One of the coolest things that can happen to a leader is when years later a person you influenced comes back and says thank you. I was a volunteer Youth Leader for a while, and I must admit I was young and not very good at it. I didn’t use the time I had with my students to really grow their faith. I chose the easy route and tried to have fun with them to make church an OK place to go. I’m still waiting for one to come back and say, “Thank you for teaching me how to shoot a basketball.”
The list of people who influenced my life is fairly typical—coaches, teachers, pastors, parents, supervisors, and friends. It wasn’t the fun times that I think made an impression on me; it was the conversations, the watching them live, and dealing with di cult situations. Some of the situations were serious, like the time my ninth-grade girlfriend broke up with me and I knew I would never love again or even have a reason to get out of bed. I know you’ve had those conversations, and I’m sure, like me, those students made it through just fine.
Today’s students are influenced by people, media, technology, and screens way more than we were when we were their age. It’s hard for adult role models to even wedge our way into their lives. But that is why you do what you do. You are willing to spend the time getting to know your students and helping them make sense out of all the
messages coming at them. They need you. You, along with their parents, have the privilege of introducing them to Jesus.
Our theme for Group Mission Trips this year is Influencer. Whether we think so or not, everyone is an influencer in some way or another, your students included. Everything they do is watched by their friends, siblings, and others and they make an impression and have influence. The goal of this year’s program is to help students navigate the negative influences and encourage them to lean into the teachings of Jesus so they use their influence to change their culture, one conversation at a time.
Speaking of time. Sunrise and sunset are dictated by the sun and the moon, but the days, months, and years are all influenced by the birth of Jesus. No one else in all of history has the calendar the entire world follows based on their very existence. Now that is influence.
This summer, take your kids on an adventure with Group Mission Trips. Help them grow closer to Jesus so they can learn to use their influence to change the world. Don’t put it o for another year. Time is moving quickly. Tick, tick…
Tim Gilmour, President of Group CaresNothing is more important than an individual’s personal relationship with God. We are all designed to grow in our faith and understanding of who God is and who we’re created to be. We are passionate about creating an environment for youth to connect their faith with service. We want teenagers to return home with a profound love for Jesus and new eyes to see how God is at work in their every day. We provide intentional times to connect through Scripture, worship, and devotions to promote spiritual growth. Our mission trip experiences are also designed to encourage the organic moments that happen outside of programmed times: the conversations that happen around the dinner table, the relationships formed at project sites, the stories that connect participants and encourage them in their faith.
We believe the next generation is made up of influencers, difference-makers, and powerful leaders, and there’s no better time than NOW to invest in our youth. Our mission trip experiences develop teenagers into young leaders by teaching positive character traits, compassion for others, and practical life skills. Through Scripture, service projects, and an opportunity to step outside their own worlds, youth will be inspired and encouraged to follow Jesus in their school, community, church, and world.
As Christians, we are strengthened through unified relationships. One of the greatest opportunities of a mission trip is the chance to meet new people while serving together. Participants build authentic relationships with the people they serve and those they serve with. Strangers become family. Crew members become best friends. Di erences begin to disappear as individuals come together to serve with a shared purpose. It’s amazing to see the depth of relationships that form when participants are united in a common mission and share in the celebration of transformed lives and communities.
We partner with local organizations and ministries to provide meaningful support for their year-round sustainable programs, ensuring our e orts have lasting impact in the communities we serve. We believe the best way to serve is through the partnerships we establish in each community. We have a local mission to address the specific needs in each community with a global vision to advance the kingdom of God through service. We believe sustainable change is possible when we come alongside the good work of those already embedded in each community and o er resources, help, and teams where they’re needed most.
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Your teens will attend morning and evening interactive programs that will strengthen their faith in Jesus and demonstrate that he is always present and more powerful than whatever challenges they are facing. There will also be lunch devotions and opportunities each evening for your youth group to process and bond over all that happens each day.
