Opportunities to Serve
Global Outreach Trips for 2019-20
Contact the Global Outreach office or a team leader listed below for more information.
Fall
| Team | Type | Dates | Leader | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teec Nos Pos, AZ (closed) | Discipleship Council at Navajo Reservation | Oct. 12 – 18, 2019 | Aaron Cook | Serve in a Mission school. |
Spring Break
Domestic
| Team | Type | Dates | Leader | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Refugee | Ministry / Medical | March 1 – 7, 2020 | Brenda Phal / Andy Nguyen (SL) | Gain new understanding of the religions of the world, including Islam & Hinduism, learning how to cross cultural barriers with the hope of the Gospel in a free medical clinic or a diverse local school. |
| NAMB/Pittsburgh | Church Planting | March 1 - 7, 2020 | Jim Cato | |
| NAMB/Washington D. C. | Church Planting | March 1 - 7, 2020 | Jon Wood | |
| NYC Outreach | Church Ministry/Community Outreach | Feb, 29 – March 7, 2020 | Katelyn Fauska (SL) Jacob Ratliff (SL) | Teach English through conversations about Bible stories in a classroom setting with immigrants. |
| Salt Lake City | Evangelism/Outreach | Feb. 29 – March 7, 2020 | Eddie Hertel (SL) | Church planting in the least gospel-saturated (and most gospel-deceived) city in America. Salt Lake City has an evangelical population of only 3%, which is the lowest average in the nation. You will connect with church planters, do tangible church planting ministry in Salt Lake City, and take in equipping sessions related to life on mission. |
| Service Over Self Memphis | Construction | March 1 – 6, 2020 | Ryan Merk (SL) | Renovate homes of economically disadvantaged homeowners in hopes of sharing the Gospel. |
International
| Team | Type | Dates | Leader | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominican Republic | Dental / Medical | Feb. 28 – March 6, 2020 | Melissa & Michael Burns (coaches) | Provide basic dental and medical care while spreading the Gospel. |
| Eleuthera | Youth / Children | Feb. 29 – March 8, 2020 | Shannon Chow (SL) Emily Savard (SL) | Interact with Bahamians through the local church, community outreach, sports events. |
| Guatemala | Youth/Children | Feb. 28 – March 8, 2020 | Joseph Haefs (AMG) Taylor Bolds (SL) | Work with children, sharing the love of Jesus Christ in practical ways, and bringing the Gospel to life with songs and drama. |
| Guatemala | Education/ESL | March 1 - 7, 2020 | Tara Winter | Provide cross-cultural education experience through after school programs for elementary students teaching English and high school students providing educational experiences. |
| Guatemala | Medical / Ministry | Feb. 28 – March 5, 2020 | David Peters Hayley Hasty | Work alongside local churches to provide physical and spiritual care to the needy. |
| Honduras | Medical / Children's Minsitry / Evangelsim | Feb. 28 – March 8, 2020 | Olivia Benitez | Provide basic medical/dental/vision care, medications, and health education while sharing the Gospel. |
| London | College Evangelism | Feb. 28 – March 7, 2020 | Mike Slagle (Cru) | Communicate the Gospel and live your faith in a post-Christian context at top universities in London. |
| Malawi (Closed) | Nursing | Feb. 27 – March 8, 2020 | Sharon Christman Ian Waltz (SL) | Work with Community Health Network to facilitate community transformation through Bible teaching and health education. |
| Men's Soccer (Closed) | Men's Soccer | Feb. 29 – March 8, 2020 | Brett Faro Grant Knight | |
| Peru AMG | Children’s Ministry | Feb. 29 – March 8, 2020 | Ken Ivins (AMG) Michael Hayes | Work with children, sharing the love of Jesus Christ in practical ways, and bringing the Gospel to life with songs and drama. |
| Uganda | Nursing | Feb. 27 - March 8, 2020 | Christina Macris (SL) |
Summer
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, these trips have been postponed for this summer.
