAKDOWN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (9th-12th grade) Early Bird Registration (By Nov. 30, 2016) $149 Application Fee + $450 Remaining Balance = Total $599 Regular Registration (By Jan. 22, 2017) $149 Application Fee + $500 Remaining Balance = Total $649 COLLEGE AGE (18 and/or HS grad– 24 yrs old) Early Bird Registration (By Nov. 30, 2016) $149 Application Fee + $300 Remaining Balance = Total $449 Regular Registration (By Jan. 22, 2017) $149 Application Fee + $350 Remaining Balance = Total $499 ADULTS (25 yrs & older) $149 Application Fee + $150 Remaining Balance = Total Trip Cost $299 INTERPRETERS (Fluent in Spanish, 18 yrs+) Fully sponsored, encouraged to raise $299 *Interpreters are critical to the success of our trip. Please help us recruit!

Many of our students fund raise for this trip year-round by house sitting, housecleaning, babysitting, selling arts & crafts, dog washing & more – just about anything you can think of. Another great idea would be to ask for donations for your trip in lieu of birthday or Christmas presents. Think creatively and outside the box!

SUPPORT LETTERS & EMAILS

Visit our website, baysideonline.com/mexico and download the “support raising instructions” document. This letter is for you to personalize & send out to friends, family, teachers, neighbors, anyone you can think of! One student even got a donation from his orthodontist! The letter asks for people to become part of your Mexico team by being your prayer warriors and/or your financial support team. We recommend you send these out as soon as you register – don’t procrastinate!

YOUR COST

We want to know that you are fully committed, raising the original $149 Application fee shows us you are serious about going. We have a small fund & can sometimes offer PARTIAL scholarships. Scholarship amounts toward remaining balances are awarded based on a variety of criteria including a review of the participant’s efforts to raise their own funds and family circumstances. Scholarship applications can be requested from student ministries. *For a more detailed list of ways to raise funds, please visit our website or contact student ministry staff at your campus.

WHAT IF WE DON’T HAVE THE MONEY?

FUND RAISE YEAR-ROUND

TEAM LEADER

A

V

C

Each Team Leader has had significant experience with Bayside Mexico Outreach and Student Ministries at Bayside, and has proven themselves in their ability to communicate clearly, maintain positive attitude, carry themselves with maturity, build healthy relationships and execute on the plans and directives of Bayside. Team Leaders are responsible for providing oversight at ministry sites and holding teens to safety measures they agreed to during training. Team Leaders are responsible for developing their Student Leaders spiritually and holding them accountable to growth opportunities. Team Leaders should complete Bayside’s Growth Track 101 class by March 2017, be a Bayside Church member and be actively participating in a Bayside group.

LEADERSHIP

ASSISTANT ADULT LEADER

A

C

Assistant Leaders provide leadership support to the senior level team leaders by assisting with the many logistics of the project. Assistant Adult Leaders must also have proven themselves in their ability to communicate clearly, maintain positive attitude, carry themselves with maturity, build healthy relationships and execute on the plans and directives of Bayside.

STUDENT LEADER

HS

C

V

Student Leaders are responsible for casting vision to the team and directing ministry on a daily basis. They should develop their teams spiritually and hold them accountable to growth opportunities. They are expected to help their peers process through their trip as it progresses. Student Leaders should be confident and ready to vocally direct a large group of students in the right direction. Student Leaders are accountable to student ministries pastors and staff and Team Leader.

ADULTS ARE NEEDED ON ALL TEAMS LEADERS ARE NEEDED FROM ALL CAMPUSES

DATES TO KNOW * Look online for most current calender, locations and times

Mexico Leader Training Sunday, January 29 Mexican Fiesta Friday, February 10 Mexico Team Training #1 Sunday, February 12 Mexico Team Training #2 Sunday, March 5 Mexico Team Training #3 Sunday, March 19 Commissioning Weekend Saturday, April 1 & Sunday, April 2 Mexico Outreach April 7-15 Flashback Wednesday, April 19

NEXT STEPS Text Mexico2017 Text Mexico2017 to 56316 to: Receive Application Link Receive Mexico Alerts

Apply Online Mexico registration is now open Visit baysideonline.com/mexico to apply or for more info $149 Application Fee is due at time of application *Apply Online BEFORE November 30 for Early Bird Price. **Team selections are first come first serve Make sure you have a passport or passport card that is valid through April 2017.

Release Forms Medical and Travel Release Forms can be found online >Everyone MUST turn in Release Forms >All minors MUST have forms Notarized >Participants 18 and over MUST have been live scanned through Bayside Church.

STAY CONNECTED text Mexcio2017 to 56316

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