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publications 5 maranatha mission stories 6 references 7 external links history edit in 1969 under the direction of john freeman a commercial photographer a group of seventh day adventist volunteers flew to the bahamas to build a church 4 this idea expanded to other projects involving volunteers flying their private planes to locations to build churches and was organized into maranatha flights international based in berrien springs michigan . 1 in 1989 maranatha flights international merged with volunteers international under the new name of maranatha volunteers international and moved the headquarters to sacramento california . more recently the headquarters were moved to the neighboring city of roseville california . in its 40 year history more than 60 000 volunteers have built churches schools orphanages hospitals and community buildings in 67 countries . 2 maranatha has requests for 100 000 buildings pending . 3 volunteers edit an average of 3 000 volunteers participate in projects each year . 1 the majority of the volunteers are from the united states and canada but participants come from all over the world . they generally pay for their transportation as well as a participation fee which covers meals lodging in country transportation and insurance while on the project . most projects are approximately two weeks duration . the funding for the buildings is primarily furnished by maranatha via donors as well as participation by adventist laymen s services & industries asi . the local church provides the land and final labor and materials . projects are classified into categories such as teen young adult open group or family depending on the volunteer makeup . while the teen ultimate workout and young adult groups which are age limited other projects have widely varying age volunteers . a number of volunteers participate in multiple trips often on an annual basis . not all volunteers are skilled in the construction trades . in addition to actual building construction some volunteers are typically involved in cooking and some may participate in community projects such as vacation bible school or medical and dental clinics . active projects edit maranatha concentrates their building activities in certain countries which change from time to time . in 2010 maranatha is building primarily in cuba ecuador haiti india malawi mexico mozambique zambia and the united states . 2 in 2009 507 churches were built of which 428 of the structures were one day churches built in 25 countries . 2 haiti edit in 2010 maranatha provided assistance to haiti following the january 2010 earthquake . 140 one day churches are currently being built in haiti to be used as churches schools medical triage and temporary shelters . 5 6 7 one day church edit volunteers building a one day church in bebedero chiapas mexico january 2010 the one day church was developed jointly by adventist laymen s services & industries and maranatha in an effort to meet the demand for rapid economical construction of more buildings . 5 the galvanized steel frame and roof of the church are manufactured at a facility in dodge center minnesota containerized and shipped on site where it is assembled by volunteers and local personnel in one day . 7 the walls and floors are built of local materials and vary according to local practices . floors are most often poured concrete . as of march 2009 over 1 000 structures had been manufactured and as of july 2010 more than 800 had been constructed in 10 countries . 8 9 one day school edit in june 2010 maranatha introduced the one day school project at the general conference of seventh day adventists session in atlanta georgia . 10 this project is an extension of the one day church idea providing a metal frame roof walls doors and windows . the project launch involves 1 000 classrooms with the first one day school to be built in zimbabwe . 10 ultimate workout edit the ultimate workout is a volunteer two week mission program for high school age teenagers . 11 these projects are generally in latin america and may involve up to 200 volunteers . in july 2010 the ultimate workout project celebrated its 20 year anniversary with a reunion project in chiapas mexico . publications edit maranatha has a quarterly magazine named the volunteer that is mailed to volunteers and donors . 12 maranatha mission stories edit since 2003 maranatha has produced a 30 minute television program named maranatha mission stories which documents various building projects . now a weekly program it is hosted by dick duerksen and has surpassed 100 episodes . it is shown on 3abn and hope channel . references edit a b c d history . maranatha volunteers international . retrieved 2010 07 17 . a b c d facts & figures . maranatha volunteers international . retrieved 2010 07 17 . a b brauner megan . maranatha marks 40 years of church school construction worldwide . adventist news network . retrieved 2010 07 17 . land gary 2005 . historical dictionary of the seventh day adventists . scarecrow press inc. p. 186 . isbn 0 8108 5345 0 . a b one day church . maranatha volunteers international . retrieved 2010 07 17 . five months after quake seventh day adventist volunteer group helping rebuild haiti pdf press release . seventh day adventist church . 29 june 2010 . a b education in haiti . maranatha volunteers international . retrieved 2010 07 17 . cite error invalid ref tag ; name maranatha process defined multiple times with different content see the help page . one day church project reaches milestone moment . adventist laymen s services & industries . retrieved 2010 07 17 . one day church the volunteer p. 3 summer 2010 a b maranatha unveils one day school . maranatha volunteers international . retrieved 2010 07 17 . ultimate workout . maranatha volunteers international . retrieved 2010 07 17 . the volunteer . maranatha volunteers international . retrieved 2010 07 17 . external links edit maranatha volunteers international 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