Summer Missions Trip 2014

Youth Missions Trip 2014

Daytona, Florida

July 12-19 (That could change by a day)

Cost: $600 (This could go down)

A deposit of $60 is due April 9th (Otherwise you can't go)

There are limited spots open for the trip, so pay your deposit ASAP
Parents are invited and encouraged to come as well

Why Daytona?

Over the past several weeks, the Connect Leadership team has been praying over what God wants us to do for missions this summer. My missions trips in high school changed my life. I learned about worship, serving, testimony, selfishness, and generosity. I want Connect to provide an opportunity for students to have a similar experience. I want them to work hard and have fun. We decided to go through an organization known as YouthWorks. YouthWorks is used by Evangel University for some of their US missions trips and they pack the week with tons of work and fun. Here is a typical schedule students will have on the trip. Though Daytona may seem like a glamorous choice, the reality is that Daytona is home to a large homeless population and several low income families. We wanted to bring students to a place of brokenness and open up their worldview. Here is a description of the Dayton trip and the community we will be serving in.

Why Mission Trips?

- YouthWorks,

"Here's the deal: We think that every teenager should experience a missions trip that values relationships, respects communities and connects the hands of service with the heart of Jesus. Again and again we see quality mission trip experiences show students how to use their lives to love and value others better. 

You see, we've never thought of missions trips as the youth group's "big event" where students finally get to live out their faith. The "big event" of students' faith happens every day as teenagers find opportunity to love and serve the people God puts in their path. Instead, mission trips equip and encourage students to go home and love the community they travel into every day when they roll out of bed.

And God's mission for us is far more than a trip. But we know, for many, living out the mission begins with a trip. That's why mission trips will continue to be our work and our passion."

Step out of your comfort zone. Live out the Great Commission. Get radical. Go all in. Parents, be a help and not a hindrance. Encourage your children to go! Come with us if you want to! Let's go be light.