Mission Madness Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By MartyFouts, Adopted by bullit on 23-May-02. Waypoint GC5BAE

My parents started this church about 25 years ago.

San Juan Capistrano, CA

We came to this Mission to take Zorro TB on his mission. Sadly, after this, the tb was stolen.

Later we realized that this is the place where all the swallows summer over, and in winter they live in Argentina.

Here is a good website that tells about the mission: http://www.missionsjc.com/

Found this one in Hamburg Germany.
Regards Praefectus

"Nuestra Senora del Pilar de Todos Santos"
Todos Santos, Baja California Sur

This Mission was built on the site of an 18th century mission.

I am including some picures of plaques that are found at the Mission. They can explain the Mission better than I can.

We found this Mission on a trip to Baja a few months ago. It was in the evening, and people were coming in to worship. The singing was beautiful and the whole setting was ethereal.

Found this "Bahnhofsmission" at our train station in Cologne, Germany.

Greetings
Thoto

Located in downtown Tulsa,OK. The John 3:16 Mission first opened to Tulsa's homeless population in October of 1952. Bob Geisinger started the mission, choosing the name "John 3:16" because as he explained, "It is the Gospel in a nutshell… the lighthouse of the scriptures. It knows no color, creed or class, and its promise is the true purpose of this Mission." The Mission serves the homeless and Tulsa’s needy families by providing meals, care and Christian guidance. TFTC

Mission Espada in San Antonio

[url=http://natickprayingindians.org/]Natick Praying Indians[/url]
Natick, Massachusetts, USA

Natick was initially formed as an "Indian Town," established in 1651 by the Puritan missionary, John Eliot. Today, no buildings remain from the original village, but there are two monuments in the town dedicated to the Natick Indians, one near the center of the modern town of Natick, and one near the center of modern Dover (formerly part of Natick). Some descendants from the Natick Praying Indians still live in the area and keep their tribal history alive today. In 2001, there was a [url=http://www.millermicro.com/natprayind.html]celebration of the 350th Anniversary of Natick and the Natick Praying Indians[/url].

We are honored to be able to log the missionary endeavors of John Eliot as our find for this locationless cache. Thanks for the cache!

The history of the Natick Indians is further documented online by the [url=http://www.natickhistory.com/history.html]Natick Historical Society and Museum[/url]:

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Natick was established in 1651 by the Puritan missionary, John Eliot, who settled a group of "Praying Indians" here on land granted by the General Court which was part of the Dedham Grant. To the Indians it was a "Place of Hills". The Speen family (Indian) owned much of the land in the Natick area and they deeded it to the Praying Indians taking house lots for themselves.

In the area now called South Natick, the Indians settled on both sides of the Charles River and built a meetinghouse with the help of an English carpenter. The two story building was used as church, school, and warehouse, and as a place for Eliot on his fortnightly visits. The building, which stood about where the present Eliot Church stands, was palisaded with a circle of tall trees.

For more than twenty years Eliot instructed and preached to the Indians. A school was set up, a government established, and the Indians were encouraged to convert to Christianity. Eliot learned their language and with the help of the Indians, who had no written language, transcribed the Bible into the Algonquin language. A copy of the 1865 edition is on display at the Natick Historical Society Museum.

The prosperity of the village was destroyed when King Philip, son of the chief, Massasoit, attacked the white settlers causing such fear among them that in 1675 the Indians were restricted to their villages, which made it difficult for them to farm or to tend their livestock. In October of that year, over Eliot's protests, the General Court ordered the Natick Indians sent to Deer Island. Many Indians did not survive the lack of food and the cold and those who returned seven months later found their homes destroyed.

The Praying Indians did not flourish after their return to Natick and Eliot died in 1690. An Indian named Takawampbait had been ordained by Eliot and he carried on until his death in 1716. Two other Indians preached before the New England Company sent first Rev. Oliver Peabody and later Stephen Badger to fill the Indian church pulpit.

The land in the Natick Plantation was held in common by the Indians until 1719 when twenty men were named as Proprietors to oversee any division of land. Eliot had given the Indians their form of government and they held their own town meetings and elected their own officials. However, they were under the Guardianship of the Court and had to have permission to sell land.

White settlers now outnumbered the Indians. Thomas Sawin was one of the first white men to own land in Natick. The Indians asked him to build a grist mill and he was deeded land for this purpose. By 1725 the Indians had sold most of their land to pay their debts and many drifted away or succumbed to disease.
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This is the Ft Wayne Rescue Mission in downtown Ft. Wayne. Started in 1903 the Rescue Ministries is a group of Christian homeless shelters and residential restoration programs for men, women and women with children. With residential programs in three buildings in downtown Fort Wayne, it houses over 1,000 people a year plus feeds over 135,000 meals a year to residents and non-residents alike.

