Serve With Love
Nearly a decade ago, PUC students traveled to Fiji to help with an evangelistic campaign. In the years since, students have returned to build Mana Island SDA School, teach classes, and provide much-needed supplies and technology. But these annual trips mean even more than that. For PUC, serving those in Mana is about commitment, relationships, and love.
Highlights
Service
At Pacific Union College, students are encouraged to engage actively in ministry through various enriching opportunities. Whether through participation in worship services (Vespers, Afterlight, Glow, Church Service, Week of Prayers, Dorm and Hall Worship) or joining student-led Bible study groups (Collegiate Sabbath School and Life Groups), students can deepen their faith and build meaningful connections. The Office of Service, Justice, and Missions collaborates with the PUC Church and Theology Department to empower students interested in ministry and offer leadership development programs, mentorship opportunities, and a platform to organize and lead their initiatives.
Justice
At Pacific Union College, students have various avenues to engage in food pantry and homeless ministries through collaborative efforts with Service Learning. They can volunteer their time at local shelters or food banks, distributing meals and essentials to those in need. Additionally, students may organize donation drives within the campus community to collect food, clothing, and other necessities for homeless individuals. Service Learning initiatives facilitate hands-on experiences, allowing students to interact with marginalized populations while gaining a deeper understanding of social justice issues. Through these opportunities, students embody the values of compassion and service central to their Christian education.
Missions
Pacific Union College students have the opportunity to engage in short-term and long-term missions through collaborative efforts with various organizations. In the short term, students can participate in mission trips during breaks, assisting with projects such as community development, education, or healthcare in different regions. For long-term commitments, students can partner with organizations for internships or volunteer placements, dedicating extended periods to serving communities locally or abroad. These collaborations provide valuable experiences for students to apply their skills and share their faith while making a lasting impact on communities in need.
India Mission Trip July 10 - 21, 2024
We have medical professionals, including MDs, DDS, pharmacists, nurses, other allied health professionals, and students who will be volunteering for a mission trip to Falakata, India.
OUR MISSION:To provide medical exams and treat patients with prescription medicine. We will offer dental exams and extractions, teeth cleaning and restoration, and palliative treatment. Outside medical service, we will organize Vacation Bible School, evangelical meetings, and an ESL program.
In addition, Dr. Floyd Hayes, PUC Professor of Biology will lead a field trip to see wildlife before the medical service and possibly afterward.
FOR MORE INFO CONTACT:
Dr. Backil Sung, PUC Professor of Biology
bsung@puc.edu
(707) 965-6633
Previous Mission Trips
Fiji Mission Trip March 21 - April 2, 2024
The nursing and health science department sponsors an annual mission trip to Mana Island, Fiji. Five hundred people live on the remote island and lack any healthcare. 17 students join PUC Nursing Professor Sandy Ringer to gain public health hours and provide non-acute care to locals in Fiji. This year, they also brought along dentists to provide oral care and physical health needs.
Dr. Floyd Hayes
Professor of Biology
Dr. Hayes has been on 11 international mission trips with PUC students in Kenya, Fiji, and Brazil, including 4 organized by Hayes. In addition to assisting with community development, the lab portion of a tropical biology course is taught during each trip.
Fiji
March 24th - April 4th 2023
Under the leadership of former MissionsD irector Fabio Maia and two co-leaders, Biology Professor Floyd Hayes and Nursing Professor Sandra Ringer, this year’s mission trip included 12 nursing students and three non-nursing students. Nicolette Piaubert, a nursing professor at PUC, also went on the trip and helped lead healthcare services.
Kenya
June 19th - June 28th 2023
The school provides education and care to Masai girls whose families force them into child marriages. We plan to paint school buildings and provide needed supplies.
Southwestern Kenya
March 24 - April 4, 2022
Donation of computers and a projector to a girls’ secondary school and training of teachers; construction of new clinic building; health care in clinic; vacation Bible school.
Southwestern Kenya
August 19-31, 2021
Painting of building at girls’ secondary school; health care in clinic.
Mana Island, Fiji
July 16-27, 2019
Providing snorkeling gear to school children and taking them snorkeling.
Southwestern Kenya
March 22 - April 1, 2019
Construction of new building at a girls’ secondary school; painting a non-denominational Bible training center; health care in clinic; vacation Bible school.
Southwestern Kenya
September 2-12, 2018
Painting buildings at a clinic; health care in clinic.
Mana Island, Fiji
March 22 - April 1, 2018
Construction of new home for school teachers; health care in clinic.
Amazonas, Brazil
December 31, 2016 - January 9, 2017
Construction of new home for health care workers; English classes for children; community health fair; vacation Bible school.
Amazonas, Brazil
March 18-27, 2016
Construction of new home for health care workers; English classes for children; health care in clinic; vacation Bible school.
Amazonas, Brazil
March 20-30, 2015
Construction of new home for health care workers; painting of health clinic; delivery of water filters to communities; English classes for children; health care in clinic; vacation Bible school.
Amazonas, Brazil
March 21-30, 2014
Construction of new clinic; English classes for children; vacation Bible school.
Amazonas, Brazil
March 22-31, 2013
Painting of mission compound; community health fair
Dr. Backil Sung
Professor of Biology
Dr. Sung has been part of the medical mission trips which were developed from a single person journey to a group of 50 members with 7 physicians/surgeons, 7 dentists, and another 8 allied health professionals.
Medical Mission Trips
Indonesia
July 18-23, 2022
We are repairing cleft lip/palate patients, removing masses on the skin, prescribing and providing medicines to patients with medical symptoms, and counseling and educating health messages in collaboration with local churches there.
Dhaka, Bangladesh
July 15-19, 2019
Organized medical mission group of 5 physicians and surgeons, 4 nurses and 15 volunteers. They repaired cleft lip/palates, prescribed and counseled medical symptoms.
Medan, Indonesia
July 16-20, 2018
Organized medical mission group and repaired cleft lip/palates, prescribed and counseled medical symptoms
Battambang, Cambodia
July 13 – 24, 2017
Organized medical mission group and prescribed, counseled medical patients and removed masses on the skin and financially supported a local church to open an educational institute
Manyara, Tanzania
July 8 – 18, 2016
Organized medical mission group and prescribed, counseled medical patients and removed masses on the skin
Tumen and Yuxi, China
Aug 14 – Sep 8, 2015
Prescribed, counseled medical patients and removed masses on the skin. Lectured health message in a health center
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Aug 29 – Sep 7, 2014
Prescribed, counseled medical patients and removed masses on the skin
Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
Aug 27 – Sep 10, 2013
Prescribed, counseled medical patients and removed masses on the skin
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Aug 9 – 30, 2012
Worked with Adventist International Medical Missionaries to prescribe, counsel medical patients and remove masses on the skin