The leaders of tomorrow are in your youth group today. Great leaders are not born; they are sculpted by their parents, youth leaders, teachers, coaches, and life experiences. The foundation of our mission trips is teaching and training your teens the most important skills they will need as they continue toward adulthood. These principles, practiced during each mission trip experience, will help S.C.U.L.P.T. your teens into people who can face daily challenges with confidence and peace. Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting of future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow future of Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting of tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of future of tomorrow Sculpting of future of Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting of tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting of tomorrow Sculpting Sculpting future of tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting of tomorrow future of Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting of tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting of Sculpting future of future of tomorrow Sculpting of future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow future of Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting of tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of future of tomorrow Sculpting of future of Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting of tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting of tomorrow Sculpting Sculpting future of tomorrow tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting of tomorrow future of Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting of tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting of Sculpting future of future of tomorrow Sculpting of future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow future of Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting of tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of future of tomorrow Sculpting of future of Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting of tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of Sculpting future of tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting of tomorrow Sculpting Sculpting future of tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow future of Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting of tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting future of future of tomorrow Sculpting of Sculpting future of future of tomorrow Sculpting of future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting tomorrow future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of tomorrow Sculpting future of Sculpting future of tomorrow
By design, our mission trips teach teenagers to work with many di erent people to serve and accomplish huge tasks. They leave knowing they can do more than they thought possible. They learn to lean on their faith, team members, and leaders. They grow in confidence and self-esteem as they tackle new challenges and realize they can positively influence and change the lives of the people around them.
Your teens will learn and practice valuable skills in communication, empathy, delegation, and responsibility as they work together with many di erent people in an unfamiliar environment. These skills will serve them well and prepare them for the rest of their lives as they move into college, careers, and adulthood.
Your teen will serve in one of six di erent roles on a crew, typically made up of five teenagers and one adult. The adult will intentionally not assume the role of the crew leader. In each role, kids will learn how to listen and understand the rest of the team’s needs, delegate to share the responsibilities among team members, and appreciate how each role plays an essential part in achieving the desired outcome.
During a mission trip, participants face many challenges. Your teens are taught to become resourceful and creatively rise to work as a team to solve the problem. We’ve seen it hundreds of times! The first reaction is “We can’t,” but by the end of camp, they leave with a big smile knowing they met the challenges, solved the problems, and grew up just a little more.
Teenagers will engage with their youth group, residents, adult volunteers, and other youth groups. As they embrace a mission trip’s challenges, they will learn the value of being part of a team serving someone in need. Learning to focus on others is a life lesson that will help your young people know they are part of a team, a family, a youth group, and a society made up of others who are not exactly like them.
At Group Mission Trips, our team consists of experienced mission trip and program developers who have worked closely with communities to develop high-quality, well-organized service project experiences since 1990. We’ve built partnerships in each mission trip location to provide meaningful service opportunities that have sustainable, long-term impact in the communities we serve. Our ultimate goal is to partner with you and equip you with the resources and support necessary to reach your ministry goals.
ORGANIZATION
Our team organizes your service projects and the details of your experience so you don’t have to. Stress-free and hassle-free is the way it should be.
Safety is our number-one priority, as we’re sure it is yours. Every sta member, volunteer, and adult participant is background-checked before attending our mission trips. We require crews to stay together and check in at the lodging facility at the end of each day. No one is ever left alone.
We partner with seasoned local ministries, missionaries, and organizations in each location. We come alongside their ministries and provide support for their sustainable year-round programs.
STAFF PERSONALIZED SUPPORT
When you serve with Group Mission Trips, you have sta on-site to coordinate projects and logistics while you’re serving. You’re not alone!
You’re not alone in the planning process either. In fact, our all-star mission trip advisors will help you the entire way, providing personalized communication and details specific to your mission trip.
YEAR-ROUND RESOURCES
Whether you’re a parent, youth leader, teenager, or college student, you are influencers invested in others’ lives. Here at Group Mission Trips, we are all about mission and ministry year-round. We are committed to come alongside you and equip you with resources and encouragement during seasons of change, growth, and all the in-betweens.
