Short-Term Missions

College Trip: May 18-25, 2019 | $900
Application due March 31

Family Trip: July 27-August 3 | $900
Application due April 14

This trip is unique in so many ways. You will have some fantastic experiences, like climbing a 2,400 foot tall active volcano, and practicing your Spanish in the rich culture of Central America. More significant than that, you will help to change the future of Nicaragua forever! Our partner, Amigos for Christ, works together with the people of Nicaragua to make sustainable improvements, and you get to be a part of that! Potential projects include clean water project, new school construction, home visits with local families, economic development, etc.

What will this trip do for you?

Going on this trip will undoubtedly do three things for you. You will experience God in a very new and intimate way through serving and worship. You will form close relationships with your fellow mission trippers, and with the Nicaraguans you work beside. And lastly, you will get a deeper appreciation for what you have after seeing what little the people of Nicaragua have. Beyond these three, God may have more for you on this trip, so join us and find out!

Adult Application, Standard of Conduct, Risk & Liability Waiver, Financial Responsibility, Medical Release 

June 5-9, 2019 | $300
Family Trip (10+ years old)
Application due April 14

If you are handy in any way, shape, or form, you can make a tremendous impact on this trip! Pathfinder is committed to helping people recover from crisis caused by treacherous weather around the Midwest. When disaster strikes, we find an organization we can partner with in that area, and we jump into action. The team will be heading to an area within driving distance of Pathfinder Church that is in need after a disaster occurs! Potential projects include disaster clean up, repairs, construction and renovation, meal preparation, clothing/food distribution, and evangelism.

What will this trip do for you?

For many of us, we’ve never been directly affected by a major disaster, and so we simply do not know what that is like. When you are a part of this team, you will be working directly with people who are in the thick of it, and don’t know how they’ll get back on their feet. You’re perceptions will forever be changed by the relationships you build and the hope that you bring through your hard work!

July 6-13, 2019 | $1400
Family Trip (15+ years old)

Pathfinder Church, in partnership with Belize Mission Society, has been serving in the village of Seine Bight for more than a decade! We work directly with the people of Belize to bring an exciting, unique experience for the children there. This Vacation Bible School is a once-a-year experience for these kids, and they simply look forward to spending time with you, getting to know you, and just having a great time together! Potential projects include Vacation Bible School, construction and repairs, youth leadership development, evangelism, etc.

What will this trip do for you?

By coming to Belize, you will undoubtedly learn from experience what it means to give of yourself. You will find hordes of children who want your attention and who want to connect with you, and you will find yourself pouring out all you have for 7 days. What you would expect from this is a feeling of exhaustion, when in actuality you will leave feeling more restored and more connected to the Father than ever!

Trip Meetings

• April 28 at 12:00pm in the Ministry Center, 3rd Floor, Imagineering Room
• June 2 at 12:00pm in the Ministry Center, 3rd Floor, Imagineering Room
• June 30at 1:00pm in the Cornerstone, 2nd Floor

July 13-20, 2019 | $500
Family Trip (15+ years old)

The reservation at Wind River features beautiful landscapes and the rich culture and tradition of the Shoshoni and Arapahoe tribes. But behind the tourist attractions and breathtaking views lurks pain, addiction and a brokenness that only Jesus can reconcile. We partner with the Wind River Lutheran Mission to bring hope, encouragement, and fun back to the lives of the kids that so often get neglected. By going on this trip, you can love on children that haven’t felt love in a very long time! Potential projects include construction and repairs, meal preparation, Vacation Bible School, evangelism, community projects, etc.

What will this trip do for you?

When visiting the reservation, you will find it is all about the kids! You will learn the unfortunate reality of neglect, homelessness, malnutrition, and parental struggles that these kids face every day. Through this, you will form close bonds with the children of the reservation very quickly, and you can provide them love that they’ve been lacking. That connection with those kids will remain with you for years to come.

July 21–27, 2019 | $890
High School Trip (Rising sophomore and above)

Kaleo Missions is a new partner that has exciting implications for urban mission work. Their goal is to partner with churches, individuals, ministries and other organizations for the sake of most effectively caring our their mission to care for the vulnerable and marginalized in the urban areas of the United States. Potential projects include interacting in various ways with refugees and immigrants, youth and children, the undereducated, and the homeless.

Join Jon, Pua, and other high schoolers on this high-school-only mission trip to Portland. We’ll be staying and working in the city serving the homeless and refugee populations. Pushed beyond your comfort zone, you’ll engage complete strangers in conversations in a city where one-fourth of the city identifies as “non-religious, agnostic, or atheist.”

Informational Meetings

• April 14 at 12:15pm | Cornerstone
• June 1 or June 14 – Serving with STL Dream Center
• June 30 at 12:15pm | Cornerstone
• July 14 at 12:15pm – Students and parents pray over trip | Cornerstone

Early 2020 | Details coming soon.

Only 2% of all Cambodians are Christian. If you are the type of person who loves a challenge and want to spiritually be on the front lines, then this is your mission trip! You will experience a culture that is vastly different from yours in a town that feels as if you’ve reached the edge of the world. We join Stronghold Cambodia on their mission of teaching and empowering children with the love of Jesus, so that through your efforts, this little town can experience life and wholeness unlike ever before!

Potential projects include construction and repairs, Vacation Bible School, teaching English and computer classes, and community events.

What will this trip do for you?

This is the trip, more than any other, that will push you beyond your comfort zone. Things in Cambodia are not at all like they are in the U.S., and very little will be familiar. But as you are stretched beyond your limits, you will find a faith and a trust in God like you’ve never had before! You will learn to let go, and let God claim the reigns. And that is something that you can carry with you for the rest of your life!