Project TransformationHost Churches
Transforming Communities through Relationships
"What can I say about Project Transformation? I am not sure I can begin to grasp the appropriate words to describe how this summer camp has blessed our lives... Through the weeks, as the staff worked with [our special needs grandson], he was like a budding flower and now...it seems like he is going to 'burst forth' with success in being able to communicate and interact with his peers and those around him."
Project Transformation:
- challenges college students to serve in needy communities and to focus on vocational discernment, helping them envision and consider full-time ministry and community service beyond college
- provides children in low-income neighborhoods and poor-performing schools with a safe, stimulating summer camp experience with a focus on reading and exposure to interested and caring adults
- offers churches a way to reach out to the communities surrounding them, building stronger communities and relationships that can continue to be developed beyond the summer.
Project Transformation is an 8-week Monday-Thursday day camp for children in first through sixth grades, hosted by churches in Charlottesville and Waynesboro, and operated by college interns. Interns provide a full slate of activities, beginning each morning with a time of singing, followed by Bible lessons and worship, an hour of reading with volunteer tutors, crafts, recreation, and a time of afternoon enrichment when church and community volunteers introduce children to their passions and professions. Part vacation Bible school and part academic enrichment, Project Transformation focuses on reading skills and community involvement, giving children from some of the area’s most vulnerable neighborhoods exposure to a variety of experiences and people within a Christian context. This summer’s program will run June 13 - August 4, 2005.
Host churches serve as the camp sites for our 8-week Monday-Thursday day camps. Serving as a host church offers a congregation a concrete way to reach out to neighboring communities, beginning relationships which can continue to be developed beyond the summer. Interns worship at host churches each Sunday throughout the summer and are available to help with worship leadership. This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with young adults and to support them as they engage in vocational exploration.
Download the application, or contact us for information
Deborah Lewis
Project Transformation
Wesley Foundation at UVA
1908 Lewis Mountain Rd.
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Phone: 434-977-6500
e-mail: wesleyuvaDL@earthlink.net
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Last updated: Wed Oct 20 14:29:47 2004
