Background:

During a Church Planning Meeting and a week later at the Church Charge Conference, Wesley UMC named MISSION as one of its top goals for the church. A mission team from Wesley UMC traveled to Marion, Virginia in the Appalachian foothills of Southwest Virginia to work in mission with Project Crossroads. Southwest Virginia (most particularly Smythe County) was once an industrial center. In the last 10-15 years, however, all but one of the major industries once based in this region of Virginia have moved out of the area. Left behind is a high unemployment rate and poverty level. Project Crossroads works with the disinherited of this area to improve poor housing situations. For more information on Project Crossroads, visit: http://projectcrossroads.holston.org/

eMail Contact For Clair Travis: Wesley Youth Director and Mission Trip Coordinator