Clemson Wesley and CU Gospel Choir announce…

Spring Break Trip to Eleuthera, Bahamas
March 2009

Since the spring of 2003, Clemson Wesley has sent six teams totaling over 250 students and others to serve beside, worship with and learn from the people of the Bahamas. Last year, CW partnered with the CU Gospel Choir to co-sponsor the trip, with 52 students and others spending a week together in and around the fishing settlement of Tarpum Bay in southern Eleuthera.  These trips have been life-transforming for many (if not all!) of our team members, and real, meaningful relationships have been established with Bahamian families, churches and communities on the islands of Eleuthera and Grand Bahama.

As in the past, we will spend time working with Bahamians in their schools, homes, churches and clinics, and we will experience their gracious and rich culture. These weeks in the Bahamas are always part mission trip, part retreat, part study abroad and part spiritual pilgrimage.  Like last year, the CUGC will also have several opportunities to sing in churches and schools throughout the island.

We are currently making plans to lead a team of up to 50 students and other adults to the beautiful island of Eleuthera for a week of worship, rest, study, fellowship, and reflection next March (16th-20st is our break). At this point, we anticipate this week in Eleuthera to cost between $800-900 per person (including transportation, housing, food and insurance). As in the past, we will work together as a team to raise the entire amount needed, with each person doing his or her fair share, whatever that might be. For CU and other students interested in receiving course credit for this experience, we will be happy to work with one of your professors to try and make this happen.

To reserve a space, we will need a deposit for $100 (checks payable to "Clemson Wesley fbo Bahamas"). These trips to the Bahamas have been very popular in prior years, and we anticipate the trip filling up quickly. As in previous years, we hope that we'll be able to return these deposits to you as spending money after our fundraising is completed.

The first informational meeting about the trip will be held on Thursday, October 2nd from 6:15 - 7 pm in Hendrix (immediately preceding the CUGC's normal Thursday practice).  Should you have any questions, please contact Rev. Lane Glaze (glaze@clemson.edu) or EJ Roberts (earlr@clemson.edu).