Appalachia Service Project (ASP)
An inter-generational home repairs ministry.
2011 Schedule and Registration Form, click here,
In 2011 twenty-five youth and adults will be traveling to Manchester, Clay County in Kentucky, leaving Pennsylvania on July 2 and returning from Kentucky on July 9. This is our twenty-fourth year of participating in this home repairs ministry.
Slide Show - scroll down to view a slide presentation of our past servants trips to Appalachia.
ASP Video – scroll down to view a video highlighting the Appalachia Service Project.
ASP website: click here.
How can a region like Appalachia so rich in natural resources be so poor? You can’t build factories on mountainsides. You can’t plant crops. And for more than a hundred years, natural resources have been removed from the region. The result is that jobs are few and far between. For many of these families, their modest houses-handed down from generation to generation-are the only real possession they have. But houses need maintenance. And when your resources are limited, fixing a hole in the roof is a low priority. Into this bleak environment, ASP shines a ray of hope. With help from volunteers from across the country, ASP repairs more homes than any agency working in Appalachia. Our congregation’s first servant trip in 1988 to Appalachia included eight youth and adults. Our current involvement includes four teams totaling 24 youth and adults. In 2012 we will give thanks for 25 years of service in ASP.
Our servant trips to Appalachia | Slide Show
ASP | God’s Work. Our Hands | A video by Jame Mauer | July 2009
An overview of the Appalachia Service Project