$368/person
New for 2024! Workcamp now has a more flexible option for you called Workcamps FLEX. It has all the outstanding elements of our Workcamp Classic but at a more a ordable price, allowing you more flexibility in what you eat and where you sleep.
That’s right! Your group can stay wherever you choose. It could be a local church that might house you for free; a hotel with a pool, air conditioning, and other amenities; or maybe even camp in the great outdoors. Where you stay is flexible!
We’ll still provide you with lunch at your Work Site, but you choose what you eat for breakfast and dinner each day. You may choose to eat out at local restaurants, order pizza, buy groceries and cook your meals, or even grill out over an open fire. What you choose to eat is up to you; meals are flexible!
Everything else with Workcamp is the same. The morning and evening programs, meaningful work projects, crew devotions, lunch, and youth group devotions are all the same as Workcamp Classic.
Workcamp FLEX is more a ordable and flexible to meet your needs, giving you more options!
Learn more at groupmissiontrips.com/workcamps-flex
On-site sta
All project materials for each work site
Comprehensive safety training
Community Service certificate
Professional Work Site advisors
Project site coordination
Morning & evening programs
Lunchtime devotions with crews
Participant devotional for the week at camp
Unlimited customer support from your personal Mission Trip Advisor
Lunch at Work Sites
All meals, except dinner on your free night
MAKE - UP TIPS, VIRAL VIDEOS, AND GIVING AWAY LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO COMPLETE STRANGERS ARE A FEW WAYS YOUNG PEOPLE BECOME FAMOUS, INFLUENTIAL, AND EXTREMELY WEALTHY. ALONG WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, WE’RE ALL INFLUENCED BY THE PEOPLE AROUND US THROUGH NEWS, MUSIC, WORK, SCHOOL, SPORTS, AND BASICALLY ANYWHERE WE DIRECT OUR ATTENTION. WHETHER WE THINK SO OR NOT, EVERYONE IS AN INFLUENCER IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER. EVERYTHING WE DO IS WATCHED BY OUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, PEERS, AND OTHERS AROUND US, MAKING AN IMPRESSION AND HAVING INFLUENCE. THE GOAL OF THIS YEAR’S PROGRAM IS TO HELP STUDENTS NAVIGATE THE MANY INFLUENCES IN THEIR LIVES AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO LOOK TOWARD JESUS, THE GREATEST INFLUENCER OF ALL TIME, SO THEY USE THEIR INFLUENCE TO POSITIVELY CHANGE THEIR CULTURE. ROMANS 12:2
MISSION TRIPS ARE ABOUT MORE THAN THE PROJECTS. WE BELIEVE MISSION TRIPS CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO BEYOND THEIR COMFORT ZONES AND GROW IN THEIR FAITH. EVERY YEAR, THE GROUP MISSION TRIPS TEAM DEDICATES EXTENSIVE TIME TO CREATE A NEW PROGRAM EXPERIENCE THROUGH:
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Home repair projects for disabled, veteran, low-income, and elderly residents
Meaningful community service projects alongside strong local ministries and nonprofits
A combination of community service projects and cultural exploration alongside our ministry partners
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Entering 6th grade & up Separate Sr High camps (14
Up to Home repairs, wheelchair ramp construction, porch and deck repairs, painting New for 2024! Workcamp Classic but at a more affordable price, allowing flexibility in what you eat and where you sleep.
Learn more about Workcamp Flex on page 5.
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Volunteer at food kitchen, assisted living, children’s programs, nonprofits, and community centers
Minor home repairs, teach English, volunteer at orphanage, homeless outreach, and more
Group Workcamps are summer camps with up to 400 teenage participants that focus specifically on residential home repair for elderly, disabled, low-income famillies, and veteran residents. You and your group will step into a resident’s story and transform their home while deepening your faith and building new relationships. Home repair projects range from painting to constructing porches, steps, and wheelchair ramps, and other general home repairs.
When you arrive at each resident’s home, you bring far more than loaded tool belts and construction materials. Beyond the physical transformation that happens in communities, you’ll bring the hope and light of Jesus to the residents you serve.