From the day people become residents at the Mission until the time when they have found employment, all the Mission's programs and services are provided to them at no charge. In a typical year, over 80% of the income necessary to provide for the residents comes from donations from individuals, churches, corporations and civic and social organizations.

Found this Mission in Galesburg, Illinois while doing some Christmas shopping.
TFTC

Die reformierte Kirche in Meilen am Zürichsee.
Meilen near Zürich.
Zürich/Switzerland/Europe

Mission Mill Museum interprets the history of Jason Lee's Methodist Mission to Oregon which settled the Willamette Valley in 1834 before the major Oregon Trail migrations.

[url=http://www.missionmill.org/]Mission Mill[/url]

Evangelisch-Reformierte Kirchgemeinde der Stadt Uster
Schweiz / Europa

Gruss und Halleluja Die Motte

We found it in Düsseldorf, Germany.
It´s called "Vereinte evangelische Mission" (EVM).

Neanderwolf und die Meute

Found this mission while looking for another locationless!! Thanks.

Goliad Mission, Goliad, Tx

Peterborough Ontario Canada. Mount St. Joseph mission was first established here in 1890. The nuns of the mission played a major role in education and health care at that time, and for many years after. Today, they are still active in the community in a wide variety of pastoral apostolates. More information on this mission can be gained by visiting the website at www.peterboroughdiocese.org
TFTC

A Muslim Moschee in Hilden. A Town in Germany.

Sacred Heart Convent and Mission in Calgary Canada

ORIGINS - A Little History

Bishop Grandin decided it was necessary for the sisters to be called away from their original Canadian mission, St. Laurent, after they had been caught in the midst of the Riel Rebellion. Welcomed in Calgary on July 26, 1885, the Sisters were given the Oblate Fathers' home as their residence and immediately opened their doors to children for classes in September.

From the beginning, Mother Mary Greene, the local leader of Sacred Heart Convent and Principal of the Boarding School, worked to gain government recognition. The education standards of the school were such that on December 18, 1885, what eventually came to be called the Calgary Roman Catholic School District #1, came into existence. Mother Mary Greene, the first superintendent, continued to lay the foundations of the Catholic education system and, when Alberta became a province in 1905, Catholic schools received the same privileges as public schools for all grades.

Education, both of children and adults, and retreat work were two ministries envisioned and embraced by the foundress of the Faithful Companions of Jesus. After nearly a century of primarily providing education for children, the ministry of the FCJ Sisters at Sacred Heart Convent was adapted to new needs and the focus became Christian formation and retreat work. Extensive renovations were done to the Convent in 1979-1980 to provide appropriate facilities for the newly inaugurated FCJ Christian Life Centre.

This cache was certainly an informative opportunity. TFTH.
Check out the pictures!

This is the Alamo in San Antonio Texas USA. It was the mission where a large battle between the Texans and Mexicans took place and was a total loss for the Texans.

This is the mission of the chapter of Muenster / Germany.

in the middle ages a lot of monks, bishops etc. were travelling through and they could stay there.

Greetings
Schnueffelnasen

This is an mission of he evangelical church in Muenster / Germany. Today it mostly used to care for homeless / poor people.

Greetings
Ulme(n)

We found this mission in Lippstadt-Eickelborn (Northrhine Westfalia, Germany). It is a forensic clinik for the real bad boys.

Thanks for the cache
Ulrike and Rainer

Found this Mission "Livets senter"- Centre of Life- in my hometown Lillehammer in Norway! The center started in 1988 with 30 members,in a office. Now they have expand, and a new building was raised in 1993. The mission is relatived too children and young people,TV-broadcoasting every day,and some work in other countries! Emergency aid is also a part of the work,many places all over the world.

St. Joseph Catholic Church, in Mount Holly, NC. was dedicated in 1848 by Bishop I. A. Reynolds of the Charleston, SC diocese. It was a mission church of the diocese to minister to Irish Catholic families that had moved into the area. It is the oldest standing Catholic church in NC. The church is not used for services anymore and the most recent grave I noted was from the early 90s.

Here is a real worthwhile mission that still help the needy in Billings, Mt.

