Thank you for visiting the OCMC Teams web page. Your prayers and support for missions are an essential part of what is needed to bring our Lord’s gift of salvation to others around the world. Together we are making an impact!
Updates and new opportunities on new OCMC group opportunities should be available early in 2023. Please visit this page often to see what opportunities are available.
In the meantime, we are pleased to offer links to opportunities with other Orthodox agencies with whom we collaborate below. You can click on those links to see what our partner agencies are offering that might be of interest to you.
If you have any questions or feel called to longer term missionary service, please email Assistant Missionary Director Presbytera Renee Ritsi at prenee@ocmc.org.
May the Lord guide us to proclaim His name to All Nations so that all may come to know the saving love of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
OCMC & Partner Agency Opportunities
OCMC Missionary Led Teams
Fall Guatemala Health Care Team
Healthcare providers and Spanish translators are needed to help at the Fr. Andres Giron Medical Clinic in Aguacate, Guatemala. This team will offer medical care to individuals in NW Guatemala.
Team dates include travel time. Please express interest by Aug. 15th. Team selection will be completed by mid-Sept. Contact OCMC Mission Specialist, Fr. John Chakos (frjchakos7@msn.com) directly for more information.
Spring Guatemala Health Care Team
Healthcare providers and Spanish translators are needed to help at the Fr. Andres Giron Medical Clinic in Aguacate, Guatemala. This team will offer medical and dental care to individuals in NW Guatemala.
Team dates include travel time. Please express interest by Nov. 15th. Team selection will be completed by mid-Dec. Contact OCMC Mission Specialist, Fr. John Chakos (frjchakos7@msn.com) & assistant Michael Bosworth (michael.bosworth@mac.com) directly for more information.
Partner Agency Teams
OCF - Real Break
There are no open teams at this time. Click here for more information about Orthodox Christian Fellowship teams, or contact OCF about future trips.
OCF teams are for College Students between the ages of 18-25 and can be service-based or pilgrimage trips.
Project Mexico - Internships
Project Mexico has opportunities for you to participate in one of their home build weeks. If you are interested in serving for more than a week, consider a Project Mexico internship. Click here for more information.
Interns live on the orphanage property and must be 18 years of age or more and be able to commit approximately 9 weeks during the summer.
Project Mexico - Summer Homebuilding
Project Mexico has opportunities for you to participate in one of their home build weeks. Click here for more information.
A typical week starts with pouring the foundation and ends with the blessing of the Home. Your participation provides families economic security and hope in northern Mexico.
Orthodox Youth Mission Teams (OYMT)
The registration deadline for this team has passed. Click here for more information about future trips, or contact OYMT at oymt.info@gmail.com.
OYMT does domestic service trips to the Appalachian Region of the U.S. and is a pan-Orthodox group of high school students and adult leaders guided by Fr. Luke Mihaly, who is also a member of OCMC’s Board of Directors.
Navajo Outreach Team (New Mexico)
YOCAMA provides opportunities to work alongside Native Americans committed to improving their own communities in the Navajo and Blackfeet reservations for 25 years. This trip will focus on Medical/Dental and Developmental Screenings, Construction, and Food & Other Outreach. Click here for more information.
Pediatricians/physicians, registered nurses, pulmonary techs, dentists, and pre-med/dental students, as well as adult, college and high school aged volunteers are encouraged to apply.
Blackfeet Outreach Team (Montana)
YOCAMA provides opportunities to work alongside Native Americans committed to improving their own communities in the Navajo and Blackfeet reservations for 25 years. This trip will focus on Construction and Food & Other Outreach. Click here for more information.
Adult, college and high school aged volunteers committed to bearing other’s burdens and passionate about service to their neighbors are encouraged to apply.
Alaska Construction Team
Next summer, assist with some light construction, painting, and upkeep of the Protection of the Theotokos Orthodox Church in Akhiok, AK, on the southern tip of Kodiak Island. The flourishing community is under the Rt. Rev. ALEXEI, Bishop of Sitka and Alaska. The Team will stay in the public school. Dates are tentative, but most likely will be in the last two weeks of July, 2024.
Parish Teams are encouraged to apply. Contact Deacon Irenaios Anderson at doulos00@gmail.com for more information.