You will stay at a local school in the community you’re serving. The lodging facility is filled with fun and energy throughout the week as you engage in indoor and outdoor games, share meals together, and participate in worship and Scripture-based teaching in morning and evening programs led by our sta You’ll be amazed at how quickly strangers become family and di erences begin to disappear as you come together to serve with a shared purpose.
Wheelchair ramp construction
Indoor and outdoor painting
General home repairs
Classic Workcamps
On-site sta
All project materials for each Work Site
Comprehensive safety training
Community Service certificate
Professional Work Site advisors
Project site coordination
Morning & evening programs
Lunchtime devotions with crews
Participant devotional for the week at camp
Unlimited customer support from your personal Mission Trip Advisor
Lunch at Work Sites
All meals, except dinner on your free night
Lodging
New for 2024! Workcamp Classic but at a more a ordable price, allowing flexibility in what you eat and where you sleep.
Flexible! Rise & shine, breakfast - on your own
Morning Program
Depart for projects
On-site lunch & devotions
Return to lodging
Flexible! Dinner and free time - on your own
Evening program (at camp facility)
Flexible! Youth group devotions, free time, lights out - on your own
At Week of Hope, you and your group will come alongside seasoned local ministries and nonprofits to make a lasting di erence through meaningful community service projects. Teenagers will learn Christ-like empathy and compassion for others as you meet the spiritual, physical, and emotional needs of disadvantaged children, youth, and adults.
Our community service mission trips are smaller-sized gatherings (fewer than 100 participants). Whether you’re out serving, enjoying a familystyle meal, or wrapping up the day at evening program, the intimate environment at each Week of Hope location allows you to build strong relationships that last beyond your week at camp.
Each service project is the result of a partnership we build with organizations, ministries, and individuals who live, work, and serve in each community. Projects might include providing meals to the homeless, tutoring struggling children from low-income families, helping to lead a day camp for kids, working with disabled children, or sharing stories with a lonely elderly person in an assisted-living facility. Our hope is that you walk away knowing more about what our partners do year-round—and your role in the big picture.
The fun continues back at the local church you’ll be staying at, with themed days, movie nights, lip-sync battles, bedtime stories, group games, and much more!
Youth group devotions
Assist in a local food kitchen
Help residents in assisted living General yard work and light home repairs
Volunteer with local nonprofits and community centers
Tutor children in after-school programs
Lodging
All meals, except dinner on your free night
On-site sta
Community Service certificate
Project site coordination
Morning & evening programs with Scripture-based teaching & youth group devotions
Lunchtime devotions with crews
Participant T-shirt
Participant devotional for the week at camp
Unlimited customer support from your personal Mission Trip Advisor
“Before the trip, I really questioned God’s existence. Through the work I did to serve and the programs, I started believing in God again and I will go to church more.”
– TOM
An international mission trip is an incredible faith-building adventure where your youth can discover the value of service, leadership, teamwork, and personal and spiritual growth.
International trips are available year-round through our trusted partner organizations* that we’ve worked closely with over the years. We partner with long-term ministries rooted in the countries we serve. Our partners are hard at work meeting spiritual and physical needs year-round. When you arrive, you’ll come alongside their ongoing e orts and provide support and encouragement through meaningful service.
As you disconnect from everyday pressures, you’ll establish a familial community as you encounter new experiences together with your group. You’ll find a willingness to be present and engaged as you work hard and develop relationships with residents, community partners, and teammates.
As God’s children, he invites us to partner with what he is already doing. There is so much life to experience, joy to be found, and lifechanging transformation when you travel beyond your borders. Are you ready?
*Group Mission Trips does not operate international mission trips. We refer those who would like to serve internationally to trusted partner organizations that can safely and e ectively run those trips.
Lodging
Most meals
On-site staff
Organized service projects
All project materials for each work site*
*Additional fees required for project expenses in Belize
No matter the ages or size of your group, there’s an opportunity for everyone to serve internationally! Our trip advisor can help you customize an international mission trip with any size group, family, or friends. We’ve customized international mission trips for individuals, families, school groups, sports teams, dance teams, companies, youth groups, and more.
