Mexico Mission Special News

On Saturday, May 24, 2008,, FCC Concord celebrated 30 years of service with a Mexico Mission Reunion. Everyone who has ever been on an FCC Concord Mexico Mission trip was invited to gather to remember the past, celebrate the present, and dream for the future! !

The FCC Concord Mexico Mission trip was highlighted in a Contra Costa Times article on March 5, 2007.

Registration Information:

The following documents are now available for download. Youth need to fill out and return the Youth Registration form. Adults applying to join the mission trip must fill out and return the Adult Application form.

Everyone who goes on the trip, youth and adults, must fill out and return the the Emergency Medical, Integrity of the Mexico Mission, and Documentary Film Release (if there is filming this year) forms.

2009 Youth Registration

2009 Adult Application

Emergency Medical

Integrity of the Mexico Mission

Amor Ministries Individual Mission Trip Participation Form

Here is a sample letter that can be used to send to friends and family to support your trip.

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:: Mexico mission trip

For over thirty years now, First Christian Church of Concord has undertaken a mission trip to Tijuana, Mexico to build houses for the poor. Due to the H1N1 outbreak and other concerns, the 2009 trip, undertaken in conjunction with Lafayette Christian Church and the First Christian Churches of Redding and Chico, did not take place but plans to resume the mission trip for 2010 are underway. Stay tuned for further information on the status of the 2010 trip.

The trip is sponsored each year for a number of reasons; the obvious need for clean livable housing, our call as Christians to be in service to others and the chance for young people in our society to bring good into our world and receive recognition for their work.  This trip offers these opportunities — to make a real difference in someone else’s life and most certainly their own.

The results of the mission trips are always incredible. Lives are changed on both sides of the border. Families in Mexico receive a new lease on life with a new sense of security and hope. Our young people gain a new understanding about what it means to truly give of themselves and to love and serve others.

The trip is led by a group of adult sponsors assuming the roles of director, cooks, construction leaders, music leader, worship leader, and drivers. They also work to instill leadership in the group by appointing different youth to take on leadership responsibilities. Although the adult sponsors are in charge of the trip, both the youth and adults work together as a team to accomplish the mission of the trip.

We work in concert with AMOR Ministries, a non-denominational, non-profit organization that works with Mexican churches to improve the conditions of low-income families through spiritual and physical assistance. In cooperation with the Mexican Foreign Ministry Planning Board, AMOR organizes short-term mission trips to Mexico to build homes, churches, schools, and medical clinics.

Participants will need to bring tools, a good attitude, and a willingness to make a positive difference in this world in the name of Christ. Each day is structured with specific construction and participation goals with campfire time in the evenings. We use hand tools in construction (no power tools) and no prior experience is necessary. It is hard work in the sun, so extreme care is taken for all participants’ physical and spiritual well being.

We travel by a caravan of trucks, vans, and a motor home from Northern California to Mexico. Only licensed and insured adult sponsors operate the vehicles. We are escorted while in Mexico by AMOR Ministries.

Even if you are not able to participate directly in Mexico Mission, there are still ways to lend your support.