Domestic
| Team | Type | Dates | Leader | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska (closed) | Nursing | June | Ashleigh Veltman | Serve at the Cross Road Medical Center in clinic duty and teach Bible lessons to children in native villages. |
| Joni & Friends | Handicapped | June 22-26 or July 13-17, 2020 | Jeff Davenport | Serve as one-on-one buddies for individuals with disabilities, ranging from newborns to adults (no personal care duties required). |
International
| Team | Type | Dates | Leader | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Asia (closed) | Nursing | May 12 - June 9, 2020 | Anna | Nursing team works with Worldventure missionaries at a hospital that offers health and hope to women and children of a largely Muslim people group. |
| Congo | General Ministries | May-June | Mark McClain | Serve with a missionary family in a hospital, with children, and construction/projects. |
| Croatia | Library | May 24 - June 6 | Sharon Kerestes | Serve the students and faculty of the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Osijek by cataloging material for their library. |
| Dominican Republic | Pharmacy | May 20 - 27, 2020 | Mark Pinkerton | Provide basic medical care, medications, and health education while sharing the Gospel. |
| Eswatini | Nursing/Pre-med | June 1 - 29, 2020 | Courtney Ashburn | Serve and support the mobile medical ministry. All types of majors and skills are welcome; social work, photography, nursing, IT, business, finance, and education. |
| Ethiopia (closed) | Film | May 9 - 24, 2020 | Jeff Gibert Mischelle McIntosh Gary Phillips | Work on promotional materials and a documentary film on 2 organizations and their educational programs for children in Koshe who are very impoverished. |
| France | Outreach | July 2 - 25, 2020 | Nicole Doornink (WT) | Expose the challenges of sharing the Gospel, learn from missionaries, connect, pray, and participate with what God is doing in the lives of French people & church planters. |
| Germany | Outreach camps | July 4 - 19, 2020 | Ryan Coffman (SL) | Serve alongside local missionaries in an ESL kids day camp and a teen camp as group leaders, leading worship, devotions, and doing whatever is needed. |
| Italy | English Camp | June 4 - 23, 2020 | Emily Gifford (SL) | Minister as counselors & staff by participating in games, crafts, music, and English class helpers. |
| Kenya - Mombasa, (closed) | Worship Through Music | July 31 - Aug. 14 | Susan Plemons | Train in worship skills, leadership, and theology, leaving resources with them and to whet the local pastors and churches appetite for more training. |
| Kosovo | Leadership / SsoutTEM | May 30 - June 13, 2020 | Cherish Lesko | Build one-on-one relationships with students, teachers, and staff through teaching, mentoring and serving. Opportunities exist to use sports, music, drama, photography, science, math, global business, history, engineering, industrial & innovative design, and more. |
| Nigeria - Egbe | Medical | May 28 - June 12, 2020 | Samson Amos Bethany Sibbitt | Serve in leadership-training opportunities for a hospital & nursing school in the areas of education, pharmacy, administration, and IT management. |
| North Africa | ESL / Outreach | May 30 - July 21, 2020 | Matt Bennett | Experience Arab culture, study Arabic, serve and engage students, being ready to share the reason for your hope |
| Peru AMG & Bible | Children/Bible Distribution | May 27 - June 10, 2020 | Joseph Haefs (AMG) | Work with children, sharing the love of Jesus Christ in practical ways, and bringing the Gospel to life with songs, drama, and arts and crafts & distributing native language/dialect Bibles to mountain villages. |
| Philippines (closed) | Nursing | May 2 - 31, 2020 | Lisa Smithers (coach) | Nursing Juniors serve at the Shalom Birthing Center in clinic duty, off-site prenatal outreach, community Bible Studies, primary care clinics and homestays with Shalom staff. |
| Romania (closed) | Med / Pharmacy / Nursing | July 14 - 28, 2020 | Nancy & John Voorhies | Provide medical diagnosis & care with distribution of free meds, eyeglasses & hearing aids to underprivileged gypsies. |
| South Africa | Orphanage | June 18 - July 1, 2020 | Melody Cato | Serve through Bethesda Outreach Compassionate Care for Orphans. |
| South Asia | Bible | July 25 - Aug. 5, 2020 | Josh Bowman | Teach theology/Bible classes in a 2 week block at Delhi Bible Institute centers. |
| South Asia | ESL | July 18 - 30, 2020 | Keith Holcomb | Teach English at one or more of the Delhi Bible Institute centers. |
| South Asia | Health Specific | July 11 - 22, 2020 | Thad Franz | Medical/pharmacy/nursing students serve in 4 different Bible centers to provide teaching on various health topics and the Word of God. |
| South Asia | Women's ministry/Bible | July 22 - 31, 2020 | Erin Shaw | Teach theology / Bible classes to women in a 2 week block at Delhi Bible Institute centers. |
| Uganda | Interdisciplinary | June 22 - July 1, 2020 | Michael Sherr | Train pastors, youth leaders, social team, orphan care. |
| Women's Volleyball (Costa Rica) | Volleyball | July 31 - Aug. 7 | Greg Smith | Use their sport to witness. |