Bethesda, Copenhagen, Denmark.
The only time I've actually been inside this Mission Hall - http://www.bethesda.dk/ - I came with a church choir some 10 years ago. Since then I've only been to their bookshop.
The house is part of "Indre Mission i Denmark" The Church Association for the Inner Mission in Denmark. You can read more in Danish, English and German here: http://www.indremission.dk/ Hanne from Denmark

A song related to this cache could be: Scottish Anna Massie: "The Mission Hall" from "Glad Company"

This is main location for the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. These are the nuns who were almost drowned in New Orleans a few months ago. The pictures are f the main location. The Mission House of the new saint. Mother Katherine Drexel. I have added a bit of historic information.


Historical Sites Tour

Site 1:

St. Elizabeth: The Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament Mother House

and The Blessed Katharine Drexel Shrine

1663 Bristol Pike Bensalem 19020

In July 16, 1891, the cornerstone was laid in a spot nineteen miles from center city Philadelphia. The lot itself was "sixty acres of land on a hill twenty five feet above the Delaware River."(26) Mother Katharine planned for an arrangement of buildings in the old Spanish Mission style she had seen in New Mexico with a combination of Spanish and Italian features. It was supposed to be ready in June of 1892 but "a serious cave-in prevented their moving in."(27) December 3, 1892 was a day of excitement for the fifteen sisters of the Blessed Sacrament when they were able to move into their new motherhouse, which was dedicated in memory of Katharine’s sister Elizabeth. Currently many of the retired sisters and half of the present members reside "at the large, Italianate, stone house in Bensalem, which houses the order's infirmary".(28) The location of Mother Katharine’s crypt is "below the convent chapel" and "rests in a softly lit basement shrine of what appears to be yellow sandstone".(29) The Motherhouse and Shrine draw "about 30,000 visitors a year".(30) The sisters of the motherhouse anticipate that "the shrine will attract even more visitors if Mother Katharine becomes St. Katherine Drexel" and they hope in particular that "it might attract young women to the order" to continue the legacy that Katharine Drexel began.(31)



Site 2: St. Elizabeth convent chapel

1663 Bristol Pike Bensalem 19020

The original chapel occupied the west wing of the motherhouse with sixty stalls for the members of the religious community, and pews in the rear of the structure for lay visitors. In addition, there was an open space in the center meant for the black children who stayed on the motherhouse grounds.(32) Katherine Drexel recognized the need for a separate structure for the Sisters to worship. Mother Drexel desired both a beautiful and functional chapel building. In order to accomplish this, she appointed the architect Marquandt Burns who was prominent in Philadelphia during the period. Burns designed and constructed the St. Elizabeth Chapel, which was erected in 1892.(33)

When the centennial for the order was approaching in 1988, the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament saw the need to renovate and update the chapel according to the standards of the Second Vatican Council. As a result the Chapel’s foundation was secured and the interior was cleaned. Furthermore, the Sisters added an element of the people they served by displaying art of Native and African Americans in the Chapel. Today, the chapel is one of a series of buildings that constitute the motherhouse of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament. The building is more than a simple place of worship, rather it is the Sisters’ "centerpiece of life…where they share their most intimate moments with the Lord."(34) Visitors to this holy place are permitted entrance during the hours of 1:00 and 5:00 PM.

This is the headquarter of the famous Mission of Scheut.
They have a chinese festival next week-end, by the way!
There is also an interesting museum in this building, with all the pictures of the missionaries and many artworks from China

Anne et Pierre

I found a Mission "Evangeliumszentrum" in the 6th district of Vienna. More about them you find http://www.evangeliumszentrum.at/
I used to work in a Mission years ago, but this one I found is also new to me. I should look into it more.

Beutelteufelweibchen

This location is the Mission Church of the Unitarian Universalist Association, 1624 Whiele Ave., Reston, VA. The mission conducts its services without discrimination against race, color, sex, disability, affectional or sexual orientation, age, or national origin and without requiring adherence to any particular interpretation of religion or to any particular religious belief or creed. I have included a web-link for those who may wish more information. TFTC

http://www.uua.org/aboutuua/principles.html

CRISTA Ministries and Christian Veterinary Mission
Shoreline, Washington

CRISTA has ten different Christian Ministries, as well as the Christian Veterinary Mission, at their campus in Shoreline, Washington. These websites provide further information about the various projects that are taking place:

The ten ministries: http://www.crista.org/about_us/ministries.asp
Christian Veterinary Mission: http://www.christianvetmission.org/html/about_cvm.htm

Thank you very much for maintaining this locationless cache opportunity for over three years.

The missionaries of claret with the will to serve to the Church and the culture founded this hermitage as point of contact. These missionaries have the function to disclose the culture in our country, at the moment are founders of one very important editorial in Spain. Greetings from Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

A greek-orthodox-Church in Düsseldorfs/Germany near Motorway A46. With a big Missionhouse.

