Spring Break and Summer Teams
Fall Break 2022
| Team Name | Type | Dates | Teams Leader(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona* | Discipleship Council at Navajo Reservation | Fall Break | Aaron Cook | Serve in a mission school for Native American youth/children. |
*by invitation only
Spring Break 2023
| Team Name | Type | Dates | Team Leader(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Refugee/Medical | Medical/Ministry | March 4–11 | Andrew Straw, ND Nguyen, Samson Amos | Gain new understanding of the religions of the world, including Islam and Hinduism, learning how to cross cultural barriers with the hope of the Gospel in a free medical clinic or a diverse local school. |
| Dominican Republic | Dental/Medical | March 3–11 | Nancy Stell | Provide basic dental and medical care while spreading the Gospel. |
| Guatemala AMG | Youth/Children | Joseph Haefs | Work with children, sharing the love of Jesus Christ in practical ways, and bringing the Gospel to life with songs and drama. | |
| Guatemala Medical | Medical/Ministry | March 3–9 | Dr. Martha Abraham | Work alongside local churches to provide physical and spiritual care to the needy. |
| Inner City Impact | Youth/Children | Minister to children by tutoring/assisting in the classroom at a Christian school and participating in Bible Clubs/evening activities. | ||
| London | College Evangelism | Mike Slagle, Lauren Watercutter, Maria Smith | Communicate the Gospel and live your faith in a post-Christian context at top universities in London. | |
| Malawi | Nursing | March 2–12 | Sharon Christman, Ian Waltz | Work with Community Health Network to facilitate community transformation through Bible teaching and health education. |
| Mexico | Youth/Children | March 4–12 | Rich Stratton | Our team will be working at the Back2Back Ministries site in Mazatlan, Mexico. We will be helping with projects to improve physical conditions and playing with the children. We will also be able to visit and serve at a school, a therapy center, and several children's homes. |
| NAMB/Boston | Church Planting | March 3–10 | Jon Wood | Learn about and participate in church planting ministry in the city. |
| NAMB/Washington D. C. | Church Planting | Learn about and participate in church planting ministry in the city. | ||
| NYC Outreach | ESL/Outreach | Sarah Gump, Katie Cooper | ESL ministry to immigrants. | |
| Peru AMG | Youth/Children | Ken Ivins, Janessa Colburn | Work with children, sharing the love of Jesus Christ in practical ways, and bringing the Gospel to life with songs and drama. | |
| Salt Lake City | Evangelism/Outreach | Josh and Arianna Lankford | 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. |
Summer 2023
| Team Name | Type | Dates | Team Leaders(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England* | Communications | May 8–22 | Eric Mishne | Using drama, we will be ministering to local churches and sharing bible stories in schools. |
| Eswatini | Nursing/Pre-med | May 13–June 3 | Kim and Lisa Jenerette | Serve and support the mobile medical ministry. All types of majors and skills are welcome: social work, photography, nursing, IT, business, finance, and education. |
| France, Italy, Moldova | Church Planting/ESL | June 3–July 12 | Liz McLaverty | A multifield, 6 week trip beginning in Paris with discipleship/culturalization experience and engaging with church plants. Next to Milan to work with urban church plants and engaging in ESL conversations. In the final segment of the trip, the team will work in Moldova to observe earlier stages of church planting and work with as a part of an ESL camp. |
| Italy Orchestra* | Carlos Elias | |||
| Guatemala Medical | Medical/Ministry | June 22–28 | Dr. Angie Mickle, Dr. Michele Dodds | Work alongside local churches to provide physical and spiritual care to the needy. |
| Hungary | Camp Ministry | Late July | Serve alongside Hungarian volunteers/staff from Word of Life Hungary to serve in the areas of teaching English, coaching soccer/basketball. Serve the youth of Hungary with humility and enthusiasm | |
| Inner City Impact (Chicago) | Youth / Children | TBD (~1 week) | Minister to children by tutoring/assisting in the classroom at a Christian school and participating in Bible Clubs/evening activities. | |
| Italy | Camp Ministry | June 6–26 | Emily Gifford | Use English as an outreach tool in a small Italian community, serving as counselors and staff by doing games, crafts, and music. Anyone with ESL training could assist in teaching. |
| Joni & Friends | Special Needs | June 11–16 | Jonathan Darst | Serve as one-on-one buddies for individuals with disabilities, ranging from newborns to adults (no personal care duties required) in a camp like setting. |
| Kosovo | Education/STEM | May 12–28 | Steve Gollmer, Isaac Brenneman | 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. |
| Lebanon | Interdisciplinary | ~July 5–17 | Wilson Daghfal, Angela Aad | Serve in various capacities in relation with a school. Opportunities for students from all majors to assist in education through in-class instruction, tutoring and teacher collaboration; various facilities projects; and/or medical outreaches in Lebanese communities. |
| Men's Basketball* (Israel) | Athletics | July 22–Aug 3 | Pat Estepp | Use their sport to witness. |
| NAMB/Pittsburgh | Church Planting | May 7–10 | Jim Cato | Learn about and participate in church planting ministry in the city. |
| North Africa | ESL/Outreach | ~May 28–July 18 | Matt Bennett, Macy Wade | Experience Arab culture, study Arabic, serve and engage students, being ready to share the reason for your hope. |
| North Carolina | Engineering | Tom Thompson | Training for missional engineering and principles in well construction. | |
| NYC Outreach | ESL/Outreach | Hope Strayer | ESL ministry to immigrants and music concerts. | |
| Peru AMG & Bible | Children's Ministry/Bible Distribution | July 29–August 5 | Ken Ivins | Work with children, sharing the love of Jesus Christ in practical ways, and bringing the Gospel to life with songs and drama. |
| Philippines** | Medical | Lisa Smithers | Nursing students serve at the Shalom Birthing Center in clinic duty, off-site prenatal outreach, community Bible Studies, primary care clinics and homestays with Shalom staff. | |
| Romainia | Tim Veenstra | |||
| Salt Lake City | Evangelism/Outreach | 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. | ||
| South Africa | Young Adult/Children/Video | June 19–July 10 | Melody Cato, Mischelle McIntosh | Serve through Bethesda Outreach Compassionate Care for Orphans — encouraging the children, young adults and missionary families in ministry to orphaned children with additional opportunities to serve in facility maintenance and marketing/graphic design. |
| South Asia | Bible | July 11–31 | Josh Bowman | We will work alongside our partners to disciple and train new believers among unreached people groups. Another key component will be basic discipleship and teaching young adults (men & women) training for local church ministry. |
| South Asia | Health | Thad Franz | Medical/pharmacy/nursing students serve in theological centers to provide teaching on various health topics and the Word of God. | |
| Thailand | May 9–21 | Mark Holsinger | ||
| Togo** | Nursing | May | Scott Long, ToniLynn Fleming | Work in a cross-cultural hospital setting. Max capacity 6 students! |
| Uganda | Interdisciplinary | Michael Sherr | Train pastors, youth leaders, social team, orphan care. | |
| West Asia | Camp Ministry | June 4–26 | Keith Holcomb | Serve as counselors at a camp for international children and youth. |
| Women's Basketball* | Athletics | May 9–16 | Jason Smith | Use their sport to witness. |
| Women's Volleyball* | Athletics | Greg Smith | Use their sport to witness. | |
| Zambia | Healthcare | May 26–July 7 | Marc Wooten | Nursing |
*by invitation only **reserved for Juniors and Seniors