Below are all the mission trips we currently have planned with a brief description of what the teams will be doing. We would love to have you join us on a trip!
Dates: 01/15 – 01/19/2025
Estimated Cost: $650 + Airfare
Application Deadline: October 1, 2024
Age Requirement: 18+
Trip Leader: Cirelle Fitzsimmons
This team will work directly with our mission Partner, Kidz Konnect 4 Jesus. They will collaborate with other medical professionals and non-medical helpers to bring much-needed medical services and resources to local villages.
Dates: 02/22 – 02/28/2025
Estimated Costs: $975 + Airfare
Application Deadline: October 1, 2024
Age Requirement: 18+
Team Leader: Tim Stephenson
This team will work directly with our mission partner, One More Child. It will consist primarily of occupational, physical, speech, and behavioral therapists. They will work with kids, families, and social workers to address therapeutic needs that are not being met.
Dates: March 2025
Estimated Cost: $700 + Airfare
Application Deadline: December 1, 2024
Age Requirement: 18+
Trip Leader: Tim Stephenson
This team will work directly with a mission partner to engage people from an unreached people group. They will be distributing digital Scripture and resources. Team members will be paired with native speakers to have spiritual conversations with interested people. Team members will need to be able to walk between 5-10 miles each day on uneven streets.
Dates: 03/15 – 03/22/2025
Estimated Cost: $750 + Airfare
Application Deadline: January 1, 2025
Age Requirement: 7+
Trip Leader: Jenny Smith
This team will work directly with our mission partner Kidz Konnect 4 Jesus (KK4J). They will support ongoing projects KK4J has in the local schools and community with an emphasis on serving kids and families.
Dates: 05/03 – 05/09/2025
Estimated Cost: $1,200 + Airfare
Application Deadline: January 1, 2025
Age Requirement: 16+
Trip Leader: Tim Stephenson
This team will work directly with our mission partner, One More Child. The purpose of a vision trip is to see what type of ministry can be done in future trips. This team will work with young adults who have just aged out of orphanages and are in a three-year residential program, equipping them to live and work independently.
Dates: June 2025
Estimated Cost: $750 + Airfare
Application Deadline: March 1, 2025
Age Requirement: 7+
Trip Leader: TBD
This team will work directly with our mission partner Kidz Konnect 4 Jesus (KK4J). They will support ongoing projects KK4J has in the local schools and community with an emphasis on serving kids and families.
Dates: 07/19 – 07/25/2025
Estimated Cost: $975 + Airfare
Application Deadline: April 1, 2025
Age Requirement: 10+
Trip Leader: Erin Rainer
This team will work directly with our mission partner One More Child (OMC). They will run a J316 Soccer camp for kids from vulnerable families. The team will also use this opportunity to equip local pastors to run these soccer camps in their own communities as a gospel outreach tool. Additionally, the team will minister to moms and kids too young for the J316 soccer camp.
Dates: 09/20 – 09/27/2025
Estimated Cost: $2,200 + Airfare
Application Deadline: March 1, 2025
Age Requirement: 18+
Trip Leader: Tim Stephenson
This team will work directly with a mission partner to engage people from an unreached people group while they are in a temporary refugee camp. They will be doing a variety of engagement activities to help build relationships for the long-term workers in the area.
Dates: October 2025
Estimated Costs: $750 + Airfare
Application Deadline: June 1, 2025
Age Requirement: 15+
Team Leader: TBD
The team will be working directly with our mission partner Global Gates. Each day the team will receive training in the morning on Islam, Hinduism, and how to best share the gospel with people from those religious backgrounds. Each afternoon the team will break into small groups to engage with unreached people groups in the area and prayer walk.
Dates: December 2025
Estimated Costs: $750 + Airfare
Application Deadline: August 1, 2025
Age Requirement: 15+
Team Leader: Jordan Richmond
The team will be working directly with our mission partner Global Gates. Each day the team will receive training in the morning on Hinduism, Islam, and how to best share the gospel with people from those religious backgrounds. Each afternoon the team will break into small groups to engage with unreached people groups in the area and prayer walk. There will also be one free day where the team can enjoy the city.
There is a lot that we are able to do as a church in our neighborhood and among the nations that would not happen without the generosity of others. You can help support these efforts. To give, click the link below and select the “Missions Fund” option.
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