More infos http://www.russische-kirche-l.de/index.htm

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This is a very new greek-orthodox-building in Esslingen with a mission to be a beadhouse for all the greek people leaving in South Germany.
Greetings,
team edelstein
Ottomar & Elisabeth

foud this on e in Hoorn, The Netherlands

So many great missions to choose from, but I wont be anywhere near them before this cache is archived when all locationless caches are archived. My in-laws attend a church that is an active mission on the Indian Reservation. In the end, we settled for a mission church in town.

This catholic mission is in Rehoboth, Namibia. Full details of its foundation can be found here.

http://www.rcchurch.na/keetmanshoop/parishes/rehoboth.htm.

Dropped by Westminster Abbey in Mission BC on a soggy misty day. Here's a web site with some of their history:
http://members.shaw.ca/panthers7/WestminsterAbbey01.html
"The Benedictines have run the Seminary of Christ the King since 1939 when they took over its operation in Ladner B.C. They then moved the monastic and seminary communities to Mission in 1954."

Papaikou Hongwanji Mission
Papaikou, Hawaii
We saw this mission while driving on a scenic drive just north of Hilo, Hawaii. From what we can gather, the mission was built in 1909, destroyed by the 1946 tsunami and rebuilt in 1955. TFTL Pam & Richard

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This is Lima missionshus in Dalarna, Sweden. In was ready to use in 1982. The money to build the churh was donated by two sisters from the village. The parish is probably one of Swedens smallest. I´m not sure how many members but probably below 20. The picture is not wery good but it is me and the GPS in below the lamp.
grodan & fiabus

This is the Union Gospel Mission in Portland Oregon.

Papaikou Hongwanji Mission
Hilo, Hawaii
We found this mission, one of many on the Hawaiian Islands, while on vacation. This mission is on a scenic drive off a main highway north of Hilo. It was built in 1909, damaged by the tsunami in 1946, and rebuilt in 1955.
TFTL Pam & Richard
We'll post our picture once we get back to the mainland next week.

Hello from Germany!
My city have got the biggest inland harbour of Europ an also the souterliest sea harbour of Germany. That`s thr reason why we have a SEMANS MISSION in Duisburg/Homberg.
Greatings from Germany,

der_Pate1970

This is the Jodo Shu North America Buddhist mission located in the Little Tokyo section of downtown Los Angeles California. (SW corner of Crocker & 3rd Streets) Though the organization has been in the area since the 1930's, I remember that they moved into the pictured building in the early 1990's. Recently most of the signage has been removed and it appears that the building is being closed down.

Known as Sky City, Acoma Pueblo was strategically built on top of a 357-foot sandstone mesa many hundreds of years ago for effective defense against raiders. Spanish conquerors learned of this defensive stronghold when they entered New Mexico in the 1500s. Acomans claim that their 70-acre village is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the U.S.

Acoma was nearly destroyed when Gov. Juan de Oñate and 70 of his men retaliated for the killing of 13 Spanish soldiers by the Acomas when they tried to take grain from the pueblo storehouses in 1598. As a restitution of peace, the San Estéban del Rey Mission was built in 1629 and completed in 1640 under the guidance of Friar Juan Ramírez. Both the mission and the pueblo have been designated as Registered National Historical Landmarks.

Today, fewer than 50 Acomans live in Sky City year-round and the remaining residents live in nearby villages. Only on feast days do all the Acomans gather on the mesatop. Census 2000 figures indicate a total of 2,802 Acoma villagers.


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Found the Providence Maitreya Buddha Missionary which there will have festive - 15th Anniversary on 9th October 2005.

This is the mission "Bahnhofsmission Christopherus" in Wuerzburg in Bavaria, Germany.
It's a mission of the evangelic and katholic church in Germany. The support is by the "Christopherus Society" in Wuerzburg.

Thank you for the Cache and blue sky

Bianca & T:o)m
with project brent

This is the Stadtmission in Altstätten, a city in the eastern part of Switzerland.
There are only an handfull of such city missions remaining in Switzerland.

This Indian Mission was built in 1839 and served as an Indian Mission for many years. The signs included with the pictures helps tell the story.

Steve & Mary Brown
http://mysteve.com
Kansas City, MO
MOKan Geocaching Forum
http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php

MERSEY MISSION FOR SEAFARERS
SEAFORTH, LIVERPOOL, UK

I've driven past this mission many times. Its on the corner or Crosby Road South and Cambridge Road in Seaforth Liverpool.
TFTC - PhilPamandRob

Zagreb, Croatia

I found this mission while wandering the streets of Zagreb. I passed through a short tunnel with a 90 degree turn in it. People were standing in the corner. I looked closer to discover an alter with a shrine.

