Operation Classroom is a program that partners United Methodist churches in Indiana with schools in Liberia and Sierra Leone to empower lay people through hands-on mission work. It was founded in 1987 to revitalize the laity and now focuses on upgrading education systems, developing healthcare, and providing emotional/spiritual healing support through partnerships with schools and hospitals. Local churches sponsor students and participate in mission trips to undertake construction, renovation, and vocational training projects that strengthen educational opportunities in the two West African countries.

1. OPERATION CLASSROOM
Making a difference . . .
in Indiana
and
in Liberia and Sierra Leone

2. Operation Classroom was organized
in 1987 to assist the conferences in
revitalizing the laity, by empowering
the laity to become more actively
involved in mission.

3. 25 years
later we
are in a
new
conference
, but our
focus
remains
the same.

4. OUR FOCUS:
LIBERIA
and
SIERRA LEONE
2 English speaking countries in West Africa

5. This revitalization of the laity comes
by following the commands of
Jesus to minister in His name . . .

6. TO UPGRADE THE EDUCATIONAL
SYSTEM IN THE UM SCHOOLS

7. TO ASSIST IN DEVELOPING A MORE
COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM THOUGH THE GANTA AND
KISSY HOSPITALS

8. TO TRAIN PERSONS TO PROVIDE
EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALING

9. IN LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE
WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH
16 OF THE 50
UM HIGH SCHOOLS
AND 6 OF THE 400
UM ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLS

10. EACH LOCAL CHURCH WILL PARTNER
WITH ONE OF THE OC SCHOOLS TO
PROVIDE MEMBERS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO. . .
DO GOOD with
hands-on mission projects

11. TO STAY IN LOVE WITH GOD
THROUGH SERVING OTHERS
“… Let us not love
with words or
tongue but with
actions and truth.”

12. TO TAKE RISKS IN MISSION
IN TWO DEVELOPING NATIONS
WITH EXTRAVAGANT GENEROSITY
by . . .
Providing work-study grants
to students who could not
attend school otherwise.
($75 or $125 for one work-
study grant for one school
year.)

13. ASSISTING IN DEVELOPING
VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS

14. RENOVATING AND CONSTRUCTING
MORE ADEQUATE CLASSROOMS

15. PARTICIPATING IN VIM TEAMS

16. OC WILL HELP UNITED METHODISTS
TO . . .
Do good and stay in love with God

17. OPERATION CLASSROOM WILL HELP
CONGREGATIONS AND CLUSTERS
to . . .
Develop their faith intentionally
by personally partnering with individuals and
a school

18. TAKING RISKS IN MISSI0N AND
SERVICE BY GOING ON VIM TEAMS
TO LIBERIA AND SIERRA LEONE

19. PRACTICING EXTRAVAGANT
GENEROSITY BY GIVING GENEROUSLY
TO ASSIST THE SCHOOLS AND
HOSPITALS

20. 3ways to give
• Through the General Board of Global
Ministries == advance special
• Through a credit card (on our website)
• By direct giving to the OC office

21. THROUGH OPERATION CLASSROOM
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN: