Explore how your own faith journey parallels that of Lewis & Clark on this 200th anniversary of the Corps of Discovery. Learn about their struggles and triumphs as well as the native peoples they met along the last leg of their journey to the Pacific Ocean in 1804. Visit Fort Clatsop and a replica plankhouse being recreated by tribes. With more than 250 Native American tribes present in the Portland area, Primetimers will meet and work with Native Americans who live and work in urban Portland today.

Field trip choices will include sights documented in the Lewis and Clark journals: Mt. Hood, the magnificent Columbia River Gorge including Multnomah Falls, and Mt. St. Helens (still recovering from its latest eruption in 1980).

Come and discover how Portland / Vancouver fulfilled Lewis and Clark's description as a fine place for a port and "a handsome valley" where Jason Lee and other missionaries would soon begin to spread the Good News in the Northwest.

Participants will serve in mission through working with Portland's Wilshire United Methodist Church in its Native American ministry. Other possibilities include working in the Alton L. Collins Retreat Center vegetable garden and/or helping to clean a roadway that parallels the famous Barlow Trail used by Oregon pioneers after Lewis and Clark's news spread.

Call 1-888-567-6411 for information on an optional add-on opportunity at the UM Camp & Retreat facility at Ocean Park on Washington's Pacific Coast May 20-22.

EVENT CODE: 5ACRC

EVENT LOCATION:
Alton L. Collins United Methodist Retreat Center Eagle Creek, Oregon (near Portland)

EVENT DATE: May 22-27, 2005

COST PER PERSON:
$515.00 for double occupancy room; $590.00 for single occupancy room [includes housing, meals, local transportation, accident insurance and entrance fees]. Participants are responsible for their own transportation to and from the event.

ROOMS:
Alton Collins has 5 private rooms and can accommodate 30 additional persons in double occupancy rooms. All rooms have private baths with showers only. The facility is completely accessible but the vans are not equipped with lifts. Some trails are paved.

MEALS:
The first meal will be dinner on Sunday, May 22 and the last meal of the event will be a sack lunch on Friday, May 27.

TRANSPORTATION:
Participants should use the Portland International Airport. Transportation to and from the airport can be arranged at the expense of the participant. Please contact Janice Stevens for information on these additional transportation costs and recommended times of arrival.

REGISTRATION:
The registration deadline for this event is: April 5, 2004
Please send completed registration and deposit to:
Primetimers, Mission Volunteers, General Board of Global Ministries
475 Riverside Drive, Suite 330, New York, NY 10115

EVENT CONTACT:
Janice Stevens, Office Manager
Alton L. Collins United Methodist Retreat Center
Telephone: 503-637-6411 or tollfree 1-888-567-6411
E-mail: collins@gocamping.org
Website: www.collinsretreatcenter.org

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