In the opposite corner were the pews. The walls and ceiling were black with soot from the automobiles.

It struck me as odd, but what character!

The Corner Stone Rescue Mission is a homeless shelter serving Rapid City, South Dakota and surrounding areas. This shelter offers more than just food and clothing. In addition to meeting the physical needs of the area's homeless people, we also strive to provide programs, like the work-incentive program, that will help each individual become more self-sufficient.
A recent project is the wood lot. This program begins with wood being donated by the Black Hills community to the Mission. It is stored and processed on the wood lot located in the back of our building. Here mission guests split,stack & sack the wood. Mission wood may be purchased on site at the wood lot.

This is the Oliver Gospel Mission in Columbia, SC. There has been discussion in the past couple years of moving the OGM to another part of town. The push for the move was started by downtown merchants due to loitering and panhandling near their stores. Clients of the mission have to hang around on the sidewalk near the mission due to over crowding. The proposal was to move the mission to larger facilities in another part of town. I don't know what the current plans are.

TFTC, Gunkie

This is the Crossroads Mission located in Hastings, NE USA. I tried to find information about it on the net but didn't have any luck. I personally don't know anything about it.

Youth With A Mission (YWAM) is a non-dominational organisation across the world! this is the Singapore base, right in the red-light district of Geylang!

was attached here 4 3mths where God CHANGED my life!!
powerful stuffs when we choose 2 look inward!


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This is the Pala Mission, located on the Pala Indian Reservation in the northern portion of southern California's San Diego County. It was founded in 1816 as an adjunct to the San Luis Rey Mission.

A priest was sitting in a chair in the yard in front of the mission while we were there. He was absorbed in prayer; to avoid disturbing him we didn't approach any closer than the gate and walls of the compound.

In addition to mission pictures, we're uploading photos of some informational signs. Thanks for this locationless cache.
mmcgr & Minnie

This Mission is on the edge of the South Inch Park, in Perth Scotland. I have taken a photo of both the signpost, and the mission with the GPS. People gather here for musical and dramatic performances, as well as more traditional preaching.

cheers
perth pathfinders

In 1894 is the foundation of the very first “Bahnhofsmission†(shelter at the main station) in Berlin, Germany. Three years later in 1897 Ellen Ammann established, in cooperation with the protestant union “Freundinnen junger Mädchen†, the first catholic “Bahnhofsmission†in Germany at the Munich train station. The missions, borne by Christian associations, provide full assistance to anybody who is seeking for help, including of course also counseling and a large variety of help services. For more details please check: www.bahnhofsmission-muenchen.de or www.bahnhofsmission.de. Thank you for this cache, which prompts us, also to go in for more serious circumstances in life. SaRa – Sabine + Rainer

Location: Mission to Seamen, Melbourne, Australia

Close to the heart of the CBD and the Docklands of Melbourne, the Mission To Seamen is a heritage listed building that once served Sailors visting Melbourne.

http://ahoy.tk-jk.net/TravelDiary/MissiontoSeafarersMelbour.html

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Completed as part of Partic's September Locationless Bonanza, successfully locating 21 unique locations in Melbourne.

Check the Melbourne Bonanza out on Google Earth http://www.kpsystems.com.au/geocaching/googleearth/locationless.kml

Found this Mission in Crabtree Beach, Québec, Canada
work in USA, los Angeles & Canada

Mission of the Holy Spirit

This mission is located on Mackinac Island. The island is located directly between the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Lower Michigan on the Straits of Mackinac. This birch bark mission was built in 1671. Father Marquette came to the area to minister to the Ojibwe and Huron Indians. Later Father Marquette went on with the Explorer, Joliet to explore areas all the way to the Mississippi River.

We found on our England-tour that Mission called St. Thomas of Canterbury Church.
It is the Mission of St. Simon and Jude Parish.
Thanks
Landmaus

ST. LUKE'S MISSION
35 Whitmore Square, Adelaide SA 5000
Telephone: 82314149
24 hours, Monday to Friday
Mens accommodation - Supply own food. Cook and clean for self. Upfront fees: $15 per night or $63 per week. Counselling, financial counselling.

Anglican church and homeless individuals residential care centre.

Contains a pipe organ built by J.W. Wolff in 1879.

As the freddo's last name is Luke we find this mission to be particularly relevant.