SATURDAY
Starting at $849
ALL AGES
Our international trips are available year-round and can be customized specifically to your group’s needs.
Alaska | Fairbanks
Costa Rica | San José
Cuba | Matanzas
Dominican Republic | Pimentel
Haiti
Ireland | Dublin
Jamaica
Mexico | Pescadero Baja
Peru | Cusco
Puerto Rico | Multiple cities
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SERVE GOD. TRAVEL THE USA. GET PAID.
Each year, we hire the greatest college-age young adults and students from across the country to facilitate the details of our Workcamps and Week of Hope mission trips. You and 2-3 other summer sta travel from training in Colorado to mission trip locations across the USA in a Group Mission Trips vehicle.
At each location, you’ll help create a mission trip experience for up to 400 participants who come to serve a community in need. You’ll make lifelong friends, gain hands-on work experience, grow in leadership, create a memorable experience for first-time and returning participants, and, most importantly, show the love and light of Jesus!
SUMMER STAFF
We serve in Austin, Nashville, and Pittsburgh, to name a few.
Whichever experience you choose to serve with will allow you to experience some of the coolest cities across the country. Week of Hope locations serve mostly in cities, while Workcamp crews travel the country to multiple locations during the summer.
Begins Memorial Day and ends early- to mid-August
Your summer starts by flying to beautiful Colorado, where you’ll train for two immersive weeks with other college-aged students from all over the country. Following pre-season training, you and your crew will travel the country to your designated locations, serving until around August, based on your placements.
Earn competitive pay. Make up to $5,000!
Transportation, lodging, and most meals paid for!
Travel to new places and help those in need.
Must be at least one year out of high school.
Use your passions to launch you into further leadership, career, service, or ministry opportunities.
Looking for a way to volunteer with family, friends, your church group, or individually over the summer? When you volunteer at a Week of Hope or Workcamp location, you’ll use your individual gifts to serve God and others together as a team. Serving will be full of fun and long-lasting in impact!
Is your youth group attending camp? As a volunteer, you receive a free registration and can travel to and from camp with your youth group!
VOLUNTEER POSITIONS
Cafeteria Host
Office Team Member
Facility Team Member
Site Coach
Program Team Member
Hospitality Team Member
Materials Team Member
At Group Mission Trips, our staff are the backbone of our ministry. They make our mission of creating experiences where people encounter Jesus come alive. Each year, our team consists of up to 75 summer staff, 50 leaders, and nearly 450 volunteers. They come from around the country to organize the details and logistics of our mission trips. The “Red Shirt” has become iconic and carries with it the weight of expectation, joy, and relationship. When you put on your red shirt, you’re not just abiding by a dress code; you’re stepping into a family and an unmatched legacy of service. Joining our Red Shirt family means you’ll share your skills, passions, and interests and help make our mission a reality.
Applications for all Red Shirt positions open in the fall. To learn more, visit: GROUPMISSIONTRIPS.COM/JOINOURTEAM
Register at any time. No payment due until October 31, 2023.
REGISTER JUNE 2023 - OCTOBER 2023
Pay the $50 deposit* per person by October 31, 2023.
REGISTER NOVEMBER 2023 - MARCH 14, 2024
Pay the $50 deposit* per person upon registration.
REGISTER MARCH 15, 2024 - MAY 14, 2024
Pay the $50 deposit* per person plus 50% of your group’s balance upon registration.
REGISTER AFTER MAY 15, 2024
Your full final balance is due.
*Deposits are non-refundable. All payments are due and become non-refundable on May 15, 2024. Registration fees are in U.S. dollars and can be paid by check, money order, or credit card. Payments can be made online, by phone, or by mail. Please call us or chat with us online if you have any questions about the payment schedule.
Group Mission Trips does not operate international mission trips. We refer those who would like to serve internationally to trusted partner organizations that can safely and e ectively run those trips. Please refer to the specific partner organization for specific payment policy for